| Awesome
Stories |
A wide
variety of stories with instructional resources; includes of
Inspiration, Biographies, Sports, Movies and more (4-12) |
|
Communication
Arts |
LSSD
Curriculum web page (K-12) |
|
Kids Read |
Authors; reviews; series information; resources
games (K-6) |
| Reading Planet |
Reading activities (K-6) |
|
RepeatAfterUs |
Online
library of copyright-free English texts and scripted recordings; free
audio clips (K-12) |
|
Speech
and Language |
LSSD
Curriculum web page; many reading resources (K-12) |
|
|
|
Alphabet
Animals |
An animal graphic for each letter
of the alphabet (K-3) |
|
A
Tale to Be Told |
A
WebQuest; links to fairytales (1-6) |
|
Between
the Lions |
PBS; stories,
games, printable activities, teacher resources (1-6) |
|
Compare
and Contrast |
Activities designed to help students understand compare and contrast
(2-6) |
|
English
Exercises Online |
Interactive exercises for practicing reading skills (1-12) |
| Fact or Opinion |
Quia; interactive practice; decide if a statement is fact or opinion
(3-8) |
|
Fiction
Teachers |
Ideas
on how to create characters and stories; stories in script
form; lesson plans; student activities (3-6) |
|
Houghton
Mifflin Reading Activities |
Multiple
online activities; categorized by grade level (1-6) |
|
Literacy
Activities |
Links
to a variety of activities (1-6) |
|
Literacy Skills for Kids |
Interactive activities include spelling,
grammar, phonics and more (3-8) |
Little
Animals Activity Centre
Storybear
Digby Mole-
Word Games |
Online
activities with audio (K-6) |
|
McGraw
Hill Reading Activities |
Books
and activities (1-6) |
|
Reading
Comprehension Connection |
Interactive, online lessons to
help improve students' reading comprehension and vocabulary
skills (4-12) |
|
Reading
Comprehension Practice |
Reading
comprehension practice (2-6) |
|
Reading
Games for Kids |
A
collection of reading games (K-2) |
|
Reading
Games for Young Kids |
A collection of reading
preparedness games (K-1) |
Reading
Quest
Social Studies |
Strategies for improving reading
comprehension in content areas (5-12) |
|
Read,
Write, Think Student Tools |
Many interactive reading tools to use with kids (K-6) |
|
Reading-Zone |
Online
activities including reading for specific purposes (1-8) |
|
Roy the Zebra |
Interactive reading literacy (K-3) |
|
Sparknotes |
Synopsis and study aids for literatures (6-12) |
|
Starship English |
Interactive reading activities (1-4) |
|
Story
Circle |
Interactive,
audio stories by themes (K-4) |
|
StoryPlace
Elementary Library |
Customize
books; audio (K-4) |
|
Story
Scramble |
Sequence
the story by dragging and dropping (K-3) |
Two
Sisters and a Cat
Recreate the story (3-6)
Fill in the gaps (3-6) |
Interactive
site focuses on reading comprehension (3-6) |
|
Balanced Literacy
 |
|
Balanced Literacy |
Scholastic; information; suggestions (K-6) |
|
Balanced Literacy Program |
Information; printables; illustrated with
video clips (K-5) |
|
Balanced Literacy Parent Guide |
Information for parents (K-6) |
|
Reading
Workshop Resources |
Click on Teacher Resources on left side of
page (K-6) |
|
Book Reports
|
|
Better Book Reports - 25 Ideas |
Creative ideas for student book reports (3-12) |
|
Book Report Forms |
Printable forms for many types of book reports (2-8) |
|
More Ideas Than You'll Ever Use for Book Reports |
A large variety of book report suggestions (2-12) |
|
Book
Report Sandwich Station |
From Scholastic; interactive (2-9) |
| Book Report
Rubric |
For use with any multimedia book review (2-12) |
|
|
|
Elements
of Fiction |
A reference source for literary
terms (5-8) |
|
Literary Elements and Devices |
