Language Arts
General Language Arts Resources:
Young Heroes of History - - The homepage of the author of this series of Children and Young Adult historical fiction (M,O)
Why & How I Teach with Historical Fiction - Scholastic article by Tarry Lindquist (T)
Reading Comprehension - From rhlschool.com; free online worksheets to re-enforce comprehension (M) (M)
Web English Teacher - Children's Literature (Y,M)
Free math and language arts resources - SGBox (sellers of the popular Singapore Math) offers free resources including online versions of dozens of Aesop's fables, free math resources, irregular verbs, and a synonyms quiz. (Y,M)
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun - With 103 topics from which to choose and over 4500 vocabulary words, kids will have fun learning while playing games like hangman and word finds. Topics include astronomy, baby animals, biblical cities, chemistry, compound words, computers, geography, mus (Y,T)
Crazy Libs - The best way to learn Part of Speech! Read brief stories with your words strategically inserted to produce whacky results. Original stories, excerpts from classic literature, and excerpts from elsewhere on the RinkWorks site are featured. It's silly nonse (Y,M,T)
Power Proofreading - This interactive online editing game is part of the Houghton Mifflin English website. Stories to edit are available for grades 2-8 although I found the 2nd grade games too advanced for my late reader who is just finishing 1st grade. (Y,M,T)
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How to Help Your Struggling Reader
Tools and suggestions to help ensure success for your struggling reader...
Homeschool Writing: Legos Don’t Build Themselves, You Know!
Recently, when a missionary friend was visiting from Japan, I offered to keep his son for a day to free him up for some appointments. Since Rees was alone, I invited my grandson Eli over as a playmate, hauled out a huge crate of Legos, and set the boys loose. I could barely pull them away to eat a hasty lunch before Rees declared, “Can I go back upstairs now? Legos don’t build themselves, you know!” So what does this little anecdote have to do with writing? Simply put, just as a Lego vehicle can’t take shape without the intentional efforts of a builder, your child cannot learn to write without intentional effort from you...
Choosing a Homeschool Language Arts Curriculum For Your Family
What does a homeschool language arts curriculum need to have to make it useful, interesting and comprehensive?
Are there language arts lesson plans which I can use over a number of ages?..
Writing Skills for Children - Better Story Starters
Great writing tips for writers of any age..
Describing a Person: Adding Details
Lesson 3 [of the WriteShop curriculum] presents a unique set of problems for students. They must describe a person in detail and place the subject in a setting; yet they must not end up writing a narrative, or story. Even with WriteShop’s careful guidelines and instructions, many still end up focusing on the activity and neglecting the actual description of their subject. But it’s good to let your kids struggle with the initial writing process. It helps them wrestle with ideas and words, and it reminds them of the importance of brainstorming adequately and effectively...
Choosing Appropriate Color Words
This article focuses on picking just the right color words. With so many tempting choices, your eager yet sometimes immature writer may be using color words that---well---do not exactly work. Molly, in Lesson 2, describes her golden retriever. She says: “Murphy has long buttercup fur with an eggshell undercoat.” Is this a wise use of color words?..