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This searchable website has been created by a long-time language arts teacher to provide resources and materials for classroom teachers, reading and resource specialists, speech therapists, parents and students in the area of language arts. Lots of downloadable materials focusing on the alphabet, blends, word families, sight words, homophones and much more. Find the teddy bear that says "search" to search the resources.

These are more than spiffy-looking printable webs. Take some time to read about the teaching philosophy that led to the downloadable resources here. Some of the resources are in .DOC format and can be used by students who keyboard instead of write.

This site provides resources for authors including videos, study guides, lesson plans, and links. Search easily by title, author name, grade level, or subject area.

A website with book reviews, author biographies, quizzes and polls to engage kids in reading. Unfortunately, no search engine, so you need to explore a bit to know if there are resources specific to the book you are teaching.

This section for kids has activities, online games, and encouragement for reading and writing. There is also a section of teacher resources.

Literary and historical topics. "Shmoop will make a handy starting point for developing background knowledge, for topic, question, and thesis development, and for test prep. Some teachers will appreciate its value for preparing lessons."

Provides character analysis, historical background, themes, famous quotes, pictures, FAQs, modern connections, essays, bibliography, and further readings on hundreds of books. Although you must pay to have access to all the support materials, you can see useful excerpts. You can choose to buy the support materials for a single book, or have a site-wide subscription.

A collection of pre-formatted graphic organizers that can be integrated into activities and lesson plans or use by themselves. Three different formats for your convenience: HTML, Word, and PDF