1. READING

2. Poetry
BBC - KS2 Revisewise - English: Reading Interactive video, test, alliteration
Fizzy Funny Fuzzy Poetry For Kids: Welcome! Has audio!!!
KidzPage! Poetry and verse for children of all ages. Poetry by kids
Poetry for Kids Kenn Nesbit’s humorous poetry site
Poem Hunter thousands of poems, poets, quotations
Poetry Teachers - Poetry Theater poems to perform
Authors in Schools invite a poet to your school
Poetry Teachers get kids excited about poetry
Humorous Children's Poetry links to many poetry sites
Favorite Poem Project audio poems
RhymeZone rhyming dictionary and thesaurus
Lexical FreeNet playing with words

3. Poetry cont.
Nonsense Poetry for Children Lesson plans and links to numerous poems,
poets and classroom activities, internet field trip
Kidd's Rime Time Circus 4th grade poetry webquest
LOL Children's Poetry audio of funny poems, vote for funniest
Poetry Lesson Plans and Resources links to numerous poetry sites
Favorite Poem Project videos of poets reading their work
The Academy of American Poets find a poem or a poet
Poetry Teachers how to teach poetry, poetry theater, activities
Poets Org 150 audio clips of poets
Poet's Corner Homepage search for poems
ReadWriteThink DIAMANTE poem directions

4. Poetry continued
Edward Lear's Nonsense Works online scanned works of Edward Lear

5. Genre Genres genre quiz for whole group or individual learning
Case of the Missing Genre webquest and links to many sites for each genre

6. Reading Comprehension Skills
Reading Workshop Cause and effect lesson plan
Reading Workshop comprehension activities and worksheets, grades 3-5
BBC ReviseWise English nonfiction, deduction activities and worksheets
BBC - KS2 Revisewise - Reading making judgements, interactive mystery
Internet 4 Classrooms fourth grade language arts skills
Who Dunnit? Drawing conclusions, solving mystery
Drawing Conclusions passages and online quiz
TV 411 Reading predicting practice

7. Reading – audio sites
Teacher Tap: Electronic Books and Online Reading list of online reading sites
Good Night Stories different types of stories to create online
Kids' Corner featuring the stories of Beatrix Potter
Brothers Grimm fairy tales, history, facts and more
Aesop's Fables online collection of 658+ stories
ALFY – Storyville primary
BBC Story Plants kids create audio stories online
FableVision Place fable radio has audio
Ira Wordworthy book pop
Storyline Online stories read aloud by celebrities
Children's Stories some audio stories
Book Pop primary stories with audio

8. Figurative Language/Idioms
Idiom Site alphabetic listing of definitions of lots of idioms
English Zone/Idiom Zone Idiom quizzes on line
Figurative Language interactive – click on flower petas,
Definitions of 5 types figurative language, quiz
FunBrain Paint by Idioms game about idioms
The Idiom Connection by type, quizzes
I'm Going on a Trip Game alliteration game

9. Vocabulary Learning Vocabulary can be Fun lots of games
Kid's Lab Lesson on inferential context clues with interactive quiz
Fun Brain multiple meaning words games
Fun Brain multiple meaning words online quiz

10. Holidays
Santa Claus and Christmas at the Northpole Christmas activities
The History Channel the History of Thanksgiving
Martin Luther King Jr. lesson plans, clip art, worksheets, coloring pages,
speech, background info
Women Who Changed History Scholastic site

11. Read Across America Day
Dr. Seuss Webquest
Kids Read all about Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss Web Quest step by step directions for Seuss webquest
Dr. Seuss games, activities, Diffendoofer song
The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss webquest
ABC Teach numerous Dr. Seuss site
Seussville many Dr. Seuss activities
Learning with Dr. Seussl many activities
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Seuss webquest and poem

12. Black History Month
Black History Month Lesson Plans and Activities links to many sites
Underground Railroad--History of Slavery, Pictures, Information
Kulture Kidz info on African American culture
African-American Biographies—A to Z

13. Presidents Day
Presidents' Day or Washington's Birthday? Presidential bios,
Explanation of the holiday
Presidents Day Web Quest scavenger hunt sheet, web sites
Washington & Lincoln Venn Diagrams includes power point on each
Character Profile of a President Web Quest has web for each
Biographies for Kids, Famous Leaders for Young Readers
Presidents Venn Diagram: Washington/Lincoln
Biography of Abraham Lincoln

14. Just for fun Fun Brain Online Madlibs
Fun Brain unscramble words in lots of categories
RIF Reading Planet games, activities
Book Adventure free reading motivation program