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Between the Lions: Games
Can you scoop letters from your soup to make a word? There are lots of
phonics games to play using Shockwave. (primary)
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Online Practice Reading Tests
These reading tests for grades 1-8 use multiple choice, short-answer, and
long-answer questions. Test tips for students and how to score are
included.
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Click All About Me for some interactive reading about Who Am I? What Is My
Pet? And Where Do I Sleep? Have some fun with Bird Riddles and Tongue
Twisters. (primary)
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Reading Comprehension
These stories and follow-up questions teach main idea, inference, and word
meanings from context. (intermediate)
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The Reading Zone (For ELL Students)
The glasses icon indicates easy, intermediate, and advanced reading
comprehension activities available to guests. Use the Dolch Word List, or
try Reading a Map, Candy Labels, Reading Envelopes, Learn About Dolphins,
Aesop's Fables, and U.S. Presidents Chart Study.
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Web Popper's Tales
http://www.webpop.com/bookpopchooser.html
Online stories that students can read and listen to as read
by the authors. |
Online
Magazines A number of links to kid versions of Time, Sports
Illustrated, Scholastic, and others |
Children's
Storybooks Online
http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html
Find a few short illustrated stories here. Some stories include sound,
animation or even fun activities to do.
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Andersen Fairy Tales
http://www.andersenfairytales.com/en/main
What better method to induce students to read than to supply a colorful,
magical fantasy book right on the computer. |
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Visiting Authors Series
http://teacher.scholastic.com/
Scholastic provide this rich portal for students to interact with their
favorite authors, chat online, ask questions and find out a rich array of
information and resources about their author. |
Wired for Books
http://wiredforbooks.org/
Wired for Books provides a collection of audio recordings featuring
authors reading their own works, videos of selected plays, and an archive of
author interviews from radio host Don Swaim that were recorded during the
l970s and 1980s.
KidZone of this site with Beatrix Potter books.
http://wiredforbooks.org/kids.htm |
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Every Poet
http://www.everypoet.net/links/
This site is dedicated to the art of poetry,
the site offers the opportunity to (1) read classic poems by any of some 40
poets, from Bellau to Wordsworth; (2) read contemporary poetry submitted by
readers to the "PFFA" or Poetry Free For All; (3) browse a portal page that
links to hundreds of poetry-related sites under headings such as "What's
New," "What's Cool," "What's Popular". |
Indigenous People's Literature
http://www.indigenouspeople.net/ipl_final.html
Indigenous People's Literature site is a
compilation of writings and information about indigenous peoples from around
the world. The collection includes legends, poetry, quotes, biographies,
important documents, and much more. |
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Book Adventure
http://www.bookadventure.com/
After reading a book, students can take an online quiz to earn points
for prizes. They can create their own book lists from over 6,000 titles.
There's a great search engine to access the list of titles to ensure that a
quiz will be provided. Simply enter grade level and type of book desired ro
access a list.
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Read Write Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/
An interactive site with
online tools for creating comic
strips, drama maps, timelines, "staple-less"
books, picture maps and much more.
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L.A. Times: Kids' Reading Room
http://www.latimes.com/features/kids/
L.A. Times Literature section for kids and teachers
offers a variety of interesting subjects, such as a five-part profile of
Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong or a five-part re-telling of the
legend of the chocolate tree. Then there's the Question Corner featuring
young peoples' answers to questions such as "How would you stop traffic
jams?" "The Kids' Reading Room" offers brief stories about topics of
interest, such as a best friend who moves away, and "Book Reviews by Kids"
offers just that, plus the chance for students There's also a
"hear-the-story-read" feature but it may not work with all computers. |
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