Reading

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on the second line, state which grade(s) it is appropriate for, and
on the third line, write a description of the website.

Web Resources

http://www.readwritethink.org (Sally Truong)
Discipline: Reading, English and Language Arts
Grade Level(s): K-12
Description: This website provides a myriad of standards-based lesson plans and classroom activities for teachers and online interactive resources and worksheets for students. Some extremely useful web-based, interactive tools to support students’ literacy development include essay graphic organizers, CD/DVD Cover Creator, Character Trading Cards, Story Maps, Notetaker, and Flip Book. Such tools make literacy learning fun and engaging for students of all ages. The lesson plans offered to teachers are also extremely detailed and easy to implement. They all come with an overview, research-based theory to practice, student objectives, instructional plan, assessments, web resources, and rubrics.

http://www.bookadventure.org (Sally Truong)
Discipline: Reading
Grade Level(s): K-8
Description: Book Adventure is a fun and colorful reading website that motivates children to read by allowing them to create their own book lists, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read, and earn points and prizes for reaching their reading goals. With over 6,000 recommended book titles, students, parents, and teachers can easily find appropriate books by reading level and category. Students can redeem their points at the Prize Library, which offers books, stickers, candy, bookmarks, and much more.

http://www.literacycenter.net
Grades K-2
Description: The Literacy Center aims to provide safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children. It follows a modified Montessori approach to teaching reading. As a pre and early reading curriculum, it assumes that each online lesson will be supported by appropriate offline instruction, either at home or in school. It contains early literacy games and activities designed to expose young children to reading and language. Every activity is offered in English, Spanish, French, and German. The site contains activities for practicing, reading, writing, shapes, numbers, letters, phonemes, and words.

http://www.kbears.com/
Grades 2 - 5
Getting into each story takes teacher direction. Site provides guided reading (each printed word is highlighted as it is read to students). Stories look like books, they’re colorful, and there is music playing in the background. You are able to print fun sheets to draw on and color in. The sheets provide Earth science information.

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm
Grades K - 8
Guided practice lessons set up by grade level and separated by discipline. There are skill drills, assessment information for teachers, worksheets and fun, interactive quizzes with audibles for pronunciation.

http://pbskids.org/lions/stories/
Grades K - 2
Guided reading – colorful “virtual” picture books (accompanied by music) with words highlighted as they are read to student. Some interactive games for lower levels, such as alphabet practice.

http://bright-productions.com/kinderweb/index.html
Grades K - 1
Interactive color matching, shape naming and sorting, math, literacy for young children

http://www.starfall.com
This website can be used for students beginning in preschool up to 3rd grade. Once exposed this website as a class, the younger students are able to navigate it independently and thoroughly enjoy the sound and the graphics. It also can be used for Second Language Learners.
Starfall is a early reading program designed to be fun, exciting, and to instill confidence in young children as they learn to read. The site is easy for students to navigate independently, but it is not intended as a surrogate for the teacher. Content covers:
* Alphabet Recognition
* Phonemic Awareness
* Systematic Phonics
* Vocabulary
* Fluency
* Comprehension

Caldecott Medals
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm
Grades 2 - 12
This website which is a division of the American Library Association site is a great resource for teachers and students. Teachers can visit this site and browse the many books which have won the Caldecott Medal from 1938 to the present. This resource can help new or experienced teachers expand their libraries with quality books for the students. There is also a section of Caldecott winners of books translated into other languages. The option of books that have been translated into other languages could encourage students whose family speaks another languague other than English to still read with their family members at home. Also when first introducing the concept of the Caldecott Medal to your students this would be an interesting website for them to visit.(Emily Shepherd)

Newbery Medals
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm
Grades 2 - 12
This site can be found on the American Library Association website. This website is a wonderful resource to use to educate children on the Newbery Medal. The site gives an excellent discription of what the award means and how the award was started. The site also has a database of current and past Newberry Medal winners. This database can be a valuable tool whether you are just starting your classroom library or an experienced teacher looking for great books to add to your collection. This site is also a great resource for your students to refer to in order to find wonderful books for their own reading enjoyment.(Emily Shepherd)

The Red Badge of Courage http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/redbadge.htm Discipline: Literature Grade Level: High School Description: This website accompanies the book The Red Badge of Courage. I am planning on using the resources from this website for the upcoming semester when we read the novel in my 10/11 Literature class. (Leah Stephens)