Reading/Language Arts Links

 

GRAMMAR SITES

NOUNS

  1. Nouns Game 3

2.     Nouns Game 4

3.     Nouns Game 5

4.     Nouns Game 6

5.     Nouns Game 7

6.     Nouns Game 8

  1. “Rats” – a Nouns & Verbs Game
  2. Plural Nouns Clubhouse
  3. Noun Dunk
  4. Grammar Gorilla Nouns & Verbs Game
  5. Common & Proper Noun Game
  6. Nouns & Pronouns Quiz
  7. Play “Rats” – a Common & Proper Nouns Game
  8. The Plural Girls Game
  9. Plural Noun Game
  10. “Grammar Gold” - Proper Nouns Quiz
  11. Quiz – The Sentence & Nouns
  12. Quiz – The Sentence & Nouns 2
  13. “Clean Up Your Grammar Game” – nouns & verbs (also in Spanish!)

PRONOUNS

  1. Life on the Pronoun Reef
  2. Pronoun Poppers 1
  3. Pronoun Poppers 2
  4. Pronouns Game by Quia
  5. Nouns & Pronouns Quiz - Quia
  6. Personal Pronouns Game – BBC
  7. Pronouns Game 4

8.     Pronouns Game 5

 

VERBS

  1. Verb Power

2.     Verbs Game 2

  1. Verbs Game 4 
  2. Verbs Game 5

5.     Verbs Game 7

6.     Verbs Game 8

  1. Grammar Gorilla Nouns & Verbs Game
  2. Verb Tenses facts, quiz, games – BBC
  3. “Rats” – a Nouns & Verbs Game
  4. Verb Power (main verbs, helping verbs, contractions)
  5. “Clean Up Your Grammar Game” – nouns & verbs (also in Spanish!)

ADJECTIVES

  1. Adjectives Game, quiz, facts – BBC
  2. Adjectives Quiz 4
  3. Adjectives Quiz 5

 

USING COMMAS

  1. Commas in a series game
  2. Commas Lesson, game, quiz – BBC
  3. Play Eats Shoots and Leaves Game
  4. Play "Eats, Shoots and Leaves" - a punctuation game

ADVERBS

  1. Adverbs Quiz – BBC
  2. Adverbs & Prepositions Quiz 4
  3. Adverbs & Prepositions Quiz 5

CAPITALIZATION

  1. Play the Capitals Game
  2. Play Capitals Game #2
  3. Play Capitals Game #3
  4. Capitals & punctuation game 3
  5. Capitals & Punctuation Game 4
  6. Capitals & Punctuation Game 5 
  7. Grasslands Capitals & Punctuation Game
  8. Rags to Riches Capitals & Punctuation Game
  9. Rags to Riches – Captials & Punctuation Game 2
  10. Play “Edit Dan’s Copy”  Click game 1 for capitals & Punctuation

SENTENCES

  1. Sentences – What is a Sentence – by BBC
  2. Sentence Quiz, facts, games – BBC
  3. Joining Sentences - BBC
  4. Play Sentence Clubhouse - review sentence types
  5. The Sentence part 1
  6. The Sentence part 2
  7. Sentence Sort Game – kinds of sentences (simple, compound, complex)
  8. Play “Edit Dan’s Copy”  Click game 2 for run-on sentences, quotation marks, and apostrophes.

PLURALS

  1. Plural Play – a spelling game

HOMOPHONES

  1. Play "Super Match"

 

MAKE PUZZLES ONLINE

  1. Puzzle Maker Online - create crossword puzzles online

WACKY MAD LIBS

  1. Wacky Mad Libs

GRAMMAR GAMES

  1. Play "Grammar Blast"
  2. Grammar Gorilla Game – all parts of speech game
  3. Subject & Verb Agreement - BBC
  4. Subject & Verb Mix Up
  5. BBC Grammar Skills Page
  6. Lots of Grammar Games organized by topic – from the UK
  7. Punctuation Campground – add the punctuation
  8. Play Lots of Grammar Games at Grammar Bytes
  9. Skillwise - LOTS of games here! - BBC

10. Go Grammar - has LOTS of links to educational activities

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GRAMMAR QUIZZES Grade 4

1.     Cumulative Review 

2.     Super Challenge Quiz on All Units

GRAMMAR QUIZZES Grade 5

1.     Cumulative review 

2.     Super Challenge Quiz on All Units

 

MORE FUN

1.     Watch a Simile & Metaphor Brain Pop Movie

2.     Schoolhouse Grammar Rock Song Lyrics

 

PREFIX & SUFFIX

  1. Play "Short Circuit" - prefixes & suffixes game

 

GRAMMAR TERMS

  1. Grammar Glossary

 

APOSTROPHES

  1. Apostrophes – BBC

 

SPELLING GAMES

  1. Play "Fish 'Em Up" – when to double the consonant or change the Y
  2. Plural Play – a spelling game
  3. Spelling Lesson & quizzes from BBC Skill Wise (UK)
  4. Fact Monster Spelling Bee - try your luck
  5. Play "Spell Check" from Fun Brain
  6. Play "Spell-a-Roo"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POETRY SITES &

RHYMING IDEAS

LANGUAGES

RESEARCH &

DICTIONARIES

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Giggle Poetry - lots of poetry ideas and information

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Learning Spanish Games - lots!

