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Wonderopolis
Check out Wonderopolis daily to explore a new wonder and engage students with high interest nonfiction text. Included is a video, 3 questions and answers to the questions. Perhaps your students can...
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Word Work
Try using Magnetic Letters when your students are doing word work! Take a snip of his/her work and post on his/her blog.
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Word Shake
Try using Word Shake during ELA Centre Time or try it as a group on your SMART Board
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Cube Creator
Read, Write Think – Cube Creator offers an engaging way to helps students synthesize what they have learned.
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Inklewriter – Interactive writing tool
Inklewriter is an online app that allows users to write interactive stories. It works in a web browser so there’s no setup and no installation. Just click on the link and start writing!
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Beyond the Book Report
Here is a great post in Edutopia about alternatives to Book reports … some great ideas! 1. The Graphic Novel: Students draw scenes from a selected part of the book-perhaps a scene that represents the...
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Listen & Read – For Early Learners
Listen & Read – 54 non-fiction read along books. Great to use during guided reading, whole group instruction from your SMART Board, or during independent reading.
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Create a Character
Create a funny character and write about him. Great student engagement!
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Character Scrapbook
Scholastic’s Character Scrapbook is an online activity to help analyze the characters in the books that they read. Just another way to engage your students … try it today! Via ~ Free...
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Oxford Owl e-books
Here is a great collection of free e-books from Oxford Owl for students aged 6 – 11. Please note these books will not work on an iPad .. but you can use them during guided reading on your computer or...
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Teach Your Monster to Read
Teach Your Monster to Read is a fun and engaging way for students to learn how to read. There are a variety games to help students identify letters and sounds. You simply create a teacher account and...
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Read Write Think
Read Write Think is a must in your ELA class. There are many great templates and tools to help improve student writing and inspire creativity.
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Free Online Resources for Non-Fiction Text
Here are a few free online resources for non-fiction text. Time for Kids Scholastic News National Geographic for Kids Yak Corner Smithsonian Kids Sports Illustrated for Kids Dogo News Odyssey...
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Sight Words
SightWords.com is a free educational website designed to help parents and educators teach children to read through sight words instruction.There is a collection of sight words games that gives children...
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National Geographic Books
Check out this collection of National Geographic non fiction books for young readers – “read to self “or “listen to reading” options.
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Awesome Stories
Awesome Stories’ story-driven, evidence-based teaching and learning platform features over 3400 Awesome Stories-authored story learning guides with over 100,000 linked primary sources. For a quick look...
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Jellybean Scoop Writer
Students will love writing and creating stories using Jellybean Scoop Writer – it is fun and easy to use! There are a variety of templates, backgrounds and fonts to choose from. A great way to inspire...
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Listen & Read – For Early Learners
Listen & Read – 54 non-fiction read along books. Great to use during guided reading, whole group instruction from your SMART Board, or during independent reading.
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Character Scrapbook
The interactive “Character Scrapbook” is a great way to engage students and help them form a deeper understanding of a book’s characters. It works with almost any fiction or nonfiction book, and can be...
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