1. This is a good place to practice your grammar skills. http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/index.html#5
2. Stuck for something to write about? Go here for some suggestions. http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/brightideas/index.html
3. Fun games for punctuation. When the Register Now screen comes up, click on the maybe later button. http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_LanguageArts
4. Gary Soto Biography and Interview. http://books.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorhome.jsp?authorID=89&&displayName=Biography
5. Pam Munoz Ryan Biography and Interview http://books.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorhome.jsp?authorID=1406&collateralID=5277&displayName=Biography
6. Make your own crossword puzzle! http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/chooseapuzzle.html
7. Play Sentence Types and learn about simple, compound and complex sentences. http://home.earthlink.net/~lougraziani/web_games.html
8. Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art and read some frequently asked questions about Claudia and Jamie's adventure. http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/faq/htm/franken.htm
9. Games for From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. http://www.quia.com/custom/3227main.html
10. Fact Monster.com: research site on a variety of topics http://www.factmonster.com/
11. Ask Jeeves for Kids: research site http://www.ajkids.com/index.asp?origin=0&meta=1
12. Write an acrostic poem. http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/
13. Need some help finding more specific words to use in your writing? Go here! http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teacherlinks/sixtraits/interestingwords.htm