Language Arts Websites
(Reading, Writing, grammar, & Spelling)
Main Idea Activities
It's time to learn all about the Main Idea of a story! Remember- MI=Main Idea OR Most Important! Here are some fun online games to help you with Main Idea:
skills game, passage (hard), practice, paragraph practice, family activities, and learn and practice.
We have had such a great time learning about cause and effect! We now know that the cause is what happens first (but does not always come first in the sentence) and the effect is what happens because of the cause. Here are some great cause and effect websites that you can practice with: Cause and Effect questions, game, matching game, matching game 2, passage, passages 2, and quiz! There are 7 fun online games to choose from!
www.fcatexplorer.com This website provides practice for all skills both in the classroom and on the FCAT.
http://www.philtulga.com/Riddles.html Making inferences
http://www.funbrain.com This website is great for reading and grammar games!
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/ Students can read funny poems from kids their own age and learn how to write their own silly poetry!
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/books Check out this stie for various reading activities, the latest books, and the reading levels of books.
www.storyonline.com Students can listen to celebrities read aloud stories. There are also activities that correlate with the stories.
http://www.eduplace.com/tales/ This is a Mad Libs story writer! These wacky web tales are geared for third grade and above. Each month they change the tales!
http://www.paragraphpunch.com/ This website has many types of brainstorming organizers made for prewriting.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html This site has many writing prompts for kids!
http://www.rhymezone.com/ Type in any word on this site to find its rhymes, synonyms, definitions, and more!
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=WackAWord&COOK= On Alien Word Mine, your child will receive practice identifying nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, synonyms, antonyms, and so much more!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/home_y6flash.shtml On Catch that Thief, your child will go on a challenging spelling adventure!
http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/cursive.htm You can print worksheets that will allow your child to practice his/her cursive.
http://www.spellingcity.com/ Spelling Practice
Math Websites
www.mathfactcafe.com This website is great for practicing and maintaining all math facts.
www.aplusmath.com This interactive website has it all! From games to practice with time and facts, your child can enrich what he/she is currently learning!
www.superkids.com You can print out worksheets for your child to practice his/her addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Plus, so much more!