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Follow the links below for elementary level Language Arts materials and resources.

Interactives: Story Elements
 * Use as an engaging introduction to a short story or folktale unit.
 * Use as a spring board for story writing.
 * Can be done together as a class.
 * Computer Lab.
 * Literacy Center.

Interactives: Spelling Bee
 * Students practice spelling words in context.
 * Clues are provided.
 * Corrections are delivered in a positive manner.
 * Option to correct.
 * Literacy Center.
 * Homework Practice.

Wall Wisher
 * Can be used as an online, interactive KWL chart. Students can post what they already know about a given topic, or examples relating to a given topic (for example, listing words that make the "long a" sound, or compound words).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Literacy Center.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Completed as a class in a computer lab or with a COW system.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Voki
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Avatars can be used by the teacher to deliver objectives in an engaging way.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Avatars can be used by students to present written material to the class, such as poems, short stories, brief constructed responses.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This is an excellent resource to show the importance of punctuation! The teacher can show an avatar reading the same piece with and without appropriate punctuation.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Art of Storytelling
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This can be an item on an extension menu for publishing student work.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Students can develop captions to accompany pictures.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Can be completed in a computer lab setting.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Can be completed in a literacy center.

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