Skill Practice Web Sites

Below are some web sites that will help you learn about the various English and Language Arts subjects presented. Note that each category has a colored symbol to help those students still learning to read find helpful resources. If you find a dead web link, please contact the district's technology help desk.


ACRONYMS
Green Square

 Acronym Finder

 ALPHABET
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ABC Order Practice
Alphabet Action
Alphabet Game
Alphabet Garden
Alphabetize
Animal Alphabet Book
Haunted Alphabet

 ANALOGY
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Analogy Challenge
Analogy Lessons
Analogy of the Day
Awesome Analogies

 ANTONYMS
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Antonym Match
Finding Opposites
Antonym Activity
Antonym Quiz
Antonyms

 AUTHORS
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LA Authors and Illustrators
Authors, Illustrators and their Creations
Children's Book Award Winners
Authors and Illustrators on the Web

 BIOGRAPHY
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Biographies
The Biography Maker

 BIBLIOGRAPHY
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 Bibliographies

CAPITALIZATION
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Capitalization
Capitalization and Punctuation

 CAUSE & EFFECT
Green Diamond

Cause and Effect Relationships
Cause and Effect Transitions
Cause and Effect Quiz

 CITATION
Orange Diamond

None available at this time.

 COMPOUND WORDS
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Compound Word Activity
Compound Words
Gus and Inky's Compound Words
Compound Words Quiz
Drag and Drop Compound Words
Compound Words Page
Forming Compound Words

READING
COMPREHENSION
Red Diamond

200 Reading Exercises

READING CONTEXT
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Context Clues

 CONTRACTION
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Contraction Practice
Contraction
Fly-By Contraction Practice
Type the Contraction

DETERMINATION
OF AUDIENCE
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Determine Writing Audience

 DICTIONARY
Green Heart

How to Use a Dictionary
The Free Dictionary
English Zone Dictionary

DIGRAPHS
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Digraphs
Vowel Digraphs
-ed or -ing
-s or -es

 DIRECTIONS
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Can You Follow Directions?
Copy Cat Jack

 DRAWING
CONCLUSIONS
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Practice Drawing Conclusions
Drawing Conclusions
Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions

EVALUATING
INFORMATION
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Critical Evaluation of a Web Site
Critical Evaluation of Resources
Critically Analyzing Information Sources
Evaluating Information
Evaluating Online Information
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

FACT OR FICTION
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Fact or Fiction?
Fiction or Non-Fiction?
Real or Make Believe?

FACT OR OPINION
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Fact or Opinion
Fact or Opinion Game
Fact or Opinion Tasks
Fact or Opinion Quiz
Fact or Opinion Activity
Fact or Opinion Questions
Literacy - Fact or Opinion?

 GRAMMAR
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Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
Commnet Grammar
English Grammar The Easy Way
Go for Grammar Gold
Grammar (BBC)
Grammar Blast
Grammar Gorillas
Grammar Practice Park
Harcourt Grammar Glossary
HyperGrammar
Verb-Subject Agreement

 HOMONYMS
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A Feast of Homonyms
Word Confusion

 HOMOPHONES
Orange Heart

Homophone Challenge
It and There
Sit or Set
There Their
There Their They're
To Too Two

 IDIOMS
Yellow Heart

Idioms from Funbrain
Idioms from Read-Write-Think
Idioms - Level 1
Idioms - Level 2
Idioms Zone

 INFERENCES
Red Heart

Drawing Inferences
Inferences
Inference Battleship
Inference Riddle Game
What Can You Infer?

 METAPHORS
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Metaphors

MULTIPLE MEANING
WORDS
Brown Heart

Multiple Meaning Words

OUTLINE 
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Outline Interactive Tool

PARTS OF A BOOK
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Explore The Parts Of A Book
Parts of a Book (StudyZone)

PHONICS
Green Smiley Face

Word Builder

PARTS OF SPEECH 

Adjective or Adverb - Exercise 1     Exercise 2
Complete Verb Phrases
Subject-Verb
Linking Verbs
Noun Dunk
Parts of Speech - Site 1    Site 2    Site 3
Simple Subject and Predicate
The Parts of Speech
Verb Phrases
Verb Power
Verb Tense

PICTURE
DICTIONARY
Orange Smiley Face

Internet Picture Dictionary

PLURAL
TENSE
 
Red Smiley Face

Plural Nouns
Plural Play
Plural Girls

POETRY
Blue Smiley Face

American Poems
Giggle Poetry
Poetry for Kids
Poetry - Word Play
Poetry for Children
Poetry Resources

MAKING
PREDICTIONS
Brown Smiley Face

Guess What Comes Next
Making Predictions
Making Predictions Activity

ROOT WORDS
Purple Smiley Face

Root Word Quizzes
Rooting Out Words
Roots and Prefixes

PREFIX
Green Arrow

Crystal Castle
Prefixes
Prefixes Make New Words

PROOFREADING
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Power Proofreading
Proofreading Makes Perfect

PUNCTUATION
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National Punctuation Day

Punctuation Make Simple
Punctuation
Periods, Question Marks and Exclamation Points
Punctuation Paint Ball 

QUESTIONS
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Asking Questions

READING
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None available at this time. 

RHYMES
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Reggie Rhymes
Rhymes
Rhyming
Rhyming Memory Cards

SENTENCES
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Compound Sentence Quiz
Find the Correct Sentence
Putting Sentences Together

SEQUENCE
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Find A Word
Molly Mix-Up
Monkey Business Rainforest
Reading Exercises
Sequence of Events
Sequence the Story
Sequencing Sentences
Sort It!
Tell Your Own Neighborhood Story

SIGHT WORDS
Green Star

Dolch List Practice
High Frequency Words

SIMILES
Yellow Star

Similies

SPELLING
Orange Star

Harcourt-Brace Spelling
Houghton-Mifflin Spelling Match Game
Missing Letters
See 'N Spell
Spellaroo
SpellBound
Spelling It Right - Learn to Spell
Spin and Spell

SUFFIXES
Red Star

Success with Suffixes
Suffix Prefix Machine
Suffixes
Suffixes (BBC)
Suffixes Make New Words
Suffixes Say A Lot

SYLLABLES
Blue Star

Clap and Count Syllables
Syllable Quiz
The Syllable Factory

SYNONYMS
Brown Star

Synonym Concentration Game
Say It Another Way
Synonym Challenge
Synonym Match
Synonym Matching
Synonym Game
Synonym Quiz
Synonym Practice
Synonym Finder

THESAURUS
Purple Star

The Thesaurus

VOCABULARY
Black Star

Fake Out - Definition Guessing Game
Vocabulary Power Station
What's the Word
Word Central
Word Families
Wordmaker

VOWELS
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Drag (Vowels) and Spell
Long Vowel Sounds A, I, O    E, U
Long Vowel Words
Long Vowels
Magic Pencil
Poem Pack
Sandcastle Quiz
Short A      Short E       Short I         Short O         Short U
Short or Long Vowel Words
Short Vowel Words
Word Families

WRITING
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None available at this time.