Language Arts Games - Grammar, Punctuation, Capitalization, Vocabulary Sheppard Software's Language Arts page features a variety of games for different grade levels. Elementary students (and anyone who needs a refresher) can play the animated grammar and punctuation games, which review basic punctuation and grammar concepts. This section is continually being refined and expanded, so check back often!
Ode to Poetry – Websites to Generate Student Poetry Online One of my favorite units to teach is poetry. The playing with words, the cleverness of students, and the discovering of new ways to describe a simple object always gives me a thrill. I mean really. How often does one get to use words like hanker after to replace want or quick on the uptake for clever? Today’s post is another freebie to help you with your own poetry units. Poetry Forms (Fill in the Blank Poetry) Giggle Poetry’s Fill in the Blank Poems is a simple tool that allows students write the last line to a poem. Instant Poetry Forms – All language arts teachers should have this site tagged, as it is one of the best resources on the web. Poetry Splatter is a fun interactive fill in the blank poem tool. Read Write Think Acrostic Poem is great for younger students. Read Write Think Diamante Poem gives students a chance to explore diamante poems with this easy fill in the blank tool. Write a Song-Poem from PBS is meant for older students. Magnetic Poetry Online Options Tech Poetry Ideas
Children's Poetry Poetry Foundation Curious about poetry, but don't know where or how to begin? Teach yourself to read poetry. Home > Children’s Poetry April 2014 Children's Poet Laureate Book Pick Read more about this book The Poetry Friday Anthology for Science by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong Each month, Children’s Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt recommends a book of children’s poetry. All Children’s Poet Laureate Book Picks More from the Children’s Poet Laureate Children and PoetryThis area provides resources for parents and teachers to cultivate in children a lifelong love of poetry. Previous Book Picks Over the River and Through the Wood: An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century American Children's Poetry by Karen L. We Go Together: A Curious Selection of Affectionate Verse by Calef Brown Houghton Mifflin Books for Children 2013 Features Article Lemony Snicket Chooses Poetry Not Written for Children That Children Might Nevertheless Enjoy With illustrations by Chris Raschka Essential Children’s Collection Cancel RSS Feeds Poems
online graphical dictionary and thesaurus Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary — Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate. Enter words into the search box to look them up or double-click a node to expand the tree. It's a dictionary! Visuwords™ uses Princeton University’s WordNet, an opensource database built by University students and language researchers. The Visuwords™ Interface To use the applet you only need to type a word into the search query at the top of the page and press 'Enter'. You can zoom the model in and out by rolling the wheel on your mouse. Understanding the links between Synsets "is a kind of" — hyponym/hypernym pair With regards to "wheat" and "grain", we see a cyan link from "wheat" pointing towards "grain" we can understand this to mean that wheat "is a kind of" grain.
Poetry for Children Capitonyms VocabularySpellingCity offers worksheets, games, videos, and teaching activities on capitonyms. Capitonyms are a great way to show students just how much capitalization matters, and matching or fill-in-the-blank games are a fun way to reinforce the lesson. Check out our variety of capitonym resources, each tailored to specific teaching strategies. A capitonym is a word whose meaning changes based on whether or not it is capitalized. Capitonyms can be nouns, verbs, or adjectives. Examples of pairs of capitonyms are: Turkey (the country) and turkey (the bird) China (the country) and china (as in porcelain) Most often, capitonym pairs feature one word as a common noun and the other as a proper noun. March (the month) and march (to walk) Capitonyms can also be adjectives, as in: Titanic (the ship) and titanic (gigantic) Sometimes, a capitonym doesn't change just in meaning, but also in pronunciation -- for example: Mobile (the city in Alabama) is pronounced differently than a mobile phone.
Poems for Children - The Classics This is a collection of classical poems for children written by a variety of poets such as Christina Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Edward Lear. The poems range from fun and lively to solemn and thought provoking. The poems can be printed from the browser by clicking on the "Print" button below each poem. Margins may need to be adjusted depending on the device that is being used. Flash Printable Poems: This is a list of poems that are lightly illustrated and can be printed. The poems are delivered as Flash files and require the device or browser to be able to use the Flash format.
Printing Press The interactive Printing Press is designed to assist students in creating newspapers, brochures, and flyers. Teachers and students can choose from several templates to publish class newspapers, informational brochures, and flyers announcing class events. Text added to the templates can be modified using a simple WYSIWYG editor, which allows students to choose text features, such as font size and color. Documentation for the Printing Press includes instructions for using the tool. Customized versions of the tool, which include additional instructions and more focused choices, are included with some lessons. Grades 3 – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose Flip Book The Flip Book is designed to allow users to type and illustrate tabbed flip books up to ten pages long. Grades K – 12 | Student Interactive | Writing & Publishing Prose Stapleless Book Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity | February 10 The New York Times used the slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print."
Kids Poems Kindly fill in the form below, making sure to include all information in the required fields. We will get back to you if your submission is approved. Be sure to indicate whether you would like your name to appear with your work. You may choose a pen name if you wish, or you may choose to remain anonymous. Please note that authors retain full copyrights to their work submitted through this form. Thank you for visiting My Word Wizard. Click below to see contributions from other visitors to this page... What is God really like Is He like my 2 wheeled bike or ice cream and cake my favorite fishing lake? Home A Heaven on this Earth Which we acquire at birth Where Love never lacks or dearth That is million times at worth Love and compassion fills the atmosphere … Rise from slavery They enslave a person whose was born free Examining their flight from tree to tree I see a string tied around their neck They pick out the one from … A Tribute to my Second Home the wicked witch Teddy Bear love poem War Clock
English Language Arts: Writing Prompts/Journal Topics What is... What is something you dislike about yourself? What is something you do well? What is your favourite room in your home and why? What is a good neighbour? What is the worst thing parents can do to their children? What if... What would happen if you could fly whenever you wanted? What do you think... What do you think of 3D movies? What...misc. What do you like most about yourself? How... How do you feel when it's your birthday? I wish... I wish I had a million... When... When you are angry, how do you look? Which... Which quality best describes your life--exciting, organised, dull--and why? Why... Why is it important to be honest? Misc... Do you think there is too much fighting on t.v.