English/Reading/Language Arts Resources

English for Everyone https://www.englishforeveryone.org/ Teachers Pay Teachers – novel https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Type-of- studies and reading/literature Resource/Novel-Study activities Web English Teacher – Free https://www.varsitytutors.com/englishteacher English Teaching & Learning Resources Homeschool Literature https://www.christianbook.com/page/homeschool/literature/liter Curriculum K-12 ature-curriculum

Florida Center for Reading: Topic https://fcrr.org Lessons for Grades K-1; 2-3; 4-5 Starfall Pre-K – Grade 3 https://www.starfall.com/h/index.php Institute for Excellence in Writing https://iew.com/ WriteShop – Writing curriculum https://writeshop.com/ for Home School Student: K-3; 3- 6; 6-12 Reading Rockets :Top 10 http://www.readingrockets.org/article/top-10-resources-poetry Resources on Poetry The Big Giant List of Poetry https://www.aaeteachers.org/index.php/blog/1872-the-big- Resources giant-list-of-poetry-resources

Vocabulary Resources for Home https://www.pinterest.com/sonlight/vocabulary-for- Schoolers homeschool/?lp=true 40,000 Literature Study Guides for https://www.enotes.com/topics Secondary Students Outschool – Short and full length https://outschool.com/online-classes/english#abjtiqsqsf online classes K-12 50 Books All Kids Should Read https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/50-books-all-kids- Before They’re 12 (with parents’ should-read-before-theyre-12 comments)

Many parents include novel studies, independent reading, and read-alouds as part of their language arts/reading program. Highly recommended titles for this purpose are listed below by grade level. An online search can often produce a novel study to match these titles. English/Reading/Language Arts Resources

Title Author Primary K-2 Grade Level Frog and Toad Series Arnold Lobel K-2 Ferdinand Munro Leaf K The Little Engine that Could Watty Piper K-1 Madeline Ludwig Bemelmens K-1 Stone Soup Marcia Brown K-1 Winnie the Pooh and House at Pooh Corner A.A. Milne K-2 Matilda Roald Dahl K-2 The Giving Tree (poetry) Shel Silverstein K-5 The Mouse and the Motorcycle Beverly Cleary 1-2 Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren 1-2 Charlotte’s Web E.B. White 2-4 Farmer Boy Laura Ingalls Wilder 2-3 Fantastic Mr. Fox Roald Dahl 2-4 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: The Spelling Bee Adapted by Catherine Nicols 3-4 Authored by Mark Twain Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Eleanor Coerr 3-5 Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls 4-6 Because of Winn Dixie Kate DiCamillo 4-6 Shakespeare Can Be Fun Series Lois Burdett 4-8 The Secret Garden Francis Hodgeson Burnett 4-6 The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe: Chronicles C.S. Lewis 4-6 of Narnia #1 The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth Speare 4-6 The Seven Habits of Happy Kids Sean Covey 4-6 Wonder R. J. Palacio 4-8 City of Ember Jean DuPrau 4-8 Number the Stars Lois Lowry 5-6 Journey to Topaz Yoshik Uchida 5-7 The Golden Goblet Eloise Jarvis McGraw 5-7 The Red Pencil Andrea Davis Pinkney 5-7 Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson 5-7 Wednesday Wars Gary Schmidt 5-7 Blood on the River Elisa Carbone 5-8 Fever 1793 Laurie Halse Anderson 5-8 Elephant Run Rolland Smith 5-8 Esperanza Rising Pam Munoz Ryan 5-8 Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman Meg Wolizer 5-8 The Westing Game Ellen Raskin 5-8 Homecoming Cynthia Voight 6-8 Dicey’s Song Cynthia Voight 6-8 Give Me Liberty L. M. Elliott 6-8 English/Reading/Language Arts Resources

Close to Famous Joan Baur 6-8 Irena’s Jar of Secrets Marcia Vaughan 6-8 Journey Home Yoshiko Uchida 6-8 The Storm Before Atlanta Karen Schwabach 6-8 The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkein 6-10 Animal Farm George Orwell 7-9 Holes Louis Sachar 8-10 The Scarlett Letter Nathaniel Hawthorne 9-12 The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck 9-12 Black Rain Masuji Ibuse 9-12 1984 George Orwell 9-12 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Dee Brown 9-12 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 9-12 Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes 9-12 To Kill a Mocking Bird Harper Lee 9-12 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Ken Kesey 9-12 The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 9-12 Pride and Prejudice Jane Austin 9-12 The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins 9-12 The Giver Lois Lowry 9-12