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English Grammar Worksheets (Middle & High School)

June 12th, 2013

Hi!  It’s Wednesday, June 12, 2013 and time for Language Arts at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:

Fox Valley Technical College: ABE English – Intro to Grammar

Age Range: 12-18 (about Middle & High School, with parental supervision)

A Maryland ClickScholar suggested this website, sponsored by Fox Valley Technical College that provides free English grammar worksheets and answer sheets. The study aids are provided for students who score low on college English entrance exams and are required to enroll in an Adult Basic Education English class.

There are no bells or whistles here, just great printable worksheets for learning, practicing, and remediating English grammar including:

  • Nouns & Prepositions
  • Plurals & Possessives
  • Verbs
  • Pronouns
  • Adjectives & Adverbs
  • Comparatives & Superlatives
  • Parts of Sentences
  • Subject & Verb Agreement
  • Commas
  • Quotes, Caps, & Apostrophes
  • End Punctuation

When you get to the site, just select the topics you want to study, download the pdf, print out the worksheets, and practice offline.

 

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Free Japanese Language Video Lessons & Worksheets!

June 8th, 2013

Hi!  It’s Saturday, June 8, 2013 and time for Foreign Languages at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:

Irasshai

Age Range: 13 and up (approximately, with parental supervision)

A Maryland ClickScholar suggested this website sponsored by Georgia Public Broadcasting that offers free Japanese language lessons and cultural skills delivered through video tutorials, worksheets (with answer keys), and some activities.

This particular language program is called Irasshai, and was the nation’s number one Japanese language and culture distance learning course from 1996 through 2009. The language program is geared for high school and college students, as well as adults.  However, younger children may enjoy aspects of this program with adult assistance.

When you get to the site, you’ll see a brief introduction.  Use the menu to access the lessons divided into:

*Japanese 1 – This section covers introductions, names, apologizing, numbers, school and work affiliations, identifying objects,  asking for permission, refusing a request, colors, expressing approval or disapproval, family members, using the telephone, food and mealtime etiquette, dates and events, calendar, leisure activities, customs, school subjects, sports, likes and dislikes, music, weather, clothing, shopping, community, and transportation.  There are lessons in reading and writing Japanese throughout the course.

*Japanese 2 – This section includes a review of Japanese 1 and new lessons in grammar and parts of speech, culture, family, pets, casual and formal speech, geography, location, hobbies, seasons and weather, trips/vacations, socializing, supermarket and prices, post office, numeric order, buying a gift, fruits and vegetables, cylindrical objects, expressing needs, health, anatomy, describing physical conditions, medicine, people’s personalities and physical characteristics, major life events, work occupations,  plans for the future, travel destinations and more.

Again, all of these lessons include video tutorials and worksheets (with answers).

 

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English Games, Activities, & Worksheets!

June 5th, 2013

Hi!  It’s Wednesday,  June 5, 2013, and time for Language Arts at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:

FunEnglishGames.com

Age Range:  5-10 (grades K-5 approximately, with parental supervision)

This ad-supported website offers free English language games, activities, worksheets, quizzes and more! Designed for classroom and ESL teachers, you’ll find learning activities and resources that can easily be used for home learning.

When you get to the website, you’ll see a brief introduciton and some highlighted features.  Use the menu at the top of the page to access:

Games – Play interactive games that help kids learn and improve upon reading, writing (including debate!), grammar, vocabulary, and spelling skills.

Activities – Enjoy a line-up of fun online language arts games based on familiar board games and television game shows.

Worksheets – Get printable worksheets and activity pages that reinforce language arts skills.

Quizzes – Test your knowledge on grammar, parts of speech, spelling, and more.

You’ll also find videos that  include songs, nursery rhymes, and short instructional clips for learning English.

Because this website contains randomly generated advertisements, parents (as always) should preview the site and supervise all Internet activity.

 

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Free K-12 Literature Lessons & Activities

May 29th, 2013

Hi!  It’s Wednesday, May 29, 2014 and time for Language Arts at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:

EDSITEMent

Age Range: 5-18 (grades K-12 with parental supervision)

This website sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, offers free, high-quality online lesson plans integrated with resources to promote active learning in literature and language arts (as well as other subjects such as art, foreign language, history and social studies).