Resources for learning about and teaching
literary elements and devices (7-12) |
|
EThemes
Story Elements |
Links
to sites about story elements (K-8) |
|
Holt |
Practice and activities with Literary
Elements (6-12) |
|
|
|
Adolescent
Literature |
Lesson plans and resources for adolescent and
young adult literature (6-12) |
|
American
Literary Classics |
Many literature classics
online to read (8-12) |
|
America Writes for
Kids |
Drury College; find authors and playwrights by name or state
(K-12) |
|
Bibliomania |
Free online literature with over
2000 classic titles; study guides and teacher resources (6-12) |
|
Big Books |
Fiction and narrative online big books for children (K-4) |
Big Universe
Children's Books Online |
"Read, Create and Share" children's books online (K-7) |
|
BookBox |
Resources for thirty plus authors; click
on parts of box (K-6) |
|
Book Hive |
Guide to children's literature and books
(K-6) |
|
Book
Pop |
Virtual books
to read (K-4) |
|
Carol
Hurst Children's Literature Site |
Books
categorized by subject area and themes (K-8) |
|
Children's
Authors and Illustrators on the Web |
Includes authors' personal websites and websites maintained
by fans, scholars, and readers (K-12) |
|
Children's Book Council |
Reading lists; Young People's Poetry;
authors and illustrators (K-12) |
|
Children's
Books Online: The Rosetta Project |
Illustrated
antique children's books; books can be downloaded (K-8) |
|
Children's
Classics, Short Stories, Novels, and Fiction Online |
A variety of
online books (1-8) |
|
Clifford
Interactive Books |
Interactive
online books featuring Clifford (K-2) |
|
CyberGuides |
Supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of
instruction centered on core works of literature (K-12) |
|
Edgar Allen
Poe |
Biographical information;
writings; interactive (8-12) |
|
Free Audio Books |
Listen to a wide variety of children's audio
books (K-7) |
|
Fimbles |
Animated
stories (K-4) |
|
Homer's
Iliad and Odyssey |
A ThinkQuest; information,
resources (9-12) |
|
Project Gutenberg
|
20,000 free, downloadable books (5-12) |
|
Great Books
Online |
Information and reference tools;
downloadable dictionaries and thesauri; Columbia Encyclopedia; 70 volume
Harvard Classics collection and the works of Shakespeare (4-12) |
|
Literature Circle Blackline Masters |
Activity sheets, graphic organizers, work
sheets (K-12) |
|
Literature Lesson Plans |
Review literature lesson plans;
Discovery School
(K-12) |
|
Literature Lessons |
Suggestions and ideas for
teaching literature (K-12) |
|
Loudit |
Podcasts of books, poems, short stories (3-12) |
|
Nick, Jr. |
Online stories, activities and
games for the very young (K-2) |
|
Reading
Units |
Reading
units for popular books; includes Artemis Fowl, Flat Stanley, Holes, The
Incredible Journey, and others; online and printable worksheets,
activities (1-6) |
|
SPARK Notes (English) |
Free online study guides, variety of novels, To
Kill a Mockingbird, The Chocolate War, Macbeth, Of Mice and Men, My
Antonia, Animal Farm and more (7-12) |
|
Starfall |
Designed to teach children
to read by incorporating rhyming games and high-interest books that
teach phonemic awareness (sounds in words), phonics, decoding skills,
comprehension and downloadable free materials (PK-2) |
|
Tarheel Reader |
A
collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range
of topics. The books may be downloaded as slide shows in PowerPoint. |
|
Web English Teacher |
Resources for authors and books
(K-12) |
|
Dr.
Seuss
|
Dr.
Seuss Resources
KiddyHouse |
Annotated links to lesson plans, book activities, games, online activities,
printables (K-6) |
|
Dr.
