Language Arts

Page last updated 2/20/2009

1. Analogy of the Day - From FactMonster. Hints and answers are provided. (Our Language Arts page has more analogy sites )
2. A Word A Day - Each week a different theme on daily vocabulary words and their definitions. This site provides a pronunciation of the word via a .wav file or a RealAudio file. You can also subscribe to the daily word by email.
3. Daily Buzzword - Come see what all the buzz is about at the Daily buzzword
4. Daily Spelling Bee - Every day three new words are offered to test your spelling skills. Warning!- some of the pronunciation clues are an attempt to lull you into a spelling error.
5. Daily Word Jumble - Four new, often challenging, scrambled words every day to test your skills at unscrambling and rearranging letters. (Each line of scrambled letters forms one word.) Average Puzzle Score=2 Correct
6. English Daily - free exercises, idioms, common abbreviations, slang, proverbs and much more
7. Etymologic, The Toughest Word Game on the Web - In this game you'll be presented with 10 randomly selected word origin or word definition puzzles to solve.
8. FreeDictionary - Learn a new word for the day, an article of the day, history of the day, word game of the day and more.
9. Merriam Webster's Word of the Day - Learn a new word, see an example sentence and then learn about the derivation of the word. Webster will even Email this to you on a daily basis. Enlarge the vocabulary of your High School level students.
10. Shakespeare's Sonnet of The Day - Discover a new sonnet everyday.
11. Sound Puzzle of the Day - A new type of word game. Add the vowels and diphthongs and solve the phrase of the day. Includes class strategies to try.
12. Sources for Quotations - Many sites are available for finding quotations. The first link suggests ways to use quotations in your classroom.
13. Story of the Day - Hear a read-a-loud story everyday, from Read Me a Book.
14. Story Starters - Here's a quick writing activity to try every day. First generate a creative story starter. Pick a format: notebook, letter, newspaper, or postcard. Four levels are available: K-1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-6 th. on 3/2 8 /09

15. Vocabulary Builders

    1. Upper Elementary (grades 4-6)
    2. Junior High (grades 6-9)
    3. PSAT & SAT
16. What does it Mean? - Word of the day, audio is provided for pronunciation. Given another chance if choose wrong answer. Correct answer is displayed with full explanation. From Infoplease.com
17. Word Game contests - There are seven separate vocabulary quizzes and each one features a new quiz for each day of the quiz. That's 49 to choose from. These will tease your brain!
18. Word Game of the Day - Play a new puzzle every day or visit the archive. (beware of ad video shown before game starts)
19. Word of the Day from the National Center for Education Statistics

Foreign Language

1. French MP3 File of the Week - for learning new French words from your portable music player - a new set of words from various subject areas is posted each week