Literacy+links

http://www.brown.edu/Courses/FR0133/Fairytale_Generator/gen.html This website generates ideas for stories.

http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/ Answers grammar questions--great reference resource

http://www.etymonline.com/ Online dictionary of the histories of words (etymology)

http://visual.merriam-webster.com/ Great resource for nouns and for helping students who do not speak English (since everything is neatly labeled) or students who use writing to communicate instead of speaking.

[|http://www.gpc.edu/~janderso/historic/psmeanin.htm] Prefix and suffix meanings along with their derivation. This is a great resource for learning vocabulary.

http://freerice.com Vocabulary game in which correct answers lead to donations of food to hungry people. This game has 50 levels, so everyone from a second grader to a Ph.D. can enjoy this game.

http://www.languageisavirus.com/ Lots of good resources for playing with language, which leads to more creative and interesting writing. Madlibs, random word generation, etc.

http://www.visuwords.com/ This shows visual links between words.

http://wordsmiths.net/Maygra/RTG.htm Generates random titles, which could lead to some writing. It has a warning that some of the words in its dictionary are adult in nature.

[|http://www.indiana.edu/~hlw/] Did you ever want to know how language works from a cognitive science perspective? Here's the answer to your question.

http://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/ Information on punctuation. Appealing to kids.

http://www.everydayspelling.com/reference/refstrategies.html Spelling strategies

http://www.tumblebooks.com http://www.columbuslibrary.org/ebranch/index.cfm?pageid=177&siteid=3181 (use your Columbus Library card ID for free access on this site) online books for kids with games

http://www.dublinschools.net/NewsBoard/NewsDetail.asp?id=20298&cmid=1767&StartPos=1 Dublin Literacy Conference 2009, Feb 21 This conference is an annual event featuring well known children's authors. Also, sessions are presented on a variety of topics of interest to educators. Reduced fee for student teachers to attend.

[|http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/]

http://www.tikatok.com/login Write books online and print in classroom.

http://makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/ create comic books!