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Study for your spelling test at Spelling City.com Click Here for the current spelling list. 
Print the list in D'Nealian to practice handwriting while studying the words! 


Handwriting Practice (animated) lowercase
 

 

 

Daily Activities Cards reviews words, spelling, basic math skills


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                                                Homophones
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Homophone Worksheets to use on Smart Board or copy off

Word Study Skills: Homophones


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Proofreading
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Use these sites before handing in any work as a finished product.

Kid Friendly 4-point Rubric
 
Writing and Editing Checklist
Self-Evaluation Rubric
 
Common Errors in English
Punctuation Made Simple:  when to use colons, semicolons, commas, dashes, and apostrophes

 

 





Idioms

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The Idiom Site  Learn how common phrases and sayings originated.
 
Fun Brain Idioms Game

Idioms and Axioms Meanings and origins

English Zone Idioms
   








 

Hotlist on Grammar
 
Grammar Quizzes
Grammar Rock Power Proofreading  Go here to learn grammar skills in a fun way.  Try it.  You'll love it!
 
Creating Mad Libs on Excel
 
Project LA
Daily Grammar  use in place of a language text Wacky Web Tales Game Have fun creating your own stories here.  Be careful. You must know your parts of speech.  There is help there if you are not sure.
 
Grammar Blast  Go here for a number of quizzes on sentences and parts of speech.  Fun way to learn!
 
Daily Activities Cards reviews words, spelling, basic math skills
Grammar Power Points
 
 
The Blue Book of Grammar  Grammar and punctuation instruction, exercises and answers, tests and self-checking available here.

Spelling and Grammar Practice
Guide to Grammar and Writing  Includes everything you would want to  know about grammar, punctuation, paragraphing, capitalization, includes quizzes, power points, and a comprehensive index

 






 






 

A Thousand Words  mini lessons for writing

Teaching the Compare and Contrast Essay through Modeling
 
Creating a Conclusion
Creating a Concluding Sentence

Moving to the Five Paragraph Essay
Writing Fun  Steps to writing
 
Communication Arts Links by Donna Horne, Bonne Terre 4th grade eMINTS teacher
 
Character Traits
 
Writing Rubrics
Great Source iWrite
 
 
Biography Book Reports
     Biography Book Report Web Use this site to organize your book report for the biography you read.
 
Quotation Punctuation Guidelines
Wild and Wacky Summer Vacation Story
 
Paragraph a Week Writing
Writing Essentials  Lots of sites to help you do a better job with writing.
 
ABC's of the Writing Process  Find the steps to writing explained, topic ideas, graphic organizers, etc.
 
Prompt Generator  Need a story starter?  Visit this site.
 
Write On  Learning about composition skills, includes all sorts of ways to improve your writing.
Mystery Net  Read, solve and create mystery stories.
 
Fairy Tale Activities story starters, report forms, graphs, etc.
Mini-Book
 
Biography Maker

Writing a Biography
 

Journaling  Find models of different types of journals here. Persuasive Writing
 
Comic Creator
 
Writing a Teaching Encounter Reflections Summary
 
The Better You Write, The Better You Communicate
 
Writing Prompts
A Thousand Words by Pam Lowe DESE Writing Scoring Guide
 

Write On  Jefferson Schools, Tennessee, includes PowerPoint game reviews, commonly misspelled word activities, Mr. Moneybags and Snaps paragraph writing

Writing Prompts on pdf. files

Prompts with Presentations

Prompts for different genres of writing

Character Traits
More Character Traits
 



 









 

                                  Word Fun                                   
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Word Central  lots of word play here!
 
Wild World of Words
Lots of challenging things to learn about words.
Interactive Activities for Students Chock full of all sorts of things to learn.
 
Fun School Language Arts listing of all sorts of sites
Palindrome words, phrases and sentences Many Interesting Things  All sorts of fun word activities, designed for ESL students, but anyone could benefit.
 
World English  All sorts of information here about the English language Antonym Challenge

 
   
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look, Cover, Write Check Spelling
Spelling words are given.  You look at the word, then it gets covered, and you try to spell the word. 
 
Learn to Spell Math Numbers
Spelling it Right  Learn to spell confidently tips about learning how to spell and why spelling is important.  Parents should also read this information. 

 
Everyday Spelling
Puzzlemaker  create your own puzzles to learn spelling words Magnetic Letter Spelling

Create your own words on a Magnetic Board Here
 
Fun Brain Spelling  Practice with easier and harder words.
 
Personal Educational Press  Create your own word worksheets here.
Spelling and Grammar Practice
 
Spelling Practice
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buzzword of the Day   Learn a new vocabulary word each day.  Want to review the collection of Daily Buzzwords from previous months?  Check out the bottom corner when you get there.
 
 
Reading Workshop  Contractions (Review for 3-5),Compound Words (Review for 3-5), Homophones, Synonyms, Multiple Meaning Words,  Antonyms, Prefixes, Suffixes
 
The Rhyme Zone  Go here to find rhyming words, synonyms, antonyms, definitions and more.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary online  Go here for the definitions and a thesaurus to find synonyms, antonyms and more. Visual Thesaurus OnLine Edition  Go here for an interesting look at words, synonyms, antonyms, their definitions, and their parts of speech.  Cool site!
 
Analogies Race Game Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun  word searches, matching, hangman, and quizzes can be found here.
SAT vocabulary quizzes  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friendly letter  1 2
 
Letter Generator  Learn the parts of a letter, then practice writing your own friendly and business letters.
Business Letter diagram

Writing a Business Letter Lesson

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PBS Zoom Playhouse   Read student-written scripts for plays performed on PBS' Zoom. Students can act out these scripts or enter their own scripts that may be acted out on TV!
 
The Play's the Thing  Learn how to use the four Ws: who, what, where, and wrong, to create a puppet play. Use one of the five scripts or have students write their own.
Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays for the Classroom   Check out this collection of reader's theater scripts, some of which have been written by and for students.  Aaron Shepard's Reader's Theater Page  Learn all about Reader's Theater in this guide to scripting, staging, and performing. Find scripts for young readers and practice sheets for team scripting.
 
   
   
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Punctuation Paintball  Register for free and play.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Language Arts Terra Nova type exercises can be found here--power points, worksheets, Microsoft Word Activities, on-line activities and more. Brainchild Online Assessment Choose your state or any state and try the test questions. They will help you practice for the MAP tests.

Testing Testing 1,2,3  Fun Power Point presentation to remind you what to do before, during, and after taking tests.
 
   
   
   

 

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