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Language Arts, Writing,

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Language Arts | Writing | Spelling | Rubrics


 

Language Arts

Indiana Academic Standards for English/Language Arts

 

Indiana Academic Standards Resources for English/Language Arts

 

Children's Literature Web Guide
Internet resources related to books for children and young adults.

 

NCTE  

The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education

 

Songs for Teaching

Raps, chants, poetry and more to help your students “get the beat in their feet” for all content areas

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Writing

Six Trait Writing

http://www.olympus.net/personal/skoehler/6trait/
Lesson plans for grades K-8.


http://senior.billings.k12.mt.us/6traits/
Interactive site with trait definitions and examples.  Also includes
rubrics for scoring.

 

http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/ljancola/6Trait/6-trait.html
Student-friendly definition of each trait.  Also includes student
publishing.


ReadWriteThink
...a site providing access to succesful practices, lesson plans, and resources in reading and language arts instruction

 

Rhyming Dictionary
...an easy-to-use rhyming dictionary to help you find that "perfect" word

 

Roget's Thesaurus
...a hypertext version of this classic reference tool

 

Ideas for Teaching Writing
http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/menu.html
Lots of ideas for teaching each trait.

How to Write Like a Fifth Grader
http://students.washington.edu/sjc9/howto.htm
Web based tutorial with lots of great resources and information.
Adaptable to any grade.

Writing with Writers
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/index.htm
Step by step writing workshops with famous authors such as, Virginia
Hamilton, Jack Prelutsky, Joan Lowery Nixon and more.

OWL - Online Writing Lab
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sixtraits.ht ml

Includes rubrics, writing examples, classroom posters and more.
(Grades K-5)

 

Guide to Grammar and Writing
...suggestions, examples, quizzes, and links to help the writing process

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Spelling

Scripps National Spelling Bee

 

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Rubrics

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Select from a variety of templates to create rubrics for your
classroom projects.  

http://go.hrw.com/ndNSAPI.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?sr9%20rubrics
This rubric site is from Holt, Rinehart and Winston.  

http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/Rubric_Bank/rubric_bank.html
Take advantage of Chicago Public Schools' Rubrics Bank.  Hundreds of
rubrics you can view and adapt to your needs.

http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/Create_Rubric/creat_rubric.html
Chicago Public Schools'  How To Create A Rubric from Scratch.

http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-4521.html
This five-part series explores how one teacher designs, refines, and
implements rubrics in a variety of subject areas.

http://4teachers.org/projectbased/checklist.shtml
Projects checklist.

http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/ho.html
MidLink Rubrics & Handouts

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