Web
Sites for Educators
LANGUAGE
ARTS
Ask
Jeeves -- An
easy-to-use site that has, among other things, a word a day which the student
can have pronounced, defined and usage shown.
www.ajkids.com
Celebrate
Dr. Seuss
This
is a directory of online lesson plans, activities, and resources for building
a theme on Dr. Seuss and his books.
http://atozteacherstuff.com/themes/Seuss.shtml
C.S.
Lewis and the Chronicles of Narnia Links
Educational Web Adventures
This can be used as a take off for writing
lessons for all levels.. An adventure in art history by
Educational Web Adventures, the student (Year 4 and up) gets 'sucked' into a
painting by a famous artist. Teachers' Resources are included. This is an
example of how students can be active in their use of the Internet.
http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/index.html
Favorite
Children’s Books
Each
month, Reading Rockets compiles a list of favorite children’s books
organized by theme. Developed by children’s literature expert Maria
Salvadore, each book list includes a mix of new and old favorites, different
genres, and several reading levels, all geared to the younger set. Sixteen
book lists are now available, ranging from Unforgettable Biographies to Ten
Books about Space. Read something new today!
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/bestof.php
The
High School Hub
The High School Hub
is a noncommercial portal to excellent free online academic resources for high
school students. It features interactive
learning activities, an ongoing teen poetry contest, a reference
collection, college information, and subject guides for English, mathematics,
social studies, science, world languages, arts, health, and technology.
http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm
Librarian’s
Index to the Internet
Explore this wonderful
search engine.
http://lii.org/
Free
Booknotes
This site is a
guide to free book summaries, literature notes, and study guides (like
"Cliff Notes") for over 250 books.
http://www.freebooknotes.com/
Myths-Teaching
the Myths
This
site highlights the Greek characters and myths that most appeal to students,
offers suggestions for presenting the myths, and provides a list of
mythological references.
http://www.mythweb.com/teachers/why/why.html
The
Greek Mythology Site
This
ThinkQuest site designed by students includes descriptions of the gods and
goddesses, a collection of popular myths, and a glossary of Greek words and
phrases.
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=11606&url=11606/
Myths-Afro-America:
Myths and Fables
Enjoy
tales such as Anansi and the Turtle; How Coyote Stole Fire; The Lion and the
Hare; and The Rabbit, the Elephant, and the Whale.
http://www.afro.com/children/myths/myths.html
PIZZAZ
PIZZAZ! is
dedicated to providing simple creative writing and oral storytelling
activities with copyable (yes, copyable!) handouts PIZZAZ! is dedicated to
providing simple creative writing and oral storytelling activities with
copyable (yes, copyable!) handouts
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html
Poetry
links
Poetry
Check out this site that accompanied Bill
Moyer's program, Fooling with Words. The site includes poetry
and lesson plans. Students can hear poets read their own poems.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/foolingwithwords/
QUIA English
Activities
Quintessential Instructional Archive's games, vocabulary lists,
and interactive learning tools.
www.quia.com/dir/eng/
Reader's
Theater--Language Arts homepage for
teachers
This
site is filled with little scripts appropriate for elementary age
students. Very nice and useful.
http://hometown.aol.com/rcswallow/index.html
Reading
Help
This
site provides articles, tips, and resources on teaching children to read and
helping those who struggle.
http://www.readingrockets.org
Reading
Rainbow -- The
website for this popular reading program includes activities for
children, and resources for teachers, librarians and parents.
gpn.unl.edu/rainbow/
Read
Write Think
Is
a free website that delivers standards-bases lesson plans, peer-reviewed web
resources, and classroom-tested activities for teaching reading and language
arts in grades K-8
http://www.readwritethink.org
Scholastic
Lesson Plans
Scholastic provides a wide variety
of lesson plans and reproducible
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/
Sign
Language -- Shows
the position of each letter in the American Sign Language.
where.com/scott.net/asl
Story
Place-The Digital Children’s Library
Stories
and activities for children of all ages in English and Spanish
http://www.storyplace.org/
SurLaLune
Fairy Tale Pages
A portal to the realm
of fairy tale and folklore studies featuring 26 annotated fairy tales,
including their histories, similar tales across cultures, and over 1,000
illustrations.
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/index.html (Thanks
Sharinglinks Group)
Updated: April 01, 2008
