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This is an article written by Rita Buchoff which details how teaching reading can not only be fun, but through the use of riddles, it actually increases students problem-solving and higher level thinking skills.

Takes text and lays it out in spiral, valentine, rebus, etc. Good for language arts visuals as Web 2.0 tool.

For the ESOL teacher, or student...find ideas for LEP (any language) students. Teaching through technology has been proven to be effective in areas of language deficiency. I've used a few of the Webquests in the Reading section in my classes. If you have the computers in your room or media center, this is a MUST HAVE book mark!

This is a great website to reinforce topics in Language Arts Education, grades K-5. These games are fun and interactive. The information is organzied by topic which makes navigation easy for students.

More than math games - arts, languages, literacy, science, social studies, health, and more. Games, activities, puzzles, and teaching ideas for many holidays.

great resource for music, history, and language art teachers. Give lesson plans, timelines, and music samples and major artist contributors to jazz music

Thank you for this post it can be used in any class. I play jazz and classical music in my classroom when we are working on assignment and the kids love it!

An awesome resource to share with students! As a teacher I regularly refer to Bloom's Taxonomy when I am planning or developing questions for my students to ponder and respond to. This resource provides a great explanation of the thinking processes that the learner should experience at each of the levels in the taxonomy. The chart offers sample questions in very student-friendly language. This will be helpful as I encourage my students to stretch their questioning and thinking from the knowledge level through the higher levels. 

Hatch Early Learning experts have developed two unique software packages that meet the needs of educators teaching young preschoolers, kindergarteners, English Language Learners, 1st graders and children with special abilities. Our solution options include TeachSmart, for cognitive ages 3 - 5, and CoreFocus, for cognitive ages 3 - 8.

This resource is excellent for K-6 Writing/Language Arts teachers. Teachers or students can spin four different wheels which will result in an interesting combination of four different plot elements that can be used to create a story.

Help feed the hungry while improving vocabulary or math skills. Rice donated through UN World Food Programme. Links to other ways to donate also.

cool website to have students learn words and build their vocabulary. I can see language art or reading teachers having their student use this website as additional practice.

A fun interactive site that develops reading and language skills for younger students. The web site can be accessed at school or home. It features letter recognition, building sentences, synonyms and antonyms, and more. The skills are broken down into beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels.

VoiceThread is a free online tool. I'v always wanted to use more audio in my classroom and this seems like a great device.

The new Pearson ELL tablet-based assessment looks to target all four areas of the English providing a thorough breakdown of the students progress at the end of their semester.

The new Pearson ELL tablet-based assessment looks to target all four areas of the English providing a thorough breakdown of the students progress at the end of their semester.

Educational games and apps for grades K - 5. The games are math and language arts related.

This is a fun and educational website! There are some things it asks you to download from itunes, but there are many, many games and apps available for free. This site offers great math and language arts computer games for elementary students grades k-5.

This is a great website to use with all grade level students. It includes educational games for all subjects!

This site has podcasts from public radio related to Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies topics.

This book is introducing integrating educational technology in to teaching.

Offers lesson plans, printables, computer bases labs for students, whiteboard integration activities, even a teacher to teacher blog. The primary focus is on language arts curriculum for grades pre K-5. The teacher share section is similar to diigo!

For ESL/EFL/English learners/teachers: Courses, documents, games, exercises, tests, interactive pages, plays, fonts, cliparts, photos, jokes, cartoons, chat rooms, forums...

Excellent links to sites