English Language Arts Resources

ELA Activities/ Resources:

• Dolly Parton's Imagination Station Goodnight with Dolly

• Write letters, journals, or respond to texts or videos.

  • https://www.middleweb.com/42521/kids-journals-could-become-primary-sources/?fbclid=IwAR3Pb7s3jb_Mo8BvxA2xfWKQ4Q066Td6FhmjfVJCtCOVW-VaWEXECmu5-lo

• Research personal areas of interest.

• Read books from class or home, as well as read other pertinent materials/resources.

• Read to your child and have them read to you

• Use elementary focused websites:

  • Scholastic Learn at Home (Day by day projects to keep kids reading, thinking and growing): https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html

    • PreK - K: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-prek-k.html

    • Grades 1-2: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-1-2.html

    • Grades 3-5: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-3-5.html

    • Grades 6-9: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-6-12.html

  • Vooks (Storybooks): https://www.vooks.com

  • Squiggle Park (Reading Game): https://www.squigglepark.com/squigglepark/

  • Storyline (Books read on video): https://www.storylineonline.net

  • Dreamscape (Reading Game): https://www.squigglepark.com/dreamscape/

  • ABCya (ELA Games): https://www.abcya.com

  • Starfall (Pre-K - 3 reading games): https://www.starfall.com/h/

  • Newsela (Reading platform): http://www.newsela.com

  • Dictate or tell your child a word (short vowels, long vowels/magic E, vowel teams and spelling words from below) so he/she can count how many sounds and write the word using sound spellings from the learned English code. (Individual code chart)

  • Practice printing capital letters in ABC order and lowercase letters in ABC order: Handwriting paper

  • Visit the website freereading.net for a variety of decodable text:Decodable Passages

  • Use creative writing prompts: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/

  • Watch stories from space https://storytimefromspace.com/

  • Disney imagineering course: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/hass-storytelling/imagineering-in-a-box?CMP=ILC-DPFY19Q4wo0808190814190031F

  • We are Teachers print resources: https://www.weareteachers.com/category/free-printables-for-teachers/

  • Make words with letter tiles: https://www.reallygreatreading.com/lettertiles/

  • (Parents) Learn about Really Great Reading resources: https://www.reallygreatreading.com/homeconnection/

  • Free Ranger Rick Magazines: https://rangerrick.org/stuck-indoors/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=RRaccess_RR_Webpage&utm_content=RRaccess_RR_Webpage_FB_03172020&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1eiIOceIGWGEPRD1j0gyQZ-FHhCL38XcRLQCK9dErW56qns9mzc5wNX_k

• Use secondary focused websites:

  • Newsela (Reading platform): https://newsela.com

  • Crash Course Literacy Videos:

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSYw502dJNY&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOeEc9ME62zTfqc0h6Pe8vb

    • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOv-sO3lOpVm54jhwWAf_jR

    • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtNEWbqDPdM8FrNHuyVxPQl_

    • https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPlnUoPa11EoTZbWZLsQVMs

• Daily reading activities:

  • https://www.edhelper.com/Daily_Reading.htm

• Reading books with math:

  • Second Grade Reading Book with Math

  • Third Grade Reading Book with Math

  • Fourth Grade Reading Book with Math

  • Fifth Grade Reading Book with Math

  • Sixth Grade Reading Book with Math

• Spelling challenge worksheets:

  • Second Grade Spelling Challenge (with Math) Workbook

  • Third Grade Spelling Challenge (with Math) Workbook

  • Fourth Grade Spelling Challenge (with Math) Workbook

  • Fifth Grade Spelling Challenge (with Math) Workbook

  • Sixth Grade Spelling Challenge (with Math) Workbook

  • Middle School Spelling Challenge (with Math) Workbook

  • High School Spelling Challenge (with Math) Workbook

• Writing challenge workbooks:

  • First Grade Writing Challenge Workbook

  • Second Grade Writing Challenge Workbook

  • Third Grade Writing Challenge Workbook

  • Fourth Grade Writing Challenge Workbook

  • Fifth Grade Writing Challenge Workbook

  • Sixth Grade Writing Challenge Workbook

• Close reading passages with questions:

  • Second grade

• Unfortunately, the Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo's 2020 Arts and Writing Contest has been canceled.