Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Exercises and Activities
Scholastic Reading and Language Arts Content Index - provides a variety of lesson plans, reproducibles, and activities in reading and language arts.

Power Proofreading - students select their grade level and must proofread selections of text and correct the errors.

Reading Exercises - provides reading passages and the students must answer inference, main idea, vocabulary, and detail questions.

Online Reading Skills - provides mini-stories with cloze exercises, speed reading exercises, and other reading passages with activities.

Shaquille O'neil: Using a Basketball Star to Motivate Readers - provides a read a-loud of Shaq and the BeanStalk and interactive activities for students to participate in.

CNN Interactive Reading Source- provides current and archived articles for students to read and then answer comprehension, vocabulary and sequence questions.

New York Times Learning Network - provides students in grades 3-12 with news summaries, daily news quiz, word of the day, test prep question of the day, daily lesson plans, news snapshot, and more.

Sadlier Oxford Phonics Activities - a great wealth of phonics activities for grades K-6.

Scholastic Explorers - students read and interact with information about explorers such as Native American cultures, ocean life, endangered environments, and more.

Language Arts WebQuests - WebQuests are Internet activities that promote critical thinking in students as they solve real world tasks in an inquiry based learning environment using reading, comprehension and problem solving skills.

Book Adventure - a free reading motivation program similar to Accelerated Reader for children in grades K-8. The site allows students to create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended titles.  The students then take multiple-choice quizzes on the books they've read in print and are eligible to earn points and prizes. The students must register to use the site; however, registration is free.

Spelling and Grammar Activities
Wild World of Words - provides activities on spelling, decoding, word building and word meanings.

Language Arts Activities - a variety of spelling, reading and grammar activities.

Interesting Things for ESL Students -  provides word games, puzzles, quizzes, slang, proverbs and much more.

Prefix Skills - provides matching, concentration, word search and flash cards on prefixes.

Grammar Gorillas - an activity to select the correct part of speech.

Rooting Out Words -students must select the appropriate root of the words.

Paint by Idioms - students practice selecting the correct idiom.

Measuring Time - a cloze activity for children.

Authors and Thematic Units
Tall Tales - provides numerous links with information and activities on tall tales

Authors and Books - provides links to author information, tips for writing from well know authors and more.

Research Starters - allows students to read information to get ideas for starting research on a variety of topics.

The First Thanksgiving - reading materials and activities about the first thanksgiving.

Immigration - reading materials and activities about immigration and Ellis Iisland

America's Story - the Library of Congress provides information on the fifty states, amazing Americans, American history, and more.

MysteryNet's Kids Mysteries - features mysteries to solve, scary stories, and magic tricks for kids.
 

Writing Activities
Writing Workshop - Scholastic provides interactive lessons for writing on oral history. It provides a mini lesson and information on prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, reviewing, and publishing.

Lessons tied to MUSD Writing Standards for 5th Grade - provides a variety of writing lessons and activities tied to the standards.

Poetry for Kids - provides numerous links with poetry information and activities.

Poetry Express - provides tips and techniques and ideas for writing poetry.

Young Writers Workshop - students can select a story, print out the graphic and story starter and finish the story on the lined paper.

Student Publishing and Activities
Folktale Writers Workshop - students learn from two authors about writing folktales.  The students learn how to write folk tales, brainstorm ideas and can publish their folk tales on the web.

Houghton Mifflin Reading Scene: Online Book Reading Group - provides several books with information and activities and allows students to post answers to questions that others can read.

Houghton Mifflin Current Events - provides a news article, quiz, word game, and a place for students to share their feelings on news topics.

Tools
Interactive Venn Diagram - students enter a title and information for the two circles and then can add words and drag them to the appropriate part of the Venn Diagram.  Students can print the Venn Diagram.

Stapleless Book - allows students to select several format to create a simple book that can be printed.

Interactive Timeline - allows students to create timelines.