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Writing:

Writing Fix - learn about the 6 writing traits and take advantage of wonderful writing prompts

Writing for Children - provides many prompts and links to other writing resources.

English Zone - find resources for grammar, reading, spelling, verbs, writing, idioms and more

Ball Hogs - a fun activity that teaches about antonyms and synonyms

 

Web English teacher - Miscellaneous Writing Sites and Ideas

 

Persuasion map - allows a students to map their persuasive essay

Outta Ray's Head Writing Lessons

Writers Window

Poetry:

Read Write Think - Check out the list of activities including fun tools to create shape poems, acrostic poems, diamante poems and riddles :

Acrostic Poems

Diamante Poem

Riddles

Shape Poems

Letter Poems

Writing Fix - prompts for poetry writing

30 Days of Poetry - Learn how to write a variety of different types of poetry

Poetry4Kids - Kenn Nesbitt's site of poetry for children

Poetry For Kids - Learn about different types of poems

InfoPlease  - A glossary of poetry terms

Literactive - poetry

BBC - poetry slideshows!

Giggle poetry - fun poetry

PBS Newshour - poetry resource supported by the Poetry Foundation

Poetry Aloud- A Directory of Poetry Readings on the Internet

Favorite Poem Project -  listen to videos of people reading their favorite poems and discussing why it is their favorite

Poets - Receive a poem a day to read or discover 30 ways to celebrate National Poetry month from the Academy of American Poets

Poetry Foundaton - listen to podcacsts!

Spelling:

3rd Grade Sitton Spelling

4th Grade Sitton Spelling

Reading :

In  The Book - Explore eight reading strategies for K-4 students and teachers in this interactive and in-depth reading comprehension site

Author Study - Check out Mrs. Spang's wiki that provides ideas for integrating technology into your author studies!

Literactive - carefully leveled guided readers, comprehensive phonic activities and a wealth of supplemental reading material which gradually develop a child's reading skills in a sequential and enjoyable manner

Reading Rockets - Launching Young readers using tips, author interviews, webcasts, podcasts and more!

RIF Reading Planet - Visit the Book Zone, Activity Lab, Game Station and more!

Fablevison - read some telefables!

Candlelight Stories - Read picture books from various authors, or follow links to visit many other illustrated book sites online.

Bookwire - Use this site to search book reviews, read about the latest releases, watch author video clips, and learn about upcoming book events.

Podcasts and Audiobooks :

International Childrens Digital Library - making the best in children's literature available online.

Storynory - Children's story podcasts

Storyline Online - The screen actors Guild Foundation brings you an on-line video program featuring SAG members reading children's books out loud! Each book includes accompanying activities and lesson ideas!

Sillybooks - Developing animated musical cartoon books, story songs, games and puzzles that help kids discover the joy of reading and the power of knowledge

Audiobooks - free audiobooks

Librivox - LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net.

Audio books for free - Offers free MP3 downloads of audio books listed by Genres.
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Learn Out Loud - LearnOutLoud.com is your one-stop destination for audio and video learning.
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