Resources

• 6 Traits of Writing - Helpful tips for coming up with writing ideas, organizing your paper, word choice and more
• Basic Essay - Site helps guide you through deciding on a topic, writing the introduction, body, and conclusion with other helpful writing tips
• Book Collection Nonfiction - Elementary School Edition* - Read nonfiction books online
• Encyclopedia Britannica* - Encyclopedia articles, and primary source documents
• Homework Hub (Scholastic) - Create word search games with vocabulary words
• KidsConnect Research Toolbox - Learn about how to do research for an assignment
• Literacy Center - Upper and lowercase letter practice, shapes, colors, numbers, spelling practice and more. Includes English, Spanish, German, and French
• Literary Reference Center* - Information about authors and their works. Includes classic books that can be read online
• Little Explorers Dictionary - English-Spanish picture dictionary. Site also has picture dictionaries for Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Swedish
• Spelling Match - Spelling games for grades 1 through 8
• Spelling and Vocabulary - Word based games including crossword puzzles, word finds, sorting, spelling match, and others

*Resource provided by BadgerLink, a project of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Division for Libraries, Technology, and Community Learning.