Dillard Drive Elementary School - Teacher Links: Language Arts

The Lexile Framework for Reading - The Lexile Framework is an innovative approach to reading comprehension that can be used by educators, parents, and readers of all ages. Lexiles take the guesswork out of selecting targeted books and articles that can help to improve reading skills by matching readers with appropriate texts.

EDSITEment - EDSITEment is a joint project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of the Great City Schools, MCI Communications Corp., and the National Trust for the Humanities. The site offers online lesson plans for teaching English language and other subject areas for grades K-12.

Educator's Language Arts Lesson Plans - The Educator's Language Arts Lesson Plans, formerly known as AskERIC, provides a collection of more than 100 lesson plans covering literature, reading, spelling, and other language arts topics contributed by teachers for grades K-12. Each lesson plan features an overview, purpose, objectives, activities, and resource materials.

English Online - English Online, developed by Unitech in the Schools and the New Zealand Ministry of Education, provides 150 oral, visual, and written English Language arts lesson plans for grades K-12.

Fairy Tales from Far Off Lands - Fairy Tales from Far Off Lands features a collection of Internet-based lesson plans for studying fables from around the world for grades 4-6.

LETSNet - LETSNet, from Learning Exchange for Teachers and Students Through the Internet, provides language arts lesson plan units for grades K-12.

McREL - The Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL) in Aurora, CO, provides a collection of language arts lesson plan sites for grades K-12.

Nancy Polette Literature Guides - Nancy Polette Literature Guides provides more than 30 literature guides for the elementary school teacher.

Poetry Class - The School of Education at Exeter University in Great Britain provides a collection of poetry lesson plans for grades K-12.

The Poetry Forge - The Poetry Forge is an open source archive, designed to allow K-12 teachers and student writers explore, manipulate, create, and develop innovative tools for the development of poetry.

RAMP to Reading - The Richmond Public Schools in Virginia provides a wide range of reading resources for grades K-12.

Reading is Fundamental - Reading is Fundamental is the oldest and largest children's and family non-profit literacy organization in the United States. It provides hands-on lessons related to selected books for reluctant elementary-school age readers and advanced readers.

Read, Write, Think - Read, Write, Think Lesson Plans, managed by the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), provides an extensive collection of standards-based language arts lesson plans, Web-based resources, and student materials for grades K-12.

Writingfix - Interactive online writing prompt games and activities.