3-5 Language

New Site!!  Jan Brett's website contains this fantastic set of drawings that will help your students print or handwrite.  The coloring opportunities are excellent too!
New Site!  Switcheroo Zoo is an interactive site that allows you to switch the parts of animals to create and name whole new animal. ex. the head of a cheetah on the body of a rhino could be a "cheno".  It also has science and creative writing lessons in the Teacher Reference section. 
New Site!  Word Wonders contains grammar and vocabulary builders that will be great for practice.
 Read what others have written and get excellent writing tips at The Write Site.
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant is an excellent resource for writing various types of essays.
  • The purposes of the Grammar Lady Online are to be helpful, to raise consciousness about correct language use, and to remind everyone of the ways to have fun with language.
  • Focusing on Words is a rich source of information that will enhance English-vocabulary skillls.
  • Grammar Bytes! is a great grammar site that includes grammar terms, interactive exercises, handouts and grammar rules.
  • A multitude of writing prompts and journal topics can be found at Can Teach.
  • Kid News serves as a source of news pertaining to young people and to consider for your own newsletters as well as a destination for submissions.
  • Daily Grammar is a free service of Word Place, Inc.  Much like A Word A Day (no affiliation), which teaches you a new word each day, Daily Grammar sends you e-mail messages with a grammar lesson five days of the week and a quiz on the sixth day. 
  • At Acronym Finder, you can learn what all those acronyms and abbreviations stand for!
  • At English Beats - To Command the English Language is our Goal.  We are from anywhere and studying it everywhere in the world.  We are looking around for the good learning aids like services, products, websites, gadgets, tools and techniques that may help to speed up and/or improve our language skills.

  • CRAYON will allow you to CreAte Your Own Newspaper.  This site draws news both local and national to use in your newspaper.
  • At Wacky Web Tales, students create their own wacky tale by filling in the appropriate parts of speech.
  • Meet a dragon, read a story, play a game, solve a mystery, and maybe even save a world at Planet Oz Kids.
  • Meet a dragon, read a story, play a game, solve a mystery, and maybe even save a world at Planet Oz Kids.

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