Spelling Made Fun!

Spelling doesn't have to be rigorous or boring for your students, with Spelling City.com your students can learn their spelling words in a fun and engaging way. There are free activities for children to take part in where they learn words through reading, writing, and spelling games. Spelling City not only has resources for children, but there are also great resources for teachers and parents.

Free Printables for Reading Comprehension

Graphic organizers are a great way for students to stay organized and construct meaning to what they are reading. At Scholastic.com there are endless amounts of resources for educators to use regarding reading comprehension. There are, reading comprehension,organizer patterns, character analysis and setting, and  plot and sequence worksheets for students to use while they are reading. Also available on the website are reading records, checklists for students to use before reading, while reading, and after reading, and teacher-student reading conference forms. The best thing is that all of these resources are FREE!!

The International Reading Association Presents: Read, Write, Think

Read Write Think is a wonderful resource for parents and educators to use for language arts and reading instruction. This website offers free classroom resources including lesson plans, calendar activities, student interactives, printouts, and mobile apps. There are plentiful professional development resources to be found as well as parent and after-school resources. 



While on this website, I stumbled upon a great activity called "A Gem of a Poem." The activity involves students writing diamante poems:
Line 1 is a noun
Line 2 has two adjectives describing the noun in Line 1
Line 3 has three verbs related to the noun in Line 1
Line 4 has four nouns: two relating to Line 1 and two relating to Line 7 
Line 5 has three verbs related to the noun in Line 7 
Line 6 has two adjectives describing the noun in Line 7
Line 7 is a noun opposite to Line 1

Example:   
                                                   Dog
                                              Playful cute
                                      digging chasing hiding
                                  Dig chasing eating sleeping
                                       Licking eating playing
                                              Sleepy lazy
                                                    Cat

This poem is a great way for students to be creative while they practice using the correct parts of speech in their writing. 









                            

Turtle Diary: Re-Imagination of Learning

I have recently stumbled upon this great educational website, turtlediary.com. This website is full of educational games, stories, videos, pictures, crafts and worksheets for students and teachers to use. The website caters to preschool through fifth grade students and provides fun and easy ways for children to learn. Turtle Diary's mission is to help kids develop a comprehensive understanding of concepts in Social Studies, Language Arts, Math, Creativity and Logic, and Science. There are puzzle games, building games, animated lesson plans, interactive storybooks, printable worksheets, and many arts and craft activities for children to make. There is a great section of this website titled "Biographies" where students can read about historical figures and their impact on the world. This portion of the website is a great way for students to learn more about history in a fun and engaging way. Turtle Diary is a wonderful resource for elementary educators to use.




I hope you'll check this website out soon!