Language Arts Links

Language Arts Connection

News Sources

Class Projects

 

History Connection

Washington State History

Medieval Ages History

Writing and Reading History

 

Researching

Research Room

A+ Reading and Research

Hiller’s Cool Links of all Kinds

 

Good Books To Read

Good Books For Kids To Be Reading

Guys Read

Best Children's Books of the Year

Children's Literature Web Site

Cyber Guide - SCORE    By grade levels.  CDE.  

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

Grade Level Reading Lists    Teacher Recommended Reading Lists (K-8)

Recommended Reading Lists 7th & 8th Grade    

International Reading Association - Recommended Reading Lists

One Hundred Books that Shaped the Century

One Hundred Picture Books Everyone Should Know.   New York Public Library.  K-4

Young Readers' Choice Awards
Youth Recommended Reading Lists St. Charles Public Library

 

Classroom Reading Program

SSR Program in PowerPoint

SSR- Independent Reading

 

Reading and Writing Strategies

Strategies and Guides

SQ4R Study Strategy

Strategies Site: Muskingum College Learning Strategies Homepage

Grammar

Big Dog’s Grammar

Self-Study Grammar Quizzes

Grammar Bytes

Daily Grammar

Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)

 

Writing Links

The Writing Process:

The Writing Process for Students and Teachers

The ABCs of the Writing Process

Edit for Sentence Variety

 

Expository:

The Five Paragraph Essay- Expository

Kinds of Writing- Expository, Persuasive, Descriptive and more

Color Coding the Expository Essay

Mt. Rushmore Example of Expository Writing

Comparison/Contrast Essay

 

Persuasive:

A Persuasive Essay  with color coded parts

The Five Paragraph Essay- Persuasive Washington State WASL papers

Prompt Practice:

Persuasive Prompts and Other Online Sources

Persuasive writing ideas

 

Narrative:

 

Letters:

Friendly Letter Format

Letter Writing Guide

 

Essay and Paragraphs:

How to write a paragraph

Parts of a Paragraph

How to write an essay

The Basic Essay

Kinds of Essays (formats) and Samples of Essays

 

General Writing Sites:

Helpful Websites for Writers

Online Dictionary

Pizzaz

Writing Center

Guide to Basic Writing

Prompt Generator

 

Reading Links

Literature:

The Children's Literature Web Guide

Five Facts about Fiction

Story Mapping

 

Informational Text:

How to read a text book page

 

Reader’s Theater:

READER’S THEATER

Basic information

The Power of Reader’s Theater

 

Graphic Organizers:

Write Design Online Graphic Organizers

Graphic Organizer Index

Mrs. Hiller’s favorite site for examples of kinds of note taking organizers

Great graphic organizer for topic/detail notes

Scholastics for Kids suggestions

PDF Files of Sample Organizers

Cornell Notes at a site “Tools for Writing and Thinking”

Summary Notes

Graphic Organizers with Enchanted Learning

Organizers (PDF files)-excellent

Poetry Links

Garden Poems

Poetry Lessons for Students by Topic

Poetry 180

Daily Poems

Stone Soup: Kid poems and Publication opportunities

Poetry Zone

Many Links to Poetry

Language Arts Tools

Flash Card Maker

Calendar Maker

Study Tools

Make a To Do List

 

Scoring Writing Tools

Bellingham School District’s Writing  Rubrics

 

PowerPoint Links

PowerPoint Self Guided Lessons

Brainy Betty Free Backgrounds for school

 

Visual Literacy

National Gallery of Art

 

Classroom Resources

Reader’s Handbook

Write Source, 2000

 

 

Curriculum Information

Classroom:

Classroom Curriculum Overview

Classroom Targeted Reading, Writing, and Research Skills and Strategies

District Literacy Curriculum

Language Arts Syllabus for 2006

District:

Bellingham School District Home Page

State:

OSPI Essential Academic Learning Requirements

Homework Policy and Links

District Homework Policy and Research

Homework Helper Links