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Exeter•West Greenwich Regional School District > Metcalf Elementary School 30 Nooseneck Hill Road Exeter, RI 02822 Phone: 401-397-3375 Fax: 401-397-0011 > Language Arts

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Reading! Writing! Language Arts!

RESOURCES in Reading and Language Arts

for Exeter-West Greenwich Elementary

Students, Parents, and Teachers

This page has been designed as a resource link for parents, teachers, and students

with the purpose of improving reading and language arts performance at Lineham, Wawaloam, and Metcalf Schools. 

 

Hopefully you will find the web sites linked here informational.  Although we feel these links could prove helpful,

we do not necessarily support, endorse, or advocate the information on these sites. 

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Games, Puzzles, and Vocabulary Builders

 

Word of the Day Vocabulary Builders Word-of-the-day lists for Grades 4-6, plus

 

Word Searches Make your own word search puzzles!!

 

Word Scrambles Make your own word scramble games! A great way to practice spelling and vocabulary!

 

Puzzlemaker A puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents for a large variety of puzzle types

 

Wacky Web Tales Mad Lib style fun

 

Kids Hub Language Arts links to spelling, writing and poetry activities and games

 

  Vocab Fun Brush up on your vocabulary! Choose the definition for a word and find out if you're right.

 

 

Choosing Good Books

Reading Scene Explore cool books at this online book club (listed by grade level) 

 

 Children’s Book Awards Links to book awards around the world

 

 The Year’s Best Books  Book awards are all very well, but sometimes you just can't choose one best book, or two, or three, or even ten. The lists here represent several perspectives on the year's top choices.

 

    American Library Association List Books grouped together by age level that spans birth through grade six

 

 

Reading Resources

 

US Department of Education Helping your child become a better reader (focusing on infancy to age 6)

 

Reading Tips for Parents Tips for reading to and with children preschool through grade 6

 

Read With Me Tips and Hints for establishing Reading Partners at home

 

Reading Activities and Discussion Ideas Lists to help adults help students showoff what they read

 

EduPlace Homework Help Reading/Language Arts and much more

 

Kids Pages Resources for children, parents and educators

 

 Internet Library Much of what a real public library delivers can be done on the Internet. A must visit.

 

BookAdventure Bookfinder, Quiz-O-Matic and more

 

Children's Literature Web Guide An attempt to gather together and categorize the growing number of Internet resources related to books for Children and Young Adults

 

Authors and Illustrators Sites with many authors and illustrators with age rankings 

 

Explore the World of Authors and Illustrators Link to fabulous sites with the Children's Book Council

 

Learning Partners Parent resource to help encourage reading at home with classroom activities, too

 

 READ*WRITE*NOW! Activities for Reading and Writing Fun, birth to grade 6

 

50 Fun Ways to Improve Reading Links, games, activities, articles and more!

 

 

Language Arts Resources

 

School House Rock Lyrics Lyrics for the Grammar Rock series

 

EduPlace Homework Help Reading/Language Arts and much more

 

  Writing Topics listed by grade level

 

Write Source Models Model writing organized by grade level and type of writing

 

Kids Hub Language Arts links to spelling, writing and poetry activities and games

 

Common Errors in English Common vocabulary and grammar errors

 

Study Skills  Step-by-step strategies to help listening, reading, note-taking, paper-writing skills, and more.

 

 READ*WRITE*NOW!  Activities for Reading and Writing Fun, birth to grade 6

 

Help improve Writing, Plus Links, games, activities, articles and more!

 

 

Teacher Resources

 

Carol Hurst Site One of the best sites for reviews, teaching ideas, and creative groupings of children's books

 

Childrens's Book Council 13 activities to do with children plus much more

 

25 Ideas Ideas to motivate young readers in the classroom

 

  Internet Media Center Resources to support the curriculum in English and Language Arts for K-12 educators

 

Reading Activities and Discussion Ideas Lists to help adults help students showoff what they read

 

ABCTeach Great resources including, articles, forms, discussions and theme ideas

 

The Teacher's Corner  Resources! Lesson Plans! Units! Seasonal Activities! New and exciting ideas

 

 

4-Block and 6-Traits

 

  The Four Blocks Literacy Center Your 24 hour connection to Four Blocks teachers and resources

 

 The Four Blocks Literacy Model  The main homepage providing program information and support

 

 6-Traits Overview of 6-Traits Writing, including background, description and rubrics for each trait and examples of student work.

 

  Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Support to the six-trait analytical writing experience, including scoring criteria, new instructional materials,and sample papers

 

 Primary Writing Writing resources for the primary teacher of 6-Traits Writing
  		 
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 Improvement Programs

Click here for the Lineham School Improvement Plan

Click here for the Wawaloam School Improvement Plan

Click here for the Metcalf School Improvement Plan