Middle School ITS ELA

Lesson plans based on content area groupings (e.g. language art, math, science, etc.)

This is an interactive website designed specifically for students in grades K - 8. Here you will find dozens of interactive games, activities, worksheets, and teacher tools that pinpoint essential skills. MrNussbaum.com was created and developed by a teacher! Many of the activities are color-coded. Red = Grade 1 + Orange = Grade 2+ Yellow = Grade 3+ Green = Grade 4 + Blue = Grade 5+

Categories of resources: Authors and Illustrators Books and Literature Dolch Word List Fairy Tales Intermediate Literature Listening and Speaking Poetry Primary Reading & Language Arts Rhymes Writing

Blog About Books Presented by National Geographic for Kids, DogEared is a blog about books-good books, funny books, adventure books; books about animals, friendship, pirates, faraway places . . . every kind of book that kids enjoy. Why is the site called "DogEared"? You know when you read a book and you turn the top edge of a page over to mark your place? That's called a "dog-ear"! Students mark ("dog-ear") the Web page so they can return to it often in order to read real kids' reviews and recommendations. They also share their own opinions and create their own reading wish list-as if it were their own online book club.

Find Out What Works for English Language Learners The U.S. Department of Education's Teaching Literacy in English to K-5 English Learners provides videos, slideshows and tools for teaching reading to K-5 English learners. The site's resources are based on five research-based recommendations: screen and monitor students' progress; provide small-group reading interventions; provide vocabulary instruction throughout the day; develop academic English competence beginning in primary grades; and schedule regular peer-assisted learning opportunities, including structured language practice.

StorYBook is a free, open source story writing software for creative writers, novelists and authors that helps to keep the overview over the strands when writing a book, a novel or a story. StorYBook assists you in structuring your book.