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Literacy with ICT




Language Arts Links:
Grade 3 to Grade 5




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This resources provides you with the ability to quickly and easily create a wide range of puzzles to share with your students, including crosswords, word searches, letter tile puzzles and cryptograms.  In addition, all puzzles can be imported into Microsoft Word so you can format assignments for your students.  
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This website allows you to create custom rubrics, and even provides a series of templates with sample descriptors to get you started.  Whether developing your own rubrics or involving your students in the creation of rubrics, you'll make good use of Rubistar.
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You will find many lesson ideas that support all aspects of a balanced language program for your classroom.  Whether you're looking for online tools that help students publish their writing in meaningful ways, or seeking mini-lesson ideas for your Guided Reading program, you will find some useful tools at this website.
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This website contains links to hundreds of author websites, and there are many great language based resources found at Teaching Books.  St. James-Assiniboia subscribes to this website, so all teachers in the division can access additional features, including read-alouds by some of the authors.
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Students will love much of the interactive content within the NG Kids website.  From phonic lessons to videos that support an inquiry-based approach to learning, there are a wide range of resources available through NG Kids!
 
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This website has some fantastic animated videos to help students understand different aspects of the english language.  All of the videos are animated, under five minutes in length and feature a multiple choice quiz to assess student understanding of the topics addressed.  Only some of the videos can be accessed without a username, but you with an e-mail address, you can register for a free trial account which gives you unlimited access to all of the videos contained in this website.  These videos fit very well with our provincial curricular outcomes.

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