ENGLISH CURRICULUM, Grades K-5

SUPPLEMENTAL - ENGLISH
Supplemental curricula serve many purposes. They may be used to provide additional, isolated, focused instruction and practice on a particular concept or skill. They are also used to enhance and increase interest in aspects of the course. The products listed below all have a vendor purchase price. Please check out the websites if you need "free" English supplemental curriculum.
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SUPPLEMENTAL - LANGUAGE ARTS
K - 6 Drops in the Bucket
Highly recommended supplement that works with any language arts program. Students work independently doing one systematic daily review practice in each of the10 skills, every day for 12 weeks. Some levels include a daily review of one spelling skill.
Reading and Language, Level P: For students reading independently at 1.0-2.0
Reading and Language, Level A: For students reading independently at 1.5-2.5
Reading and Language, Level B: For students reading independently at 2.0-2.5
Reading and Language, Level C: For students reading independently at 3.0-4.5
Reading and Language, Level D: For students reading independently at 4.0 and higher.
Older students would use this program for remediation.
http://www.frog.com/		 Frog Publications    
         

SUPPLEMENTAL - READING
2 - 8

Comprehensive Reading Assessment
A national test preparation book that diagnoses, instructs, gives practice, and assesses. Visually clean formatting, user-friendly workbook. Correlations are available. Great summer educational activity.
The book covers the following critical skills:
Identifying main idea
Identifying details
Identifying sequence
Making inferences
Identifying author's purpose
Identifying genre
Using context clues
http://www.optionspublishing.com/596.htm#ap-table
Options Publishing, http://www.optionspublishing.com/

 Options Publishing    
         

SUPPLEMENTAL - PHONICS & PHONEMIC AWARENESS
PreK - 1 Jumbo Fun with the Alphabet (Evan-Moor)
EMC-2413. This book teaches alphabet letter formation and letter sounds. 200 pages of fun activities guide the student to see, say, hear, and write the 26 letters of the alphabet. A great supplement to any reading program.
http://www.evan-moor.com/
Evan-Moor    
PreK - 1 Leapfrog Think & Go Phonics (LeapFrog)      
K - 3 JINGO: Phonics, JINGO: Rhyming Words, Pharoah Phonics Board Game.
http://www.excellenceineducation.com
Excellence in Education    
K - 3 Phonogram Fun Packet
Phonics Games designed to go with the Writing Road to Reading.
http://www.excellenceineducation.com
 Excellence in Education    
K - 6 MCP "Plaid" Phonics Workbooks
A proven favorite! Homeschool-user friendly and affordable. Color pictures, solid phonics and word study skills. Syllabication, alphabetizing, and dictionary skills in upper grades.
http://www.rainbowresource.com/		 Rainbow Resource Center    
K - 3 Explode the Code
http://www.rainbowresource.com/		 Rainbow Resource Center    
         

SUPPLEMENTAL - GRAMMAR

  Go to Press! A Grammar Game
http://www.excellenceineducation.com/		 Excellence in Education    
         

SUPPLEMENTAL - SPELLING

1 - 6+ Building Spelling Skills Daily Practice
Provides extra scaffolding for struggling students. Consumable practice books with spelling, visual memory, and editing exercises to improve spelling. The 3rd grade workbook has word lists of 15 words. Students in 3rd grade can be doing 20-25 words a week. So this program takes spelling a little slower with more word reinforcement. Pages have more white space.
http://www.evan-moor.com/
Evan-Moor    
2 - 6 Target Spelling (Steck-Vaughn)
Research-based spelling alternative for struggling students. Teaching strategies for the various learning styles. Order according to grade and reading level. Program not appropriate for grade level students.
Go to the website, type "Target Spelling" in the search box,
http://steckvaughn.hmhco.com/en/resources/Target_Spelling.htm		 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Supplemental Publishers    
  Quiddler
A spelling game.
http://www.excellenceineducation.com/
 Excellence in Education    
         
SUPPLEMENTAL - WRITING
  Create-A-Story
Board game to help facilitate story elements and writing.
Excellence in Education: http://www.excellenceineducation.com/
A Brighter Child: http://www.abrighterchild.com/
~Excellence in Education
~A Brighter Child		    
         
         
SUPPLEMENTAL - ONLINE
K - 2 Headsprout Early Reading
Excellent, early reading instruction online for K-2, or intervention for older struggling readers.
http://www.headsprout.com 		Headsprout Early Reading    
K - 8

Brain POP
Brain Pop has animated movies that coordinate with school subjects K-8. Click on your state/subject/grade, select the standard and choose the animated movie clip to view that coordinates with that standard. Use Brain Pop to review individual California grade level standards, introduce a lesson, or make your child's learning more engaging and fun.
http://www.brainpop.com
Brain POP
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K - 12 Future School
Online English individualized teaching and tutoring coordinated with self-paced, interactive online lessons that are aligned to the student's curriculum.
http://www.futureschool.com/
FS Learning System    
2 - 12 Espindle Learning
Online customized spelling & vocabulary tutor. Supports various learning styles - visual, auditory & kinesthetic learners; hands-on practice with phonetic & mnemonic knowledge; memory training; learn English/ESL; spelling bee preparation.
http://www.espindle.org
Espindle Learning