We are working hard in our new reading series, Storytown!

You can now log in to the Storytown web site to read stories and practice skills!  To check it out, go to Storytown Student Site .  Your user name will be your student number, and your password is your whole first name typed in ALL CAPS!

Louisiana Third Grade ELA Curriculum Standards

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Louisiana iLEAP practice for third grade-

Practice vocabulary and help others in the process! Click on the link below.

Donate rice with each correct vocabulary word!

 
Idioms- A Piece of Cake   everydayidioms.ppt

 

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Research shows that avid readers:

* read, write, and concentrate better

* are more quick to see subtleties

* have an easier time processing new information

* have a better chance for a successful, fulfilling adult life

* have many interests and do well in a wide variety of subjects

* develop an ability to understand how others think and feel

* acquire the ability to sift information and can understand how unrelated

facts can fit into a whole

* tend to be more flexible in their thinking and more open to new ideas

* weather personal problems better without their schoolwork being

affected

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Try out these interactive Language Arts sites. Remember to always be supervised when using the internet.

READING 

Seussville                                                       Phonics Interactivities

Tall Tales                                                        Story Arts Theater
Author's Purpose                                           Figurative Language
Bookmark Factory                                         Funbrain Reading
Houghton Mifflin Education Place               Children's Storybooks Online
Poetry For Kids                                               Storyline Online
Children's Literature Web Guide                  Book Adventure
CRLS Research Guide                                     Merriam-Webster Word Wise
Fact Monster Word Wise                              Comic Creator
Create A Story                                               Paint by Idioms
Mystery Net's Kids Mysteries                      Wacky Web Tales

 

NEA RECOMMENDED BOOK LISTS

Educators' Top 100 Children's Books
Kids' Top 100 Books
State-by-State Booklist
Spanish/English Bilingual Booklist
African American Booklist
Asian American Booklist
Multicultural Books Every Child Should Read

 

 GRAMMAR

 Guide to Grammar and Writing
Go Grammar
Grammar Blast
Grammar Gorillas
Game Zone: Online English Games
Sentence Club House
Plural Noun Construction
Eats, Shoots & Leaves Punctuation Game
Language Arts Crossword Puzzles
Game Goo
Words: Grammar
English-Zone

The Plural Girls

 

AUTHORS/ILLUSTRATORS

Jan Brett                                                 Beverly Clearly
Roald Dahl                                               Laura Ingalls Wilder
Eric Carle                                                 Shel Silverstein
Judy Blume                                              Paul Zindel
Katherine Paterson                                   Patricia Polacco
Alma Flor Ada                                          Jean Craighead George

Barbara Robinson                                     Mary Pope Osborne
 

SPELLING

Kids Spell

Spellaroo
Spell Check

Stay Afloat Hangman

See 'N Spell PrimaryScripps National Spelling Bee  

Word Central Dictionary

Between the Lions

Word Confusion

Spellits

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/clubhouse/index.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/punctuation/index_pre.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/goforgold.html
http://www.sabine.k12.la.us/zes/writing/default.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/writing/
http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/archives/writing_bugs.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/games/story_plant/small_sound/standard.shtml