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This website will be most useful for people who already have some knowledge about Canadian authors and illustrators and who like to browse titles rather than genres

Great video demonstrating run on sentences

An interactive site for students to review idioms. 

A site with idioms listed in alphabetical order and by groupings: i.e Animal Idioms. Also includes quizzes

A comprehensive site that lists idioms and their meaning. 

Many tools; rubrics, assessments, conference forms and more. Based on Mosaic of Thought.

Site with a game and accompanying worksheet to explore onomatopoeia 

Interactive tool to brainstorm words with a group. 

A comprehensive list of onomatopoetic words, listed alphabetically. Includes video clips of sounds. 

Interactive games to support grammar and punctuation. 

A 30 day unit plan for inferencing 

Beautiful and unusual pictures for story prompts. Mostly for division 2

If you have kids or teens who are reluctant readers because they read below grade level and can't find books, try some of these

Purpose of the Teachers' Lounge The purpose of the Professor Garfield Teachers' Lounge Section is to provide free, user-friendly, and standards-based learning materials for the classroom teacher, parent, tutor, or mentor. These materials are intended to support and supplement the ongoing work of the classroom teacher by providing leveled materials (plans, activities, downloadables, and printables) that are retrievable by grade level, subject, and/or national standard. Every effort is being made to provide pre- and post-assessment tools where appropriate and useable.