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Word Central - dictionary, thesaurus, more!

Poetry Zone - from the UK

Learn & Listen to Spanish Vocabulary

Webster's On-Line Dictionary & Thesaurus

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Poetry Teachers.com - learn more about poems and write poetry!

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Learn French - listen to words & play games to practice your French

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Dictionary by Longman - with pronunciations, sentences & more

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Rhyming Dictionary

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Listen & Learn to French Vocabulary

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Visual Thesaurus - after the page loads, click "Online Edition" on the left 

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Limerick Factory - practice making limericks

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Spanish Language Games

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Thesaurus.com

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Poetry4Kids.com

 

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World Book Online for Kids

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Seussville - by Dr. Seuss

 

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Encyclopedia.com

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Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) Poetry for Children

 

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Encarta Online Encyclopedia

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Poems for Upper Elementary Students

 

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On-line Encylcopedias - there are loads to choose from!

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Poetry Patterns to keep you writing

 

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Columbia Encyclopedia 

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Play Poetry Splatter!

 

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On-line Almanac - by Fact Monster

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Write an Acrostic Poem

 

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How to Write a Bibliography

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Shel Silverstein's Site

 

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Info Please.com - an online almanac

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Poetry with Jack Prelutsky

 

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Statistics About Whatever You Want to Know - population, biggest, smallest, longest, tallest...and more!

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Mrs. Renz's Poetry Page

 

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Glo-Bio - online Encyclopedia for science and nature topics

 

 

 

 

 

READING

VOCABULARY

SPELLING

WRITING & HANDWRITING

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Storyline Online - listen to movie stars from the Screen Actors' Guild read stories to you!  Cool site!

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Super Kids Vocabulary Builder - Chose a word of the day by grade level, hangman by subject, or word scrambler.

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Fact Monster Spelling Bee - try your luck

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Writing Activities - a fun site loaded with information & fun from Great Britain

Book Adventure Kids Zone - find a book, take a quiz, earn prizes.  A GREAT site!

Word Central - learn a new word, use the online dictionary

Play "Spell Check" from Fun Brain

The Writing Process - get your questions answered here about writing

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Education Place Reading

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Play Fake Out! (and build your vocabulary at the same time!)

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Play "Spell-a-Roo"

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Monster Ad-Lib

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Reading Practice Activities- a fun site loaded with information & fun from Great Britain

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Fun Brain Vocabulary Games

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Play "Word Builder"

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Wacky Web Tales

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Book Worm Great Books for Kids  6-12

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Word of the Day

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Play "Common Errors" - find the correct spelling

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Wacky Tales - practice grammar

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Newberry Award Winning Book List

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All About Idioms - if there is a blue key next to the link you need a password, otherwise, learn away!

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Ten Tips for Better Spelling

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Monster Ad-Lib - create a wacky tale and practice parts of speech at the same time

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Book Adventure - read books & take on-line tests.  The child needs to register & get parent permission

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Vocabulary Games

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Rules for Spelling Plural Nouns

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On-Line Reference Tools to Help You With Writing

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Suessville - Dr. Seuss

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Vocabulary Games to Play

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Frequently Misspelled Words

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Play "Power Proofreading"

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Dr. Seuss

 

 

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Cursive Handwriting Animations - watch to see how the letters are formed - cool!

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Phonics and Word Study Practice

 

 

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Practice Your Cursive Online

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Tall Tale Machine - create your own tall tale!

 

 

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Common & Proper Nouns Activity

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Meet Authors & Illustrators on the Web

 

 

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Adverbs & Adjectives Game

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Another Site to Learn about Authors & Illustrators

 

 

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Nouns & Verbs Game

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Story Arts Theatre - Listen to Stories on the Web

 

 

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Monster Motel - write descriptions of monsters and get them added to this website

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Take the Author's Purpose Tutorial & Quiz

 

 

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Writing Letters

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Why Am I Writing This Quiz #1 - interactive   printable version

 

 

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Practice Adding Quotes

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Fairy Tales, Fable, and Folktales

 

 

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Using Commas in a Series

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Lemony Snicket's Book Quizzes

 

 

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Tall Tale Machine - create your own tall tale!

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Roald Dahl's Home Page

 

 

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Play Sentence Clubhouse - review sentence types - fun!

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Figurative Language - definitions and other sites

 

 

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Paint by Idioms - fun

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Create & Print your Own Bookmark

 

 

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Play "Whomp" - a game where you create words

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Another Bookmark Making Site

 

 

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Figurative Language - definitions and other sites

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Series Book Lists

 

 

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Play Punctuation Paintball - fun

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Make a Bookmark Online

 

 

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Find a Synonym or Antonym here

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How to Pronounce Authors' Names

 

 

 

**Special Thanks to Ms. Renz for finding and posting all of these wonderful sites!