Learning Links

Reading:

Suggested reading list

Texas Bluebonnet Award Books

http://www.txla.org/groups/tba/index.html

Reading Rockets. This site offers activities and resources for parents and teachers of emerging readers. Check in to find tips that can help make your child a stronger and more enthusiastic reader.

http://www.readingrockets.org/

Free Vocabulary Web Games. These online games will help your kids—and you—build vocabulary skills. Help your kids practice before college entrance exams with the SAT word list!

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_vocab.htm

Writing:

Six Traits of Writing Website. It has great posters and student friendly examples of each of the traits as well as exercises of each trait to use.

http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/sixtraits.html

In this interactive game, students apply the proofreading skills they learn in each unit of Houghton Mifflin English to help them proofread real world writing passages.

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/proof.htm

From apples to t-shirts to umbrellas, there are dozens of fun and friendly Shape-Book Patterns for you and your students. You can use shape-book patterns in different ways in your classroom.

http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hme/k_5/shapebook/index.html

Graphic organizers are simple and effective writing tools. Encourage your students to use them throughout the writing process—whether they're brainstorming ideas, exploring topics, generating details, or organizing their writing.

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/graphorg/index.html

The ABC's of the Writing process

http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/

The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation. Treat yourself or your child to a grammar tutorial. Then, take the interactive quizzes to test your mastery!

http://www.grammarbook.com/

Social Studies: