Literacy Resources
Benchmark Advance Spelling List for the whole year
Research Tools using Britannica
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Houghton Mifflin Grade 3 Links ( replaced by BAS)
Video Shorts for Comprehension Practice
Thesaurus & Dictionaries
Thesaurus - FactMonster -http://thesaurus.factmonster.com/monster
Dictionary - Webster http://www.merriam-webster.com/
Rhyming Dictionary - http://www.rhymezone.com/
Phonics
Summarizes key phonics rules -- Website
http://www.phonicsontheweb.com/plurals.php
Analogies
Monster Analogies - http://www.factmonster.com/analogies
Prefixes and Suffixes
Head-Body-Tail -- very cute review of prefixes and suffixes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAHUenKcNN0&nohtml5=False
Parts of Speech
Beginner and intermediate. Identify parts of speech.
ADVANCED. Need to identify the parts of speech (e.g., conjunction, verb, noun, etc.)
Beginner. Good practice and fun.
Videos - parts of speech
The following videos help children remember the different parts of speech (clips of Schoolhouse Rock)
Subjects and Predicates
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdUXxdmhIsw
Pronouns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu1ciVFbecw
Interjection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ0696UhWrc
Conjunction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc
Verbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkuuZEey_bs
Adverbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDwXHTcodNg
Adjectives
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdUXxdmhIsw
Nouns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA7BoOPc_OI
Plurals
Introduces special plural nouns -- videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLKbKY32DTs
Words ending in y, x, ss, ch, sh,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD1OaD4FBqM
Good Summary of special plural nouns