Teaching Ideas

Online Activities

Creature Crazy - Based on Kratt's Creatures- Create a story starring you and your friends.
http://www.pbs.org/kratts/crazy/index.html

English Grammar Connection - These interactive online lessons help improve students' English grammar skills. Students receive constructive feedback throughout the exercises. Great for TCAP practice.
http://www.englishgrammarconnection.com/lessonstart.html

Fun Brain Game Finder - Choose Language Arts
http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/getskill.cgi?A1=choices&

Grammar Blast - Mechanics and parts of speech are reviewed with this online activity. The site is based on Houghton Mifflin series, but can be useful to all.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/quizzes/index.html

Learning Activities for Preschool and Primary Grades - Includes a Reading and Writing Section with many story starters.
http://www.meddybemps.com/7.33.html

Online Activities/Games - Writing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/teachers/writing_onlineactivity.shtml

Structure of a Paragraph Unit Based on the book How to Eat Fried Worms
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading/paragraph_unit/paragraph_unit.htm

Quia - English - top 20 activities
http://www.quia.com/dir/eng/

Wacky Web Tales - This is an interactive game is great for reviewing parts of speech.
http://www.eduplace.com/tales/

Word Games