American Fokelore
This folklore site contains retellings of American folktales, Native American myths and legends, tall tales, weather folklore and ghost stories from each and every one of the 50 U.S.
Grades: K-12

Ayn Rand's Books for Teachers
With the generous help of our donors and your local businesses, the Ayn Rand Institute is providing classroom sets of Ayn Rand's novels, along with teacher's guides and lesson plans, to high schools in the U.S. and Canada.
Grades: 9-12

Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program
No matter where your children spend their summer vacation, reading has the ability to take them far, far away--and it can even earn them a free book!
Grades: 1-6

BOOK IT!
The more you read ... the better you get!
Grades: Preschool - 6

Book Report Now!
Help students learn how to create book reports and the thinking they need to do for them.
Grades: 1-3

Cando's Helper Page
Lessons on capital letters, rhyming, phonics, consonants, vowels, and more!
Grades: K-2

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.
Grades: K-8

Chateau Meddybemps
Rather than provide level after level of a particular type of activity, we simply encourage parents to use our site to explore the fun in learning. Discuss this. Play with that. Answer a riddle. Learn about letters of the alphabet. Count, color and create. Write a story.
Grades: Preschool - 6

English Grammar 101
English Grammar 101 is an online instructional series for language arts classes, alternative education settings, home schooling, individual study, and ESL courses.
Grades: 6-12

Everyday Spelling
Grade-appropiate spelling lists.
Grades: 1-8

First Step
First Step has been developed by Steven David Horwich, exclusively for First Step. Horwich is the creator and author of Connect The Thoughts, a separate curriculum for students, ages 9 to adult. First Step has been developed to service two age groups: "Starter," ages 4 to 6, and "Elementary," ages 7 and 8. We offer studies in four areas: Creative Writing, History, Science, and a unique line-up called "Living Your Life." We also provide you a simple spelling concept that can help a student to improve spelling. Each course has been constructed particularly with the needs of the age group in mind.
Ages: 4-8

Folger Shakespeare Library
Each month find postings of new lesson plans and ideas for using the Folger's collection of primary sources, or search our archive for lessons on specific plays or topics.
Grades: 6-12

FreeRice
FreeRice automatically adjusts to your level of vocabulary. It starts by giving you words at different levels of difficulty and then, based on how you do, assigns you an approximate starting level. You then determine a more exact level for yourself as you play. When you get a word wrong, you go to an easier level. When you get three words in a row right, you go to a harder level. This one-to-three ratio is best for keeping you at the “outer fringe” of your vocabulary, where learning can take place. All while donating rice to hungry people!
Grades: 1-12

Literactive
The program is comprised of carefully levelled guided readers, comprehensive phonic activities, and a wealth of supplemental reading material that gradually develop a child's reading skills in a sequential and enjoyable manner. Developed and approved by teachers and parents across the United States, Literactive is the acknowledged leader in early learning online. All the material is available for free from this site but you need to register.
Grades: PreK-1

ManyBooks.net
Browse through the most popular titles, recommendations, or recent reviews from our visitors. Perhaps you'll find something interesting in the special collections. There are 17,270 eBooks available here and they're all free!
Grades: 1-12

Merriam-Webster Spelling
Come in and buzz around our nest of word fun. Find out more about this year’s Spelling Bee or take a turn at our daily Spelling Quiz.
Grades: 1-12

National Geographic Bee
Each year thousands of schools in the U.S. participate using materials prepared by the National Geographic Society. The contest is designed to encourage teachers to include geography in their classrooms, spark student interest in the subject, and increase public awareness.
Grades: 4-8

Nursery Rhymes
The origins of most nursery rhymes reflect events in history. Many of the words and nursery rhymes lyrics were used to parody the royal and political events of the day, direct dissent would often be punishable by death! Strange how these events in history are still portrayed through children's nursery rhymes, when for most of us the historical events relationship to the nursery rhymes themselves are long forgotten!"
Grades: 1 - 12

Phonics Plus Five
Help your child succeed in only 15 minutes a day with Phonics Plus Five - the only system that teaches your child ALL SIX skills needed for reading success.
Ages: 4-10

Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free ebooks.
Grades: K-12

Reading Is Fundamental
When you get to the site, you have the option of registration, which allows you to track the books you read online to be eligible to receive prizes for participation in the monthly sound off question--and you can also receive updates by email, etc.
Grades: Preschool - 12

ReadWriteThink
Providing access to quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction.
Grades: 1-12

Rosetta Stone
There is no more powerful and constructive force than language. That’s why Fairfield Language Technologies is proud to be the publisher of Rosetta Stone, language-learning software acclaimed for its success in helping millions of people communicate effectively in a new language.
Grades: 1-12

Scholastic
Helping children around the world to read and learn.
Grades: Pre-Kindergarten - 12

SparkNotes
Created by Harvard students for students everywhere and geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes study guides are the perfect aid for studying and writing papers. Each guide contains thorough summaries and insightful critical analysis of a nearly endless range of subjects including English literature, Shakespeare, History and Math and Science. We offer hundreds of study guides for free to read on the web, and many SparkNotes and SparkCharts as downloadable, printable PDFs.
Grades: 1-12

Speak the Speech
We are a non-profit audio theatre company dedicated to providing freely available Shakespearean audio performances online, for the benefit of educators, students, theatre people, the disabled, those in rural areas or overseas, or to put it simply: Everyone.
Grades: 6-12

Spelling City
Spelling word lists to study, as well as spelling games and tests.
Grades: 1-8

Spelling Connections
Practice spelling by thinking, reading, and writing with word sorts. complete the senrtences, and proofreading.
Grades: 1-8

Starfall
Starfall helps children learn their letters and learn to read through the fun of activities and games.
Grades: Pre-Kindergarten - 2

StoryNory
Children's audio stories, fairy tales, and books for free. Also, the text for many of the stories are available, as well as blogs for children to comment on the stories.
Grades: Pre-Kindergarten - 5

Treasure Island
Check out this site centered on Treasure Island. It includes the complete text, quizzes, author information, links, and a study unit designed by a sixth-grade teacher.
Grades: 4-7

Uno's Read-a-thon
Uno's is proud to sponsor students for achieving great heights! This FREE program encourages teachers and school administrators to recognize their students for perfect attendance, participation in the read-a-thon, or any achievement you deem worthy of note.
Grades: K-12

Vantage Learning
If you're a parent or student looking for fun, high-quality educational tools such as MY Access! Home Edition to improve basic writing skills or prepare for a specific testing event, you'll find it here!
Grades: 1-12

WOWIO
Readers can legally download high-quality copyrighted ebooks from leading publishers for free. Readers have access to a wide range of offerings, including works of classic literature, college textbooks, comic books, and popular fiction and non-fiction titles.
Grades: K-12

WriteAtHome
WriteAtHome uses the latest web technology to combine online tutoring and a complete writing curriculum into an amazingly effective writing development program.
Grades: 6-12

Write Home Studio
Online mentoring strengthens creative/essay writing skills faster than any other method. SAT/ACT prep. available. Discover the difference between personal coach and pre-packaged curriculum.
Grades: 1-12

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