Seuss's Seussville! |
Many resources on this Random House
site
(K-3) |
|
Fables/ Fairy Tales/
Folktales/ Myths
|
|
Aesop's
Fables |
Extensive online collection of Aesop's
fables (7-12) |
|
American
Folklore |
A retelling of American
folktales,
Native American myths and legends, tall tales, weather and ghost stories
from the 50 states (K-12) |
|
Grimm Fairy Tales |
Interactive site; stories read
aloud; activities (K-6) |
|
Myths and Legends |
Read and learn about myths and legends; write your own (3-9) |
|
Mythology |
Online information about
classical mythology (7-12) |
|
MythWeb |
Learn about gods, heroes and
monsters of Greek mythology (5-8) |
|
World Mythology |
Information about mythology and the relationships to the planets (7-12) |
|
Hans Christian Anderson
|
|
Hans Christian
Anderson Center |
Bibliographical and historical
references; works (6-12) |
|
Hans Christian Anderson Tales |
Access to the fairy tales of
Anderson (2-12) |
|
Herman Melville
|
|
Moby Dick |
Read online text (7-12) |
|
Moby Dick |
Discovery School; Resources; links; lesson ideas
(7-12) |
|
Mysteries
|
The Fin, Fur, and Feather Bureau
of Investigation |
Interactive stories filled with puzzles and challenges; quizzes,
thinking games, newsletters, and even a Hencoder (a Secret-Agent style
encoding device) (2-6) |
|
Kids
Mysteries from MysteryNet |
Solve the mysteries (2-6) |
|
Millennium
Mystery Madness |
Facts about mysteries, how a
mystery is formed and what should go into a mystery (4-12) |
|
Unit
Plan for Mysteries |
Mystery lesson
plans, activities, resources (2-6) |
|
Who
Killed William Robinson |
A chance to explore a real
mystery (7-12) |
|
Shakespeare
|
|
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare |
Shakespeare’s plays and poetry (7-12) |
|
Folger Shakespeare Library |
Folger
Library; Lesson plans and ideas for
teaching Shakespeare (5-12) |
|
Mr.
William Shakespeare and the Internet |
A compiled list of scholarly Shakespearean resources and
other original Shakespearean content including lesson plans and a timeline
(9-12) |
|
Shakespeare
Online |
An extensive resource (9-12) |
|
John
Steinbeck
|
|
John Steinbeck |
Autobiographical information;
resources; links (7-12) |
|
John
Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath |
Visit Weedpatch Camp (8-12) |
|
|
|
Phonics
Game Show |
Review
phonics rules, vowels, and consonants (2-6) |
|
Picture
Match |
Practice
with identifying beginning-letter and short-vowels sounds through a
simple, fun game (K-4) |
|
Syllable
Practice Review |
Information; basic review (4-9) |
|
Syllables Introduction |
Fact sheet (What are syllables), quiz, printable worksheets, game
(Syllable Factory) (1-7) |
|
Vowel
Sounds Mix and Match |
Match
long and short vowels (2-6) |
|
|
|
180
Days of Poetry |
A poem a day for American high
schools (9-12) |
|
Instant
Poetry |
Activities
for more than forty poetry forms (2-9) |
|
Modern American
Poetry |
Poetry analysis modern
American poets like Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost etc. (7-12) |
|
Poetry As We See It |
ThinkQuest; learn about poetry devices;
practice identification (4-12) |
|
Poetry
Express |
15 poetry
activities; tips and techniques for writing poetry
(K-12) |
|
Poetry
Library of Congress |
Learn about poets; read poems; resources
including poetry webcasts (K-12) |
|
PoetryTeachers.com |
Learn to inspire a love of poetry
in students; how to write different types of poetry, poetry fun, poetry
theater and more (K-8) |
|
Poets.org |
Find a poet, poem, listen to
poetry and more (K-12) |
|
Readability
|
|
Fry's
Readability Graph |
Kathy Schrock; learn to use Fry's graph
(K-12) |
|
JuicyStudio |
Find out the readability of a document,
