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Collections of Interactive Games
Grammar websites often have more than one game available. Instead of saving individual games to your favorites list, you can save a website that includes several types of grammar games. Pull up a game according to what your child is learning to create a customized lesson plan.

The following sites have a number of different interactive grammar games:

Guides students through writing a story and illustrating, it helps them create ideas, develop their characters and eventually publish their story. The books can be embeded, become part of an electronic portfolio, or purchased online. http://www.storyjumper.com/
 * [|Exercises at Grammar Bytes!:] Choose a game from five or more interactive exercises from eight different grammatical categories, including pronoun agreement, irregular verbs, and fragments. Each game is different, so be sure to read the directions before beginning.
 * [|Grammar Blast:] The textbook publishing company Houghton Mifflin offers grammar games based on grade levels 2 through 5. Choose the subject by unit and title in order to play the game.
 * [|Maggie's Learning Adventures:] Five fun grammar games are available at this website through Scholastic.com. Learn about editing, nouns, verbs, prefixes, suffixes, word endings, and rhyming words through the various games. This helpful site includes Spanish, math, and science games as well.



Storybird is a service that uses collaborative storytelling to connect kids and families. Two (or more) people create a Storybird in a round robin fashion by writing their own text and inserting pictures. (based on art images from the Storybird artists). They then have the option of sharing their Storybird privately or publicly on the network. The final product can be printed, watched on screen, played with like a toy, or shared through a worldwide library.

[|http://storybird.com]



Little Bird Tales was created to help nurture children's creativity and imagination while simultaneously creating one of a kind childhood treasures that can easily be shared. We are dedicated to providing a safe web environment for children, free of advertising, merchandising and links to other sites.Little Bird Tales allows you to capture your voice, create an online book using artwork, pictures and words.You can write in your text, and record your voice narrating. In addition, the creators of Little Bird Tales, strive to foster a love for reading, writing and concern for the environment. We provide parents with a "green" alternative to how they share and distribute keepsakes, while also contributing to organizations that help the environment, animals, schools and in general make the earth a healthier and happier place for all of us.

http://littlebirdtales.com



The variety of stories in Myths and Legends aims to give inspiration to young people at school and at home to create and publish their own work. The site provides a multitude of tools and opportunities that enable pupils to submit their stories for the enjoyment of a world wide audience, with the prospect of receiving peer review and evaluation. Most of the site is for the enjoyment and instruction of young people. Differentiation is achieved by the range and flexibility of the tools offered. Children can, and do, respond creatively at their own level in a variety of media. All the stories that we receive are moderated, but what you see is the pupils' own work. If work is not suitable to be published, the authors are given feedback and suggestions to help them revise their story or to think about when they create a new one. Myths and Legends wants the site to inspire and offer opportunities to get involved, whether it is by listening, reading, writing, using Story Creator, making animations or recordings, reviewing other pupils' stories or commenting on the ones put up by Myths and Legends, either alone, in a group or as a whole class.

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A Variety of Interactive Websites for language and reading skills.

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A Variety of Interactive Websites for language and reading skills.

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A variety of Interactive Websites for language and reading skills.

[] A variety of Interactive Websites for grammar and reading.

[] A variety of Interactive Websites for grammar and reading.

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A variety of Interactive Websites for grammar and reading.

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A variety of Interactive Websites for grammar and reading.

This site has lots of interactive language arts games geared toward K-3. The games are loud but engaging an appropriately reinforce language arts skills. A set of headphones is a must. The games are also great to play on the interactive board in a small learning group or independently.



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This is a very easy tool to use for concept mapping. the completed file can be exported as a JPG. https://b﻿ubbl.us/



This is another great tool to use for concept mapping. This tool allows for collaboration, exporting or downloading, importing other concept maps After the maps are completed they may be published and share.





Students can write and publish their own "How to Page." Tildee is great tool to reinforce writing

sequence. This tool is very easy to use.

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Toasted Cheese is a daily writing prompt site that publishes prompts on a monthly calendar. The whole month is laid out for you with a different prompt each day. Don't see anything you like on the current calendar? That's okay, click through the previous months to find old prompts. Periodically, Toasted Cheese holds writing contests which you can learn about by clicking on the links on the calendar. The writing contests are based on one or more of the prompts from the calendar.

 Pencamp is a simple platform for quickly publishing your writing. To get started writing and publishing with Pencamp just enter a name for your page and enter specify a password for editing then start writing. Pencamp is not a blogging platform it's a platform for publishing an informational article or story about a specific topic. You can create as many Pencamp pages as you like for free. Commenting is not an option on Pencamp pages.



Scriffon is a simple service for writing and publishing online. Scriffon isn't a blogging platform, it's a writing platform. That means that you cannot edit the layout or navigation on the page on which your writing is published. Each writing that you publish is given it's own url. You can go back and edit your writing even after it has been published. If you want to you can use multiple pen names under your Scriffon account name too

This site has "free" interactive games for students to play to reinforce, review, or provide remediation. Check this site out. []

Engaging Grammar Games for Kids Elementary school children are often enthusiastic about school and learning. Keep them engaged in learning by directing them to the following interactive websites:
 * [|Noun Dunk:] This fun basketball game for kids has them choose whether the word on the basketball is a common noun, proper noun, or not a noun at all. Sink the basket with the correct choice to gain points.
 * [|Proofreading Makes Perfect:] Older students can learn how to proofread by correcting sentences in this game. Click on "Check Answer" to get an immediate response on whether or not you are correct. A hint is given for each problem, helping students correctly identify what needs to be changed.
 * [|Grammar Gorillas:] Choose from a beginner or advanced level and rack up bananas as parts of speech are properly identified. Examples of the different parts of a sentence are at the bottom of the page once the game has begun.
 * [|2Bee or Nottoobee:] Select one of two bumblebee characters and skill level in this game that helps you choose the right verb within the sentence. Level 1 deals with the present and Level 2 deals with the past tense.
 * [|Paint by Idioms:] Pick a character to paint, skill level, and the way you want the idiom problems presented. As you choose the correct answer, the painter will take care of the character you chose to paint. If you choose the wrong answer, an explanation of the correct one is given so that concepts are understood.

Collections of Interactive Games
Grammar websites often have more than one game available. Instead of saving individual games to your favorites list, you can save a website that includes several types of grammar games. Pull up a game according to what your child is learning to create a customized lesson plan. The following sites have a number of different interactive grammar games:
 * <span style="font-family: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #0a77d5; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Exercises at Grammar Bytes!:] Choose a game from five or more interactive exercises from eight different grammatical categories, including pronoun agreement, irregular verbs, and fragments. Each game is different, so be sure to read the directions before beginning.
 * <span style="font-family: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #0a77d5; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Grammar Blast:] The textbook publishing company Houghton Mifflin offers grammar games based on grade levels 2 through 5. Choose the subject by unit and title in order to play the game.
 * <span style="font-family: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #0a77d5; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Maggie's Learning Adventures:] Five fun grammar games are available at this website through Scholastic.com. Learn about editing, nouns, verbs, prefixes, suffixes, word endings, and rhyming words through the various games. This helpful site includes Spanish, math, and science games as well.