Web Toolboxes for Educators:
Sampling of Language Arts Interactive Sites


Title 

URL Address

Notations

Activities for Elementary Students
child reading
Read, Write, Think http://www.readwritethink.org Lessons, activities and interactive tools for students of all ages. Click on Student materials to access the interactive tools and sample lessons using the tools. Includes: graphic organizers, newsletter editors and much more.
Little Explorer by Enchanted Learning http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/
Dictionary.html
Links to pictures and activities on the Web for every letter. Students may need a peer tutor to read the information available at the links.
NFB Kids http://www.nfbkids.ca National Film Board of Canada helps students explore animation and filmmaking
FunBrain http://www.funbrain.com/words.html Funbrain includes several word activities for spelling, grammar, story writing, and vocabulary.
BBC Schools http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/index.shtml Games from the BBC Schools Interactive Games to practice language, literacy, reading. Activities include specific word practice and comprehension. Search for activities based on type and age.
Learn English for Kids http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids.htm Games for kids from the British Council for teachers and learners of English.
Monster Exchange http://www.monsterexchange.org Encourage written language and reading via a cooperative internet project. Students build a monster describe it and try to have others create it.
Answers.Com http://www.answers.com Use Answers.com for a variety of activities to search word meaning and look up topics of interest.
Scholastic Activities for Students http://www.scholastic.com/kids/index.asp Games and activities to accompany many of the Scholastic books and characters.
Learning Planet Crossword Puzzles http://www.learningplanet.com/
act/puzzles.htm
Crossword puzzles grouped by subject matter.
Learning Planet Word Search Puzzles http://www.learningplanet.com/
act/ws/e_wslist.htm
Easy and hard word search puzzles grouped by subject area.
Alphabet Superhighway Challenge Chaser http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/ index.html  Wild World of Words includes word scrambles, anagrams, and word puzzles.  Spans grade levels with basic, medium and advanced activity levels. Site tends to be busy and irratic.
Mad Libs http://www.penguinputnam.com/
static/packages/us/yreaders
/madlibs/history.html
History of MadLibs, listing of available titles, and interactive activity allowing you to create a mad lib story online.
Activities for Secondary Students
book with pages turning
World Mythology http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/
tour_def/mythology/worldmap_new.html
Interactive activities on World Mythology. Special feature: User can select beginner, intermediate, advanced level.
In the News http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/
inthenews/
Graphics and headlines to use in developing news stories. Participate in discussing views.
Vocabulary University  http://www.vocabulary.com  Vocabulary puzzles to enhance vocabulary mastery.
Voycabulary http://www.voycabulary.com  Make any word on a web page a link to connect to a dictionary for the meaning.
Longman Dictionaries http://www.longman-elt.com/teens/
students/index.html
Longman Teens web site features intermediate to upper intermediate to practice word meanings
Vocabulary Drill http://www.edu4kids.com/index.php Check the links for Language Arts.
Icon Poet http://www.iconpoet.com Free trial download for IconPoet- create interactive poetry.
Where the Lilies Bloom http://www.geocities.com/kskochko/lilies.html Teacher created site to support content for Where the Lilies Bloom Activities to practice vocabulary.
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Last updated: January, 2006