TES Global
Blendspace: At Resources
This eleven-part learning module provides assorted assistive technology references. This blendspace provides reading and writing video, print, and audio resources that will help special needs students with their reading and writing.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Ghost Typing
This resource is an educational activity for children of all ages to practice keyboarding.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Write On!
In this activity, students create a book, newspaper or other published work to communicate what they have learned about engineering and the environment.
Other
Sense Lang: Free Touch Typing Program
Learn how to type correctly or test your typing skills with this free tutorial.
Other
Peter's Online Typing Course
This online typing course is minimalist in nature with few bells and whistles. Upon completion of the course its author states "you will be able to confidently type all the letters, numbers and most common symbols, with proper ten-finger...
Scholastic
Scholastic: "I Feel" Origami Boxes
Give your students writing prompts to help them with their writer's block by using these PDF templates of boxes with open-ended prompts written on them. Although targeting elementary students, the concept could be used for middle school...
Other
Powertyping: Alphabetic Rain
Learn to type with this online free typing tutor game which focuses on learning typing with the rhythm of music. There are five levels of play; post your score to see if you're in the top.
Other
Typing Test: Free Typing Test and Typing Games Online
Take this free online typing test to see how fast you can type. Personalize the test by picking the language, time, and text. To improve your typing skills, there are a variety of keyboarding games to play.
Other
Write Source: Writing Topics
The best way to write is to write! Here are a variety of writing prompts for grades 1-12. A valuable resource.
Other
Bubbl.us: Brainstorming Made Simple
Bubbl.us is a free online application that allows users to brainstorm online then save them, email them and share with friends.
Curated OER
Google for Education: Children and Technology: Collaborative Illustrated Story
Students collaboratively create an illustrated story as a team by using Google Presentation.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: W.4.6: Use Technology to Produce and Publish Writing
Links to 21 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.4.6: With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing a well as to interact and collaborate with...
Education.com
Education.com: W.4.6 Worksheets: Use Technology to Produce and Publish Writing
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 6 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.4.6: With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: W.4.4: Produce Clear Writing to Task, Purpose, Audience
Links to 89 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.4.4: Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Writing
A collection of videos, articles for parents and for teachers, teaching strategies, webcasts for teachers, and research briefs on helping children develop their writing skills.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: My Bad Day
During this writing lesson students go step by step through the writing process to create a story about a bad day. Students use graphic organizers and Internet resources to help improve their writing skills.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Unlocking the Author in You
This lesson is designed to help students develop a love for writing. Students use the attached presentation to guide them in the writing process. They will navigate a variety of websites to help them learn about writing.
Other
Big Brown Bear Software: Keyboard Game
In this keyboarding game, letters are highlighted and the student tries to see how many they can key correctly in the time shown.
Josie's Poems
Josie's Poems: "Expressing Ourselves"
A poem about how animals communicate and how humans are different because of the way we can communicate.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Hamburger Paragraph Template for Students [Pdf]
This is a PDF hambuger template (graphic organizer) to help students organize and write stronger paragraphs.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Revising Leads [Pdf]
Revision can be a difficult step to teach in the classroom. Use this tool to help students better understand how to revise their leading sentences. [PDF]
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Let's Read It!
Five mini-lessons to help young writers develop their writing skills within a Writers Workshop model.
Other
Young Author's Workshop: Resource Pages
This site provides middle school students with links to online resources that will take them step by step through the writing process. The steps in this process are those used in Writer's Workshop.
Other
Rubric: Six Trait Assessment for Beginning Writers
Teachers will find this rubric useful in the classroom as a means of assessing student writing skills. It has a printer friendly version.