When you get to the site, you’ll see a featured lesson plan.  Below that is a sorting tool where you can select the grade level you want (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) and other features including subtopics such as:

  • Biography
  • Drama
  • Essay
  • Fables, Fairy Tales, and Folklore
  • Novels
  • Poetry
  • Short Stories

Submit your parameters and a menu of lesson plans will appear below the sorting tool.  Click on any lesson title and a new page opens displaying the lesson including:

  • Guiding Questions
  • Learning Objectives
  • Preparation Instructions
  • Lesson Activities
  • Extending the Lesson

You’ll find links to free, carefully screened educational websites where you can read the literature online and find resources to extend the learning. In some cases you’ll find free, printable worksheets as well.

The content is so extensive that a description here simply doesn’t do it justice. This is a remarkable resource for the home educator – so bookmark it to return often. 

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Primary Source U.S. History Lessons

May 23rd, 2013

Hi!  It’s Thursday, May 23, 2013 and time for Social Sciences at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:

Teach U.S. History

Age Range: 11-18 (about middle school through high school, with parental supervision)

This website provides primary source materials, lesson plans, audio and video presentations, and supplementary resources such as worksheets and links to other informative websites to help classroom teachers teach U.S. History. Most of the material can be adjusted for use in the homeschool environment.

When you get to the site, you’ll see a welcome message accompanied by a menu on the left side of the screen. Click on “How To Use This Site” to read an outline of what the site provides. Then, simply click on the topics of interest from the menu that includes:

  • American Revolution
  • Indian Removal
  • Isaiah Thomas – Patriot Printer
  • Life in Antebellum America
  • Temperance Reform in the Early 19th Century
  • The Dred Scott Decision
  • The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas
  • The Second Great Awakening and the Age of Reform
  • War of 1812 and the Hartford Convention
  • Westward Expansion

As you click on each topic a new page opens. There is some inconsistency in the format that can be a little confusing. Some pages open to a splash page, others open to a menu of choices, and others open to a page with a brief overview.  On the latter, it may look as though there isn’t any information – but look on the menu on the left side of the screen and you’ll see that under that topic is a highlighted drop-down menu from which you can select lesson plans and resources.

This site is deceiving. It contains a vast amount of content assembled by teachers and museum curators as you will discover once you start clicking through the resource links. Plan to spend some time here to pinpoint the materials you’ll want to use to supplement your study of U.S. history.

 

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Mnemonic Times Tables Poems & Math Worksheets!

May 20th, 2013

Hi!  It’s Monday, May 20, 2013 and time for Math at ClickSchooling!

Recommended Website:

SuperTeacherWorksheets: Multiplication Poems

Age Range: 6-14 (about grades 1-8, with parental supervision)

A Maryland ClickScholar suggested this website that offers some silly poems as mnemonic devices to help kids memorize multiplication times tables. You’ll see the display of math poems when you get to the site. It inspired her children to write their own math poetry and she graciously provided some samples:

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  • Kevin got sick and turned horribly blue. 7×6=42
  • My sister’s late for a date. 6×8=48
  • Heaven oh heaven is for the divine. 7×7=49

And my personal favorite…

  • Kevin hates these nifty tricks. 7×8=56

Obviously, somebody in her family has a sassy sense of humor! LOL!

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Once you’re through giggling at the poetry, use the menu on the left side of the screen to find the worksheets. While there are numerous worksheets, there are about 1-3 FREE, printable worksheets for most of the subject categories including:

  • Addition
  • Algebra
  • Counting Money
  • Decimals
  • Division
  • Fractions
  • Geometry
  • Graphing
  • Measurement
  • Multiplication
  • Place Value
  • Percents
  • Subtraction
  • Telling Time
  • Word Problems

Just click on a menu item and a new page opens displaying a menu of worksheets on that topic.  Look for the word “Free” highlighted in yellow to find the worksheets that are available without membership/registration.

When you’re done with math, you can explore the assortment of reading, spelling, grammar, writing, and social sciences worksheets as well. Again, look for the word “Free” (highlighted in yellow) to print/download worksheets free of charge.

 

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