ENGLISH CURRICULUM, Grades K-5

ENGLISH - WEBSITES
This section lists FREE English language arts websites. See also "Supplemental" online materials. The "Supplemental" online materials are not free and all have a vendor purchase price.
GRADE
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COPYRIGHT
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WEBSITES - LANGUAGE ARTS
K - 5 Super Teacher Worksheets
Free worksheets for math, ELA, science, history, the holidays, and much more. FREE custom Bingo card creator.
http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/		      
K - 5 Houghton Mifflin English
Grammar practice, writing instruction, and writing graphic organizers.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/		      
K - 5

Head of the Class
FREE quality curriculum, videos, and multi-media on the Internet. FREE registration to gain access. Subjects include math, phonics, spelling, writing, reading, science, grography, history, art, music, and Spanish.
http://www.theHeadoftheClass.com

      
K - 6 Houghton Mifflin Language Arts
FREE online activities to coordinate with this 2001 California edition integrated reading textbook series, and the Houghton Mifflin English textbook series. Go to Houghton Mifflin Language Arts for Students.
http://www.eduplace.com/
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
   
K - 6 Be Bright
Printables, games, lessons, and activities for math and language arts. Internet Resources for the core subjects and Health and Nutrition for students, parents, and teachers.
http://bebright.info/default.aspx		      
K - 8

School Express
Thousands of FREE worksheets for all subjects.
http://schoolexpress.com

      
K - 12 Internet4Classrooms
Web portal for free interactive websites for core subjects and electives.
Links for K-12 teachers - Language Arts
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/k12links.htm
Grade level skills to help students study their grade level language arts concepts for grades K-8 ,http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm
      
K - 12

McAllen Public Library - Homework Helper (all subjects)
http://www.mcallenlibrary.net/children/homeworkhelpers.aspx
McAllen Memorial Library - Reading Lists
http://www.mcallenlibrary.net/children/reading.aspx

      
K - 12 Read*Write*Think
High quality practices and resources in reading and language arts. Links in the Student Materials take you to things like, Fractured Fairy Tales that inspire students to write a fairy tale of their own, Construct-a-Word (phonemic awareness), are two examples of what you can find on this very comprehensive website.
http://www.readwritethink.org/		      
K - 12 Discovery Education
Classroom Resources
Includes Puzzlemaker, Lesson Plan Library, and Siemans' STEM Academy, a premier online community designed exclusively to foster achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/
Home Resources/English
Homework help for the language arts.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/		      
  Between the Lions - PBS Kids
Games, stories, video clips, Lions to Go (dowloadable video clips), and a section for parents.
http://pbskids.org/lions/		      

WEBSITES - PHONEMIC AWARENESS
K - 1

Patti's Electronic Classroom
Phonemic awareness activities.
http://teams.lacoe.edu/DOCUMENTATION/classrooms/patti/k-1/activities/phonemic.html

      
K - 2

Starfall.com
Excellent free website that teaches children to read. Contains interactive books and phonics games.
http://www.starfall.com/

      
K - 3 Put Reading First
Explains the research conclusions to the five components of a successful reading program, K-3.
http://www.nifl.gov/publications/pdf/PRFbooklet.pdf		      
K - 3 Reading a-z.com
Phonological awareness lessons and decodable readers are just a few of the reading resources you will find at this website. Highly recommended.
http://www.readinga-z.com/phonics/index.html
http://www.readinga-z.com/book/phonological-awareness-lessons.php		      
K - 3 Lesson Planet
The search engine for teachers.
Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plans		      
K - 12 Read*Write*Think
High quality practices and resources in reading and language arts. Links in the Student Materials take you to things like, Fractured Fairy Tales that inspire students to write a fairy tale of their own, Construct-a-Word (phonemic awareness), are two examples of what you can find on this very comprehensive website.
http://www.readwritethink.org/		      

WEBSITES - PHONICS
PreK - 3 Between the Lions - PBS Kids
Games, stories, video clips, Lions to Go (dowloadable video clips), and a section for parents.
http://pbskids.org/lions/		      
K - 2

Starfall.com
Excellent free website that teaches children to read (phonics and comprehension). Contains interactive books and phonics games.
http://www.starfall.com/

      
K - 3 Put Reading First
Explains the research conclusions to the five components of a successful reading program, K-3: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, reading comprehension.
http://www.nifl.gov/publications/pdf/PRFbooklet.pdf		      
K - 3 Reading a-z.com
Phonological awareness lessons and decodable readers are just a few of the reading resources you will find at this website. Highly recommended.
http://www.readinga-z.com/phonics/index.html
http://www.readinga-z.com/book/phonological-awareness-lessons.php		      
K - 12 Read*Write*Think
High quality practices and resources in reading and language arts. Links in the Student Materials take you to things like, Fractured Fairy Tales that inspire students to write a fairy tale of their own, Construct-a-Word (phonemic awareness), are two examples of what you can find on this very comprehensive website.
http://www.readwritethink.org/		      

