Contains plans for three lessons that teach about sound and letters using Dr. Seuss's "Mr. Brown Can MOO! Can You?" In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...

This interactive spelling and vocabulary site allows students and teachers to type in their own list of spelling and/or vocabulary words, or choose from featured vocabulary and a spelling list. Students master concepts through games,...

The site is made of 11 dolch word list, one list per set of games. Each list has 4 games to play as practice. Games have audio sound for students' to listen to the words.

This is the Japanese version of the well-known Interesting Things for ESL site (the authors are professors teaching in Japan). The Japanese site has many of the same features as the English Only version in fact, it usually goes to the...

Improve English language proficiency at this comprehensive ELL (English Language Learner) site for Spanish-speaking students. It is subdivided into eight areas of language development: vocabulary, grammar, listening comprehension,...

Improve English language proficiency at this comprehensive ELL (English Language Learner) site for Spanish speaking students. This section is subdivided into eight areas of language development: vocabulary, grammar, listening...

This free reading intervention site is geared toward students grade K-3, with literacy activities and lessons/ideas links. The site includes teaching tools and activities. See the link at the bottom to "About FreeReading" for a list of...

Curious about what a dictionary might tell you beyond how to spell a word? This site will walk you through the basics of using any dictionary, as well as suggest why you might want to consult one on a regular basis. L.9-10.4c References,...

Clear up the confusion of troublesome verbs with this interactive Language Arts skill-building site. Students' engage in quizzes that tackle grammar usage and the confusing verbs: Their/There/They're and Who's/Whose.

This site is a phonics quiz in which students read the instructions, such as "find the word with a short "a" sound;" then they select the correct answer.

This site is an interactive game for one or two players. Gives two definitions that fit the same word. Players have to guess and spell the target word for points.

Those familiar with ESL web sites will probably recognize this comprehensive site. On this page, the editors helpfully highlight a dozen or so word games and vocabularly activities geared to beginning ESL students and newcomers to the...

Wonderful site for Spanish speaking ELL. Beginning level has instructions in Spanish and an excellent variety of activities focusing (in this section), on alphabet, numbers, time, classroom vocabulary, school subjects, titles. Auditory...

Come and check out this awesome pre-reading resource. This site offers examples of simple word games you can play with kids to increase their ability to recognize and use letters and sounds. Try these games the next time you're in the...

What is the rationale behind the "Letterbox Lesson?" This site reveals how students must understand the phoneme sequence in words in order to decode them. Come and learn more.

A treasure of grammar and writing information. Index links broken down to sentence level, paragraph level, and essay level. Site also contains PDF samples of business writing and research papers, PowerPoint presentations, interactive...

This site not only is a dictionary and a thesaurus, but it also has brain teasers and games.

A six-part learning module with links videos, web sites, and graphic organizers that teach about forming superlative and comparative forms of adjectives ending in the letter "y."

Great site! Offers student tons of confusables! Also offers quizzes and a pull-down menu for one "confusable" at a time. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2, L.11-12.2b Spelling, L.11-12.4 Word Meanings

A Lenape spoken dictionary. Type an English word, phrase or sentence to see and hear it translated into the Lenape language. The site also provides lessons in Lenape, information about spelling and grammar, a large collection of...

This is a graphically pleasing site with an absolute ton of information about words, how we use them and how we abuse them. Reading this is nearly as much fun as writing it seems to have been for the author, William Allen White, School...

At this site unscramble letters of common colors to discover the answer. Good spelling practice. Designed for ESL students.

Extensive site focusing on Spanish-speaking ELL. This section practices sound recognition.

Young scholars write words with r-controlled vowel sounds using the correct spelling pattern.