ELA APPS & EXTENSIONS

Storybird – Creative digital story-building tool for readers, writers, and educators.

SAS Writing Navigator– Help Students Write More Effectively with SAS Writing Navigator, free from SAS Curriculum Pathways.

Connected Mind - Mind mapping is great for planning out a story or thinking through an idea. This app is easy to use and very colorful.

AbiTalk ABC Phonics Spelling – The app teaches letter sound, short vowels, consonants, blended sound, digraphs

AbiTalk Phonics Vowels – Learning short vowels, long vowels, blends sound with Abitalk Phonics Vowels

Sight Words – Is your child/student ready to learn how to read?! Sight words are some of the most common words in the English language. Small children are predominantly visual learners and therefore the use of sight words is a more effective way of learning how to read. Combined with an appropriate curriculum these flashcards will help provide balanced reading instruction for your child and students.

Read Write Think – Providing educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction.

Word Central – Merriam-Webster's Word Central offers kids a student dictionary, Daily Buzzword, and interactive word games.

Older sites but has some great interactive resources. K Grade ELA, 1st Grade ELA, 2nd Grade ELA, 3rd Grade ELA, 4th Grade ELA, 5th Grade ELA

Building language – This learning activity helps emerging readers identify letters, sounds, and words using interactive multimedia.

Clifford Interactive Storybook – Early readers practice important phonemic awareness and phonics skills as they actively listen to words read aloud and select which words to include in their Clifford Interactive Storybooks. The online activities provide meaningful learning experiences that engage students in building storybooks, and together with these lessons, help students connect sounds to letters and enhance their reading vocabulary.

Literacy Center – With a library of hundreds of free learning games and activities, we are the ultimate CCSS resource for preschool and kindergarten parents and teachers.

Quill.org – Quill provides free writing, grammar, and vocabulary activities to middle and high school students.

5 W's Chart – Graphic Organizer

Poetry Machine – Create your original poem below using Poetry Machine!

Young Writers – Young Writers have promoted poetry and creative writing within schools and poetry competitions for the past 19 years.

Vocabulary.com – Vocabulary.com helps you learn new words, play games that improve your vocabulary, and explore language

SpellingCity.com – build vocabulary, literacy, phonics, & spelling skills with VocabularySpellingCity. Improve vocabulary, a core reading skill, with gamified context-rich. Available in Chrome Web Store.

MobyMax – MobyMax lends itself to independent practice whether at school or at home. Instead of using a worksheet, use the platform to design a contest for homework.

Time for Kids – TIME For Kids is a weekly classroom news magazine that motivates kids to read! Issues cover a wide range of real-world topics kids love to learn about - and it's the best nonfiction text you'll find! Our Digital Editions are the perfect supplement to your TIME For Kids print subscription, and they deliver a host of exciting features to help bring TIME For Kids to life.

Actively Learn – Read for Depth. The human brain is wired to avoid thinking deeply. Our online literacy platform helps teachers activate, support, and reveal thinking for every student.