English Language Arts
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Accelerated Reader
Accelerated Reader is the most popular and successful reading program of all time, and we're happy to make it available for all our students to use. Just like IXL, each student is given a unique username and password to access Accelerated Reader, take online quizzes, and keep track of their scores.
Accelerated Reader
Accelerated Reader
AR Book Finder
Do you know your Accelerated Reader book level? Ready to find a book to enjoy? Check out AR Book Finder to get a list of books you'll enjoy based on your AR level.
AR Book Finder
AR Book Finder
Spelling City
Do you look forward to studying for your weekly vocabulary and spelling test? Probably not. But once you start using VocabularySpellingCity, you might just change your mind. VocabularySpellingCity is a fun online study program.
With games like HangMouse, Word Search, Unscramble, and WhichWord?, spelling practice might go from being your least favorite activity to something you might even do for fun!
Spelling City
With games like HangMouse, Word Search, Unscramble, and WhichWord?, spelling practice might go from being your least favorite activity to something you might even do for fun!
Spelling City
Welby Way Library Catalog
Looking for an interesting book to check out from our school library? Look no further. Use the Welby Way Library Online Catalog to search for books by title, author, and keyword. All book descriptions will also include the book's AR level to help you find the right book for you.
Start by searching for Welby Elementary (towards the bottom of the page), then click on the tab that says Catalog. From there, you can search for available books in our library. To find books by AR level, go to the menu that says Reading Programs, select Accelerated Reader, then enter your AR level to search for books in your range.
Welby Way Library Catalog
Start by searching for Welby Elementary (towards the bottom of the page), then click on the tab that says Catalog. From there, you can search for available books in our library. To find books by AR level, go to the menu that says Reading Programs, select Accelerated Reader, then enter your AR level to search for books in your range.
Welby Way Library Catalog
Story Starters
Bored of writing the same old books reports for class? Looking for a fun way to get some creative writing ideas going? Try out this story starter slot machine from Scholastic. Some of the stories might not make much sense, but that's what makes it fun! You can pick the format, characters, and story twist, or you can pull the lever and see what comes up.
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Sample Story Starters
Got some great ideas in your head for a story but you just need an interesting beginning to grab your reader's attention? Check out this Word document with 50 unique ways to start a story. Borrow someone else's first line and then make the rest your own.
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Read Write Think
Engage in online literacy learning with these interactive tools that help accomplish a variety of goals—from organizing your thoughts to learning about language—all while having fun.
Read Write Think
Read Write Think
Organizing Your Thoughts & Research Notes
So many notes, but not enough space to organize? Try using this online graphic organizer to help you plan out your attack on your writing assignment. Watch the tutorial for help with getting started.
Online Graphic Organizer
Online Graphic Organizer
Los Angeles Public Libraries
Believe it or not, there was once a time when students didn't have the Internet to use for research projects. Gasp! I know, crazy, huh?
If you're looking for more books from a particular genre that you really like, check out the library for tons of great reading. Getting a library card is free and you can even reserve books online and have them delivered to the Platt branch. What a deal!
Los Angeles Public Library
If you're looking for more books from a particular genre that you really like, check out the library for tons of great reading. Getting a library card is free and you can even reserve books online and have them delivered to the Platt branch. What a deal!
Los Angeles Public Library
Project Gutenberg
Looking for something new to read? Project Gutenberg offers over 36,000 free ebooks to download to your PC, Kindle, iPad, iPhone, Android, or other portable device. Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats.
Project Guttenberg
Project Guttenberg