LANGUAGE ARTS SITES

READING POWERPOINTS 
 (Powerpoint presentations that go along with the 4th grade Scott Foresman Reading Series)
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READING

Storyline OnLine - Pick a story and listen
Lots of Fables, Folk Tales, Folk Lore
The Annotated Cinderella
Faithful John
Old Time Fairy Tales
Real Princess
Leaping Match
Jack and the Beanstalk

Grimms' Fairy Tales

GRAMMAR

Play "Power Proofreading"
Play "Sentence Clubhouse
"
Practice Adding Quotes
Go Grammar
Wacky Tales
Tall Tale Machine
Play "Grammar Blast"
Play "Grammar Gorilla"

Presentations in PowerPoint format

Action Verbs - They're What You Do
Verbally Speaking
Kinds of Verbs
Action Verbs
Verbs Show Action
Action Verbs Jeopardy
Being Verbs
Wrap-up
Irregular Verbs
Nouns, Verbs, more  (several)
Shifts in Verb Voice, Tense, Person, and Number 

SPELLING

Spelling City - Enter your spelling words, then test yourself.
Play "Spell-a-Roo"
Fact Monster Spelling Bee

WRITING

Wacky Web Tales
Writing Objects in Lists (using commas)
Stapleless Book - Here you can design your own small story book.  When you print it out you just fold, make a small cut
and you'll have a little book!
Power Proofreading - Pick a grade level and proofread a paragraph.
Story Planning - Choose a theme and the right words to set the mood for a story.
Characters - Choose a character to write about.
Writing with Writers - This Scholastic Books sponsored site
is outstanding for students who want to try some writing at home.

POETRY SITES

Rhyme Zone - If you enjoy writing rhyming poems but
have trouble coming up with the words, here's the site for you.

Instant Poetry Forms - Just fill in the blanks to write fun and exciting poems.
Giggle Poetry - Hundreds of poems to read and rate!

RESOURCES

Webster Dictionary - You can look up words
and find their synonyms using a thesaurus. This helps students vary and expand their word usage.

Dictionary/Thesaurus - This is an on-line dictionary, thesaurus, and translator for other languages.