FREEBIE OF THE DAY-- Aug. 16th, 2010

http://www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/

Quote:
"PINOCCHIO, the Adventures of a Marionette (PDF ebook)

One of the best page-turning, cliff-hanging "classics" you'll ever read to your children, this is the original classic story by Carl Collodi of the mischievous puppet who wanted to be a real boy. This is a high energy, rollicking, often scary, but always fun tale – a far cry from the Disney-fied version. Each chapter ends pretty much on a cliff-hanger, so once you start this, your kids won't let you stop! Loads of illustrations too. Give it a try and let us know what the kids think of THIS Pinocchio!"

SpellingCity Helps With Back To School

http://spellingcity.com/

QUOTE:
"Students embrace SpellingCity's engaging format. The games and activities give parents a variety of ways to start sharpening their students' academic skills in the following areas:

* Vocabulary- Help for all ages and subjects.
* Phonics - - Import a SpellingCity phonics-based word list.
* Writing - Parents can customize the writing instructions!
* Handwriting - Handwriting practice with spelling lists is a perennial favorite.
* Alphabetical order - It's hard with paper and pencil but easy with SpellingCity.
* Spelling - TestMe, HangMouse, MissingLetter, SpeedySpeller and more!"

Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge

Summer can be a season full of fun memories, good times and also... declining reading scores! This summer, don’t go down the “Summer Slide,” stay on top by reading! Sign up today to take the Scholastic Summer Challenge to read books, log your minutes and READ FOR THE WORLD RECORD!

The Scholastic Summer Challenge is a free, Web-based program that helps kids find great books and provides a fun, multimedia platform for them to discover new authors, talk about books with other kids, and keep motivated to read all summer long.

This year's Summer Challenge unites students and schools to read in an attempt to set a new world record for summer reading. Kids sign up for their school, choose books they want to read, then log their reading minutes at the Summer Challenge headquarters. Schools that log the most minutes will be published in the 2011 edition of the Scholastic Book of World Records! Students will also be a part of a 50,000 book donation to Reading Is Fundamental.

More info: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=608

Sign up: http://www.scholastic.com/summerreading/index.htm?eml=TNL/e/20100429/NL/Corp/SRC/Generic/120

Spark notes for Reading

The Secret Garden: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/secretgarden/section6.rhtml

Wind in the Willows: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-wind-in-the-willows/chapanal001.html

Language Arts / English

Using the Colon: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_43.htm
Using Colons Effectively: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova5.htm

Kids Word -tenses : http://www.pitara.com/activities/wordplay/online.asp?QName=tenses
Homonym Quizzes: http://a4esl.org/q/h/homonyms.html

Level 2 Reading: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/reading/index.htm
Level 3 Reading: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/reading/index.htm
Fact and Opinions with Binky: http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/5515/preview/

Quotation Marks: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm
Quiz on quotation marks: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/quotes_quiz.htm

Breaking Down Compound Words: http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?num=8&act=2&que=1
Quia Compound Words: http://www.quia.com/jg/123083.html
Sentence Speedway: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/sentence_speedway/index_pre.html
Sentence Sort: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/sensort/index_pre.html
Fragments: http://www.chompchomp.com/frag02/frag02.htm

Language Arts / English

Cows context clues: http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/5_6/cows/cows.htm
Quiz Words in Context 1 : http://www.english-zone.com/vocab/vic01.html
Quiz Words in Context 2: http://www.english-zone.com/vocab/vic02.html
Reading Skills Context Clues: http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001821.shtml

Main Idea: http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/mainideap24.cfm

Conjuctions: http://www.better-english.com/grammar/conjunctions.htm
Correlative Conjuctions: http://esl.lbcc.cc.ca.us/eesllessons/correlative%20conjunctions/corconfb.htm
Correlative Conjunctions: http://esl.lbcc.cc.ca.us/eesllessons/correlative%20conjunctions/corconmc.htm
Conjunctions and Interjections: http://www.quia.com/pop/32188.html
Conjunction Junction - School House Rock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo
Interjections - School House Rock : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHpJ45_zwM
Commonly Confused Words: http://homepage.smc.edu/reading_lab/words_commonly_confused.htm
Apostrophes: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/apostrophe_quiz2.htm

Language Arts / English

7 Good Writing Traits: http://printables.scholastic.com/printables/detail/?id=24189&No=12&_TL=Br&N=665+274&Nty=0&_N=665+274
Persuasive Writing: http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/reading.cfm?str=reading&num=4&act=3&que=1

Writing and Grammar Lessons: http://www.sfreading.com/resources/ghbgrd5.html
Word Jungle: http://www.fekids.com/kln/games/wordjungle/wordjungle.html
Prepositions at Crosswords II : http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/cross/cross_prep2.htm
Prepositions at Crosswords: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/cross/cross_prep.htm
Quiz on Prepositions: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/preposition_quiz1.htm
Online Writing Lab: Prepositions: http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/prepositions.htm
Grammar Blast Prepositional Phrases: http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/hme-quiz-start.cgi?Grade=6&Unit=7&Topic=Prepositional+Phrases&x=25&y=9

Language Arts / English

Reading Comprehension: http://www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm
Reading Test: http://www.brainchild.com/gen/readingtest.asp?study=0&mixed=1&testCatLevelID=180&testname=&catlevelname=Reading+%2D+Grade+5&testCatLevelStrandID=-1&qsName=am&testmap=1
Punctuation: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/goforgold/content_builder/dswmedia/g1c26/nadia.htm

Double Negatives: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/texttypes/negatives/worksheet.shtml
Gnomes Fishing Plural Game: http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/plurals/pluralrules/game.shtml
Quia Sequence Game: http://www.quia.com/rd/37983.html
Level 3 Sequence: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/book_buddy/test/coyote/test_coyote.html

Blast the Rocket: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/blast_the_rocket/small_no_sound/standard2.shtml
Capialization: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/par_numberless_quiz.pl/caps_quiz.htm

Idioms: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/idioms/
Paint by Idioms: http://www.funbrain.com/idioms/index.html

Language Arts / English

Cause and Effect: http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/fwalters/causeconnect.html

Suffixes: http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/5_6/fishtanks1/fishtanks1.htm
Prefixes Say Plenty: http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=1&act=4&que=1
Putting Down Roots: http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=6&act=3&que=1
Suffixes say A Lot: http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?num=10&act=2&que=1
Suffixes Make New Words: http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=10&act=4&que=1

Adverbs and Adjectives: http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/parts.htm

Grade 5 Reading Tests: http://www.pearsonlongman.com/ae/marketing/sfesl/tests/grade5.html
Grammar Blasts: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/index.html#five
Proofreading Makes Perfect: http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/language_arts/pmp/interactive_guide/g05/g05home.htmQuia

Practice Tests (4-5 grade): http://www.quia.com/pages/hostetterenglish.html

Language Arts/ English

Various reading, letters, and more --- http://www.starfall.com/

Poetry -- http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/87

Lessons to go with Random books -- http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers
Test that kids can take on books -- http://www.bookadventure.com/index.asp

Online Spelling Program -- http://www.spellingcity.com/

Adverb game -- http://www.smccd.net/accounts/sevas/esl/gramcheck/8-7.html
Cause and Effect -- http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/fwalters/causeconnect.html
Prefix & Suffix game -- http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/5_6/fishtanks1/fishtanks1.htm
Prefix game -- http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=1&act=4&que=1
Root word game -- http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=6&act=3&que=1
Suffix game -- http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?num=10&act=2&que=1
Suffix game -- http://www.tv411.org/lessons/cfm/vocabulary.cfm?str=vocabulary&num=10&act=4&que=1