WEBSITES - VOCABULARY
K - 3 Put Reading First
Explains the research conclusions to the five components of a successful reading program, K-3: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, reading comprehension.
http://www.nifl.gov/publications/pdf/PRFbooklet.pdf		      
K - 3 Reading a-z.com
Website with complete reading resources. Highly recommended.
http://www.readinga-z.com/
      
K - 12 Read*Write*Think
High quality practices and resources in reading and language arts. Links in the Student Materials take you to things like, Fractured Fairy Tales that inspire students to write a fairy tale of their own, Construct-a-Word (phonemic awareness), are two examples of what you can find on this very comprehensive website.
http://www.readwritethink.org/		      
K - 12

Oswego Vocabulary Web
Create your own printable vocabulary flash cards with the word on the front and the definition on the back.
http://resources.oswego.org/cur/vocabulary/wordcards.cfm

      

WEBSITES - FLUENCY
K - 3 Put Reading First
Explains the research conclusions to the five components of a successful reading program, K-3: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, reading comprehension.
http://www.nifl.gov/publications/pdf/PRFbooklet.pdf		      
K-3 Reading a-z.com
Website with complete reading resources. Highly recommended.
http://www.readinga-z.com/
      
K - 12 Read Naturally
This vendor website has lots of valuable information regarding reading fluency.
http://www.readnaturally.com
Sometimes poor fluency is due to poor vocabulary or phonics skills.
Determine who needs fluency training chart,
http://www.readnaturally.com/howto/whoneeds.htm		      

WEBSITES - READING COMPREHENSION
K - 3 Put Reading First
Explains the research conclusions to the five components of a successful reading program, K-3: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, reading comprehension.
http://www.nifl.gov/publications/pdf/PRFbooklet.pdf		      
K - 3 Reading a-z.com
Website with complete reading resources. Highly recommended.
http://www.readinga-z.com/
      

WEBSITES - SPELLING
1 - 6

Houghton Mifflin CA Reading
Spelling Lists by grade level.
http://www.eduplace.com/spellinglists/
Additional spelling words to the above lists can be found by going to the below link, clicking on the grade level, then clicking on the link, "Addional Spelling Words",
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hmr/

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1 - 8 Everyday Spelling (Scott Foresman)
Free access to spelling word lists for grades K-8.
http://www.everydayspelling.com/lists/listindex.html		      
  Cando's Helper Page!
http://candohelperpage.com/
Fry's Spelling and Sight word lists, with coordinating flash cards.
http://candohelperpage.com/sightvocab_1.html#anchor_376		      
  Between the Lions: Alphabet Soup
Student creates words from letters.
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/soup.html		      
K - 12 Read*Write*Think
High quality practices and resources in reading and language arts. Links in the Student Materials take you to things like, Fractured Fairy Tales that inspire students to write a fairy tale of their own, Construct-a-Word (phonemic awareness), are two examples of what you can find on this very comprehensive website.
http://www.readwritethink.org/		      

WEBSITES - GRAMMAR
K - 5 Houghton Mifflin English
Grammar practice, writing instruction, and writing graphic organizers.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/		      
K - 12 Read*Write*Think
High quality practices and resources in reading and language arts. Links in the Student Materials take you to things like, Fractured Fairy Tales that inspire students to write a fairy tale of their own, Construct-a-Word (phonemic awareness), are two examples of what you can find on this very comprehensive website.
http://www.readwritethink.org/		      

WEBSITES - WRITING
K - 5 Houghton Mifflin English
Grammar practice, writing instruction, and writing graphic organizers.
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/		      
K - 12 Read*Write*Think
High quality practices and resources in reading and language arts. Links in the Student Materials take you to things like, Fractured Fairy Tales that inspire students to write a fairy tale of their own, Construct-a-Word (phonemic awareness), are two examples of what you can find on this very comprehensive website.
http://www.readwritethink.org/		      
3 - 12 F.I.L.M. Finding Inspiration in Literature and Movies
http://www.trulymovingpictures.org/FILM/Pages/Curricula.aspx		      

WEBSITES - CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
  Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Lists of great books for kids, book reviews, activities, and links to online resources.
http://www.carolhurst.com/		      

WEBSITES - POETRY
2 - 12 PoetryTeachers.com
How to teach poetry, poetry theater, poetry activities.
http://www.poetryteachers.com/
In the Poetry Class section, students are provided with easy to follow instructions that teach how to write funny poems.
http://www.poetryteachers.com/poetclass/poetclass.html		      
6 - 12 Poetry Magic
An extensive resource website for the theory and craft of writing poetry.
http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk/		      
WEBSITES - FREE AUDIO BOOKS
The charter school does not endorse all the contents on these FREE websites. Use at your own discretion.
K - Adult Kiddie Records Weekly
Kiddie Records Weekly celebrates the golden age of children's records.  This period roughly spanned from the mid forties through the early fifties and produced a wealth of all-time classics.  Many of these recordings were extravagant Hollywood productions and featured big time celebrities and composers.
http://www.kiddierecords.com/