A Great Collection of Educational Tools for Language Arts Teachers

November 2, 2015
A strong foundation in literacy is critical for students. Here are some notable teacher-tested English Language Arts tools that may complement your literacy curriculum well.

Quill 

Learn grammar by writing sentences and proofreading passages online. 

Sticker Story 

Create digital stories using "stickers" of various objects and letters. 

Roots to Words 

Learn the roots, prefixes, and even a few suffixes of words. 

Alphabet Match 

Teach preschool-aged children the alphabet with this simple matching game. 

Want more? Check out these shelves of tools created by educators on edshelf.

Great Language Arts Apps 

This one is curated by instructional technology coach Shelby Elmore. 

ELA 

This is curated by 8th grade English teacher Brandi Sapp.

By: Mike Lee, Co-founder of edshelf

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7 Awesome Posters for Language Teachers

January 23, 2015
Today I brought you a collection of some interesting infographics and posters particularly useful for English language teachers. I curated this collection from Larry Ferlazzo’s Pinterest board titled ”Useful Classroom Images”. This board contains over 5000 pins spanning multifarious topics and themes.  I spent sometime last night going through Larry’s pins and selected for you the titles below. I am hoping that language teachers would find these resources handy. You can use these materials with students in class to enhance their language learning and improve their oral and written skills. Have a look and share with your colleagues.

1- Words that people get mixed up

2- Tricky prepositions

3- Commonly confused adjectives

4- 7 Best ways to introduce new vocabulary

5- 37 Grammar rules

6- Adjectives degrees of comparison

7- Punctuation

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