Online Resources - Grades 6-8

Website Resources for Grades 6-8
 
 
Onliine Language Arts Textbook
 
Ways to get students excited about reading
 
Where you can find resources such as:
  • Audio pronunciation
  • Example sentences
  • Synonyms
  • Word origin
  • Word of the day
  • Word games
  • Question of the day
  • Full text translator
  • Other tools and resources
Where you can find resources such as:
  • Browse A-Z
  • Related words
  • Adjective finder
  • Concept thesaurus
  • Nearby words
  • Visual thesaurus
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National Public Radio:  News & Analysis, World, US, Music & Arts 

newsela.com
Current high-interest articles that can be read at various reading levels

readingandwritingproject.org
Learn about the reading and writing workshops from the source

achievethecore.org 
Resources and information about the PARCC assessment

http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/ 
The Learning Network is produced by the New York Times and provides rich and engaging articles and more

edutopia.org
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