The Big History ProjectHarness the curiosity and creativity of your middle and high school students with a supercharged social studies curriculum that gets beyond facts. Big History Project is a free, online social studies course that emphasizes skill development as students draw mind-blowing connections between past, present and future. What can you expect to see? Amazing gains in student writing and critical thinking.
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Common LitA reading program that reaches all students. Access tools to implement an effective literacy program in your classroom. Browse their free collection of reading passages in all literary and nonfiction genres for grades 2-12. Assign text-dependent questions to hold students accountable for high-level reading and writing. Analyze student performance and compare class reports on key reading and writing skills.
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BUNKDigital archive of American History. Bunk is a shared home for the web’s most interesting writing and thinking about the American past. Join us to explore the multi-dimensional connections between past and present.
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No Red InkNoRedInk builds stronger writers through interest-based curriculum, adaptive exercises, and actionable data. Use NoRedInk with tools like Google Classroom and Clever for streamlined implementation.
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Classroom CerealClassroom Cereal is a series of free, printable short stories that double as grammar exercises. The original short stories are published monthly and in five parts. Each part of the story contains five grammatical errors. Enjoy the story and find the errors. It's simple and nourishing, much like a certain grain-based breakfast food.
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Paragraph PunchParagraph Punch takes users through the process of writing a basic paragraph. From pre-set writing prompts users develop an idea and write their own topic sentence, body, and a conclusion.The site provides online interactive exercises that guide users step by step through pre-writing, writing, organizing, editing, rewriting, and publishing.
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Read WorksRead Works is an online resource of reading passages and lesson plans for students of all levels K-12.
Driven by cognitive science research, ReadWorks creates world-class content, teacher guidance, and integrated tools that improve teacher effectiveness and student achievement. |
The Story StarterThe Story Starter randomly generates 356,300,262,144 story starters. This idea generator can be used by novelists, screenwriters, teachers, short story writers, and more. It has been used by writers of all ages.
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StoryBirdStorybird lets anyone make visual stories in seconds. We curate artwork from illustrators around the world and inspire writers of any age to turn those images into original storie. This is a paid subscription website, but it does have a 'free trial' that you can set up for your whole classroom. Storybird supports Google Classroom imports and makes it easy to add student accounts to integrate with your existing classroom tools. Canadian company.
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