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** 911 Writers Block ** [|__http://www.webook.com/911writersblock__]
 * [|Grammar Journals] **

Online help when you are stumped for character details, opening lines, verbs, settings, and dialogue.

** Between the Lions ** [|__http://pbskids.org/lions/__]

Contains stories, videos, games and more to encourage beginning readers, K – 2.

** Bookadventure ** [|__http://bookadventure.org/__]

A reading motivation program for students grades K – 8.

** Crazy Libs ** [|__http://rinkworks.com/crazylibs/__]

Select various words and parts of speech to fill in the blanks, then read the story…makes for humorous tales.

** Dialectizer, The ** [|__http://rinkworks.com/dialect/__]

Take text and change the dialect to Redneck, Elmer Fudd, Jive or Pig Latin!

** Digital Book Talk ** [|__www.digitalbooktalk.com__]

Website sponsored by the University of Central Florida showcasing book trailers made by students. **Fun Brain**  [|http://www.funbrain.com]   Interactive games for early learners of math and language arts.

** Fun with Words ** [|__http://rinkworks.com/words/__]

Unique trivia that celebrates the English language.

** Giggle Poetry ** [|__http://www.gigglepoetry.com/__]

A variety of humorous poems for classroom use. **Glogster ** __[|www.glogster.com] __

Online poster/blog – great for book summaries and as an alternative to other traditional projects.

** Google Lit Trips ** [|__http://www.googlelittrips.org/__]

Use Google Earth to teach literature.

** Grammar Book ** [|__http://www.grammarbook.com__]

Free grammar tools such as rules, commonly confused words and grammar and punctuation videos.

** Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips ** [|__http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/__]

Written in a manner that is easy for teens to relate, offers tips for better writing. Also, available via podcasts. ** Interactives ** [|__http://www.learner.org/interactives/__]

Cross-curricular online activities in a variety of subject areas, grades 2 – 12.

** Make Beliefs Comix ** [|__http://www.makebeliefscomix.com__]

Create digital comics, excellent for creative writing activities.

** Newseum ** [|__http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/__]

Showcases the front pages of daily newspapers from around the world in its original form.

** Newspaper Clipping Generator ** [|__http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp__]

Allows you to write your own “make-believed” newspaper article and “publish it”

** New York Times Learning Page ** [|__http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html__]

News summaries, “on this day”, word of the day and more.

** Poetry 4 Kids ** [|__http://www.poetry4kids.com__]

Rhyming dictionary, poetry samples, games and lessons.

** Read, Write, Think ** [|__http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp__]

Student materials of interactive games to supplement a variety of lessons.

** RIF **** Reading Planet ** [|__http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/__]

Created by Reading Is Fundamental, offers games, activities and animated books.

** Roy ****, Tale of a Singing Zebra ** [|__http://www.roythezebra.com/__]

Guided reading and reading games.

** Schooltime Games ** [|__http://schooltimegames.com/index.html__]

Variety of online games to supplement instruction in various subjects.

** Smithsonian Educators ** [|__http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/index.html__]

Tons of educational resources on many topics supported by the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies.

** Spelling **** City ** [|__http://www.spellingcity.com/__]

Uses your own spelling words to practice.

** Starfall ** [|__www.starfall.com__]

Beginning reading activities and games.

** Student News ** [|__http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/__]

Recap of today’s CNN headlines appropriately created for kids. **The Week in Rap**  [|http://www.theweekinrap.com]   A week's worth of news, rapped. New every Friday. ** Tikatok ** [|__http://www.tikatok.com/__]

Website allows kids to write and illustrate stories. Story creation is free.

** Toon Doo ** [|__www.toondoo.com__]

A comic creation website, great for creative writing.

** Up to Ten ** [|__http://www.uptoten.com__]

Coloring, storybooks and games.

** Visuwords ** [|__http://www.visuwords.com__]

Online graphic dictionary – very cool!

** VozMe ** [|__http://vozme.com/index.php?lang=en__]

Changes typed text to an audio file.

** Word Central ** [|__http://www.wordcentral.com/__]

Created by Merriam-Webster’s, offers daily buzzword, build your own dictionary and games.

** Wordle ** [|__http://www.wordle.net/__]

Create word clouds, great for spelling or vocabularly.

** Writing Fix! ** [|__http://www.writingfix.com/__]

Interactive prompts, lessons and resources to encourage writing.

** Zimmer Twins ** [|__http://www.zimmertwins.com__]

Great website for writing prompts! Gives you a snippet of animation action followed by a question.

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