Teacher Resources - English
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Discovery Education
Discovery Education offers digital content, interactive lessons, real time assessment, virtual experiences, classroom contests & challenges, professional development and more. Discovery provides opportunities through digital media for students to experience the world in the classroom with fascinating people, places, and events.
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Spelling City
An excellent resource for teachers, students, and parents. Spelling City offers a variety of fun and interactive ways to teach and study spelling words and vocabulary. Students can access the lists from home to practice their spelling and vocabulary words.
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Vocabulary.com
This web site is recommended for students from upper elementary through high school. Vocabulary.com provides word lists by subject, root word studies, thematic puzzles, and test prep studies.
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Library of Congress - Teachers
This website offers teacher resources from the Library of Congress including lesson plans, classroom materials, and professional development on using the primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections.
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Flocabulary - Hip Hop in the Classroom
This is an online learning platform that offers videos and songs for grades K-12 for learning vocabulary across all content areas. The songs incorporate interactive lyrics that provide additional information about the topic.
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Project Gutenberg
A free online library of over 40,000 e-books including classic novels used in the English classrooms.
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Citation Machine
Excellent resource for students on how to cite the information used in their papers in either MLA or APA format.
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Purdue Owl
Online writing lab for assisting students on different types of writing along with citation and research.
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Grammar Girl
Quick tips and lessons on English topics that are informative, entertaining, and fun.
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Thinkfinity
Thousands of free lesson plans complete with fun and engaging student interactives applicable to every subject and grade level.