Cursive may be a fading skill, but so what?

Cursive may be a fading skill, but so what? - Food for thought. Check out this article.

Biography Makers

Biography Maker -Elementary age children will appreciate this site that helps them to understand just what a biography is and get a little help on jazzing up boring facts into something fun and exciting to read.

Glypho

Glypho-A fun new way to read and write novels. A cool collaborative way to write a story! Create an account, jot some story ideas down. Users around the world will give character and plot ideas. Next, more than one person will create the first chapter, once finished others will vote on the best chapter.

Create Stories Online with Your Students

My StoryMaker lets you control characters and objects - and creates sentences for you! Once you are done with your story, save it online or print it out in the Library.


Myths and Legends Story Creator Make your own stories using sound, text, characters, creatures and scenery.

Mixbook Looking for a way to get your students more engaged? Mixbook is proud to present Mixbook for Educators, a program that allows educators even easier access to the most powerful suite of digital storytelling tools on the web.

Write Rhymes

Write Rhymes is a fun little site where you can find a word to rhyme with just about any other word. I tried to use words for which I couldn't think of obvious rhymes, but each time Write Rhymes came up with something. To use Write Rhymes simply type a word in the text box then option-click on it to see a list of rhyming words.
Here's my example (laugh all you want!)
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You will be impressed with your students work
They will be so engaged they won't be driving you berserk!