passage or website; learn to interpret results; learn about reading
levels and indexes (K-12) |
|
Readability |
From Kathy Schrock; information and links;
create a readability graph (K-12) |
|
Readability.info |
Determine the reading level of a Word
document or website (K-12) |
|
Textalyzer |
Copy and paste a piece
of text into the analysis window and receive a detailed report on
sentence length (average, minimum and maximum), most frequently used
words, complexity factor, readability, and average syllables per word
(6-12) |
|
Reading Across the Disciplines
|
|
Reading Across the Disciplines Online |
Online resource for
teachers and students that accompanies the book (4-12) |
|
|
|
Adolescent
Literacy |
Research and best practices
for adolescent literacy in schools (6-12) |
| Big Ideas for
Beginning Readers |
Resources and links (K-4) |
|
Encouraging
Reading |
Activities,
lesson suggestions, information, book report ideas, resources (K-12)
|
|
Identifying
Skill Requirements in Reading |
Learn the different types of
skills required for reading to help students improve (5-12) |
|
Into
the Book |
Resources for teaching reading strategies (K-12) |
|
Literacy
Connections |
Information and links on reading, teaching
and tutoring techniques 30 free, downloadable books (K-12) |
| International
Children's Digital Library |
Over 700 online books; searchable (K-8) |
| Quizlet |
A vocabulary learning tool; enter your own word lists
(K-12) |
|
Reading Comprehension Strategies |
Activities, links and information for six strategies (K-6) |
|
Reading
Level |
Search Leveled
Books Database (K-12) |
|
Reading
Matrix |
Searchable
database for online reading activities (K-6) |
|
Reading
Partnership |
Information
on the research, principles about reading instruction (K-12) |
|
Reading
Resources Network |
From
Scholastic; links to resources, articles, information, activities (K-12) |
|
Reading
Worksheets |
Free,
downloadable worksheets (1-6) |
|
The
Teacher's Corner- Reading |
Activities,
authors, DOLCH Words, phonics, reading units (1-6) |
|
|
|
Coconut
Words |
Read a short sentence and then
choose the word that will complete it (2-4) |
|
Fake
Out |
Build
vocabulary by guessing the meaning of words (K-8) |
| Word Central |
Merriam Webster; Daily Buzzword; dictionary;
links (5-12) |
|
Guide to
Vocabulary |
Topics include Etymology, Using a Dictionary,
Using Word Relationships, Analogies, Context Clues and more (7-12) |
|
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun |
Interactive site offers a variety of games (words searches, crosswords,
hangman, match games and quizzes) using words assigned by category
(animals, food, geography and more) (3-6) |
| Super Kids
Vocabulary Builders |
Build vocabulary with these activities; includes TextTwisters, Word
Scrambler and more (K-12) |
|
Vocabulary |
Interactive activities to enhance vocabulary (2-12) |
|
Vocabulary-(Greek and Latin prefix and suffix) |
Greek and Latin roots; base; meaning; origin (7-12) |
|
Vocabulary
Pinball |
Play pinball to learn
spelling and meaning of new words (3-6) |
|
Vocabulary Web Games |
720 most frequently tested vocabulary words; web quizzes; improve SAT and GRE scores (7-12) |
| Word Ahead
Vocabulary Videos |
Short videos on many
words; includes a "Study Room" (4-12) |
|
Word
Central |
Vocabulary
building activities (2-6) |
|
Word
Wise |
From FactMonster; grammar and
spelling; analogy-of-the-day; word facts; proverbs; online word game;
and more (K-6) |
|
Words
and Pictures |
Activities include Consonant
Clusters, Long Vowel Sounds, High Frequency Words, poetry writing (1-6) |
|
Working
with Words |
Links to many word games and activities (K-12) |
