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Combines English, vocabulary development, spelling, and language arts.

Primary Games
Games that help with language development and word learning. Our family especially enjoyed Kangaroo (a hangman game variant), Fowl Words (a fast-pased word finding game), and Letter Rip (a game for matching words)
FREE Language Arts Page
The Federal Resources for Educational Excellence language arts page has links to a number of resources for students, parents and teachers.
Reading and Language Arts Resources on the Internet
This is an annotated directory of reading and language arts sites found on the World Wide Web.
Merriam-Webster Online
An online dictionary and thesaurus.
Grammar Bytes
Grammar with attitude! Find detailed definitions of common grammar terms--everything from abstract nouns to verbs. Teachers love proof, so keep track of the work that you complete! Download the handouts that accompany the interactive exercises. Don't have time to do the exercises? Get tips and rules here--fast!
Funbrain Grammar
Our friends, the Grammar Gorillas, need help identifying parts of speech. If you click on the right word in the sentence, our friends get a banana. And you know, a gorilla with a banana is a gorilla with appeal.
Starfall Learn to Read
Learn to read at the Pumpkin Patch.
Adverbs
Information about adverbs and their use. Includes a quiz.
Adverb Quiz
Practice on using adverbs.
Adverb Help
Includes a practice quiz with sentences. (good quiz)
Adverbs
Includes exercises.
Quiz about Adverbs
From the English as second language site, but a good quiz.
Skillswise Adverbs Quiz
Three levels of skill.
Adverbs
Information on adverbs, including a quiz.

 

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