Wednesday, March 31, 2010

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

History/Social Studies Videos

The Great Depression: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWrX6kC9Nhs
Bombing of Pearl Harbor: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj1kbAlDNu4&feature=fvw

Charles Lindbergh's Flight and Return: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz41ToPYhQM
Progressive Era Women Suffrage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k_0jgSRp7g&feature=related
League of Nations song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxhlpDktAMI

The Great Lusitania: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sURi21sJsWc
Spanish-American War: http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/5386-a-new-world-power-spanish-american-war-video.htm
Jim Crow Laws: http://www.howstuffworks.com/search.php?terms=jim+crow+laws&media=video
Desert Storm: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/final-report/2774/Photos#tab-Videos/02302_00
Gulf War: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/

Sacajawea: http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/9832-sacajawea-the-journey-home-video.htm
The Alamo: http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/6145-lone-star-legacy-the-alamo-video.htm
Underground Railroad: http://www.howstuffworks.com/search.php?terms=underground+railroad&gallery=1&media=video
American Civil War: http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/6368-american-civil-war-resources-video.htm
Reconstruction: http://history.howstuffworks.com/american-civil-war/reconstruction.htm

History/Social Studies Videos

World Trade Center Bombing (9/11): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSfXQ2LXigg

Vietnam War: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhuu2rxhP5c
Vietnam War: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC4tpeN6pj4

Eye on the Prize (Civil Rights): http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/101/preview/

1920's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=684n8FO68LU&feature=related
Roaring 20's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SclJ94h2oyQ
Lost Journey of Amelia Earhart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4COKAGaGN9U