Language Arts

Newsela Elementary

  • Teachers can assign specific articles, or students can independently browse the site and allow their curiosity to guide them toward articles that interest them most
  • Articles contain no descriptions of or references to mature topics at any of our five reading levels

Reading Eggs (TK-2)

  • Reading Eggs includes carefully designed online reading games and activities that are easy to follow, self-paced, and highly engaging for young children.
  • Uses the five essential keys to reading success including: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, reading comprehension and fluency
  • Program unlocks all aspects of learning to read for students

Starfall (TK-4)

  • Phonics-based learn-to-read method based on numerous studies and educational research
  • Kids practice letter sounds, word recognition, and reading comprehension through online books, songs, rhymes, and other games
  • Starfall reads books and stories to students sounding out like new readers do
  • Numerous resources for parents and teachers

The Literacy Center

  • Subject-based “learning loops” numbered games that become progressively more difficult
  • Integrated approach to learning including games, making objects, reading words, coloring and writing
  • Games meet several of the Common Core State Standards
  • Games available in English, Spanish, French and German

UsingEnglish.com (9-12)

  • Provides a large and growing collection of ESL tools and resources for students, teachers, learners
  • Activities including tests, polls and articles on English usage
  • Covers the full spectrum of ESL, EFL, ESOL, and EAP subject areas.


Visuwords (9-12)

  • Modern dictionary for a modern world, Visuwords represents language visually
  • Online graphical dictionary
  • Look up words to find their meaning and associations with other words and concepts

Vocabulary.com

  • Adaptive learning game that will have students mastering new words in no time
  • Teaches words with systematic exposure to a wide array of question types and activities that will help understand all the meanings and nuances of words
  • Real-world examples show how words live in the wild so students will be more confident using them