Literacy Links

http://www.googlelittrips.org/ This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place.

http://www.teachthis.com.au/ Everything from find-a-words to division to graphic organisers, this site has it all!

http://www.wordle.net/ Creates clouds of words that you enter.

http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp Create your own newspaper clipping – looks like a real newspaper.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm Literacy learning Place: lots of interactive games, online books etc.

http://www.spellingcity.com/ Interactive online game, produces word lists, printable worksheets and word chunking activities.

http://www.writingfun.com/ Very comprehensive explanation of writing genres, printable worksheets and key concepts to teach, by Jenny Eather

www.funbrain.com Endless games including math baseball. Games can work on addition, subtraction, multiplication as well as reading and puzzles.

http://www.eric-carle.com/ The site does not have a lot of games, but be sure and check out the video section. This is great to do in correspondence with reading some of his books.

www.pbskids.org This site has endless resources for parents, teachers and kids. There is everything from colouring sheets to games to stories from your students favourite characters

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