Communication Arts
Reading
Starfall Grades K-2. A free web site that uses audio and visual games, animation, and phonetics activities to teach children basic reading skills.
Middle School Literacy Grades 5-8. A free site with multimedia activities to boost middle school literacy.
Writing
Google Docs Grades 5-8. Make writing a team effort with these new online resources. Requires creating an account for each student and teacher. Let me know if you are interested and I can create the accounts for you.
New Media Consortium Grades 6-8. Adobe form helps students evaluate online sources.
Research
Visual web search tool Grades K-8. The Boolify Project offers a piece of software that helps model Boolean operators. Its primary audience is Elementary and Middle School children, but it may find relevance with others. Ultimately, its goal is to increase a learners’ ability to perform effective web searches.
Spelling
Spellingtime Grades 1 through 5. This site helps students practice weekly spelling terms.
