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Readworks creates high-quality reading instruction tools and supports that make an impact. They focus on the following three pillars of reading comprehension to improve student reading comprehension and overall reading outcomes - building knowledge, growing vocabularies and strengthening strategic reading.

Use Newsela to easily select relevant, accessible content that supports state standards and real-time instructional decision-making.

Created by experts, Khan Academy’s library of trusted, standards-aligned practice and lessons covers math K-12 through early college, grammar, science, history, AP®, SAT®, and more. It’s all free for learners and teachers.

Free program online to teach beginning readers vocabulary and concepts while systematically introducing all the main phonetic patterns of written English, all using innovative rich media.

Our fun and educational approach to learning letters and words will help your child develop essential language and cognitive skills while having a blast.

StoryPlace provides children with the virtual experience of going to the Library and participating in the same types of activities the Library offers at its physical locations.

Provides high-quality audio books - the collection includes novels, poetry, children's, historical and short stories

Free audio stories - collection includes originals, fairytales, classic authors, educational stories, myths and world stories, junior stories and poems

Interactive site for parents and students that includes read-aloud stories and interactive components for children as they move through each page.

LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain, and then we release the audio files back onto the net for free. Our readers are free to choose the books they wish to record. LibriVox sees itself as a library of audiobooks.

Find multimedia resources to help you improve teaching and learning in your classrooms — including a classroom strategy library, video modules demonstrating effective practices, professional development webcasts, and more.

Project Gutenberg is an online library of free eBooks.

Reach your upper elementary or teen audience with creative ways that promote reading and Children's / Young Adult literature using free or open-source technology tools.

Offering both video-based and written formats, Shmoop’s learning solutions are rigorous, while injected with humor and storytelling to drive student engagement. Shmoop includes free study guides for literature.

The Coretta Scott King Book Awards are given annually to outstanding African American authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults that demonstrate an appreciation of African American culture and universal human values.

Here, you’ll find poetry lesson plans, poems for kids and for teens, essays about teaching, a calendar of teaching resources for the school year, a glossary of poetry terms, and more.

Find rhymes, synonyms, adjectives, and more!

The American Folklore site features retold folktales from all 50 states.

This online collection of Aesop's Fables includes a total of 655+ Fables, indexed in table format, with morals listed.

ReadWriteThink's mission is to provide educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials.

The online writing lab offers global support through online reference materials and services for creating citations, cover letters, major-specific writing help, and general writing advice.

ThesisBuilders are tools to help students: find a topic create a good thesis statement and generate an outline.

Includes grammar quizzes, vocabulary, extended practice, teachers resources, games and more!

Free English video lessons.

Become a Better Student with the Interactive Grammar Lessons and Tutorials on KidInfo.com's Grammar Helper.

This is a highly Interactive site that helps students Grades 3-5 improve their use of vocabulary in writing.

Vocabahead, doesn't just want to teach you new words – they aim to explain where incredible words came from, how language changes, and what makes some words especially tricky!

Whether you’re looking up a specific word or just browsing, you’ll find a universe of friendly explanations and fun activities designed to educate and entertain.

Transform your text into word clouds!

TagCrowd is a web application for visualizing word frequencies in any text by creating what is popularly known as a word cloud, text cloud or tag cloud.

Empowering young writers to create unique stories with amazing illustrations.

Where students, parents, and teachers collaborate to publish their own storybooks - that outlive them and impact their communities for generations to come!

Very easy-to-use graphic organizer maker.

Teen Ink offers teens the opportunity to publish their creative work and opinions on issues that affect their lives – everything from love and family to school, current events, and self-esteem.

Easy-to-read guides complete with examples and step-by-step instructions to format your full and in-text citations, paper, and works cited in MLA style.

ABCya provides over 300 fun and educational games for grades PreK through 6. Our activities are designed by parents and educators, who understand that children learn better if they are having fun.

Provides online educational video games that offer a powerful approach to learning basic math, language arts, vocabulary, and thinking skills.

Review important concepts and explore new topics—the options are endless with Education.com! Join for free today and browse 30,000+ worksheets, games, lesson plans and more.

Scholastic Home Base is a SAFE, FREE 3D interactive world dedicated to keeping kids engaged with favorite stories through book-based games, live author events, and a large community of readers.

Grammaropolis uses the parts of speech as animated characters starring in books, songs, videos, and interactive games. Our innovative, classroom-proven approach blends character-based content with more traditional quiz-based assessment and is designed to address students' varied learning styles.

Your mission is to throw ninja stars at words! These words are sneaky and have hidden themselves in grammatically correct sentences. Use your grammar skills to find your targets, and become the ultimate ninja master!

Grammar instruction with attitude - includes online exercises, handouts, PowerPoint presentations and YouTube videos.

MrNussbaum.com offers dozens of interactive games specifically designed to pinpoint one or several essential concepts taught in elementary years, and dozens of research themes designed to make the process of gathering information interactive and enjoyable.