Website Suggestions for Helping Develop Better
Reading and Writing Skills
1.
www.eduplace.com/tales -- Wacky Web tales. Children can write their own
funny tales by picking a title and filling in the blanks with nouns, verbs,
adjectives, etc. The tales are geared for grade 3 and up. The tales are a fun
way to reinforce the parts of speech and reading for fluency.
2.
www.jimdesigns.com – This site has handwriting worksheets that can be
downloaded free. What I like best about it is the pencil animation that shows
how to form the letters. Kids can “skywrite” on the screen with the pencil to
get the “feel” of how the letter is formed. It has upper and lowercase letters in
both cursive and print. The site also links to other locations.
3.
www.gophonics.com – Go Phonics® is a fun, interactive phonics curriculum
with K-2 language arts, for teaching beginning reading skills. It features 48
phonics games, workbooks, and decodable story books. It’s based on, and
compatible with, the Orton-Gillingham method for providing systematic and
explicit, simultaneous multi-sensory phonics instruction. This comprehensive
program includes: phonemic awareness, reading (decoding), handwriting,
spelling (encoding), grammar, punctuation, comprehension, fluency, and
more.
4.
www.thegateway.org/ -- The Gateway to Educational MaterialsSM is a
Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to
thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university,
non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
5.
www.teachersearchengine.com/ -- This is the best website I have found yet for
worksheets. There are free items as well as items you can only get through
membership. Check out the vocabulary sheets for science – they are fantastic.
6.
www.sitesforteachers.com --This site displays 602 websites regarding
education. It is a great place to start and preview any topics pertaining to
academics.
Favorite sites from the site mentioned above are:
7.
www.Gamequarium.com – “The site that swims with learning fun.” This
interactive site is loads of fun with levels PreK-2 and 3-6+. Topics range
from ELA, math, brain teasers, science, keyboarding, Spanish, etc. It is really
cool!
8.
www.Readinga-z.com – Here you have access to 1,300 printable books,
guided reading, phonics, and phonological awareness.
9.
www.SchoolExpress.com – Here you can download free worksheets for
reading, math, science, spelling, vocabulary, etc.
Web Sites about Books and Reading from How to Raise a Reader by Elaine K.
McEwan
10.
www.refdesk.com – My Virtual Reference Desk – This site contains
dictionaries, magazines, newspapers, a list of search engines, and more
information than you’ll ever have time to use. It can be a bit overwhelming in
the beginning, so plan to spend some time getting acquainted.
11.
www.elainemcewan.com – Resources for Parents and Educators – This web
site contains information and resources to help parents and educators with the
most challenging problems of schooling and parenting tips plus links to many
other interesting sites.
12.
www.jollyroger.com – Treasure Island: Children’s Literature and Classics for
Teens – Visit the site for the text of Anne of Green Gables, Huckleberry Finn,
A Little Prince, and many others.
13.
www.primarygames.com/reading.htm -- This resource contains an assortment
of word and spelling games.
14.
www.starfall.com – This resource is animated and has a wide selection of
games to strengthen phonics skills and phonological awareness.
15.
www.pitara.com – This site has online stories, activities, and word games.
16.
www.mightybook.com – This site has a wide range of samples of
entertainment designed to help reading. If you choose, there is a $10.00/year
fee for access to the full program. It even stimulates fluency using fun songs
in an interactive karaoke style.
17.
www.goodnightstories.com – This site has everything you could imagine,
having to do with stories; “Read a Story, See a Story, Hear a Story, Decide a
Story, Fill in a Story, Finish a Story, Send a Story, Stories by Kids, Long
Stories, Short Stories, Poems
18.
www.the-office.com/bedtimestory/ -- This has an assortment of leveled short
stories.
19.
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/ -- This has an assortment of information and
activities having to do with space. This would be ideal of upper elementary or
secondary research. Also, students with a high interest in nonfiction,
informational type reading would enjoy this site.
20.
www.umass.edu/aesop -- These are Aesop’s fables in traditional and modern
versions.
21.
www.AesopFables.com – This is a collection of fables complete with an index
of morals and lesson plans.
22.
www.SimonSaysKids.com/Alice -- This is about the book series and the
author. Q and A for readers.
23.
www.harperchildrens.com/hch/ -- A place to do fun things, learn about books,
and meet authors.
24.
www.guysread.com – Author, Jon Scieszka, makes suggestions for a literacy
program that connects boys with books they want to read. All ages.
25.
www.scholastic.com – This site includes selections about Reluctant Readers,
Building a Better Reader, Homework Tips and Booklists.
26.
http://www.americangirl.com/fun.html
This has fun things to read for girls. Categories like Money Makers, Sitter
Tips, Group Games, Groom Your Room, and Super Snacks, will just make
girls want to read more, more, and more.
27.
www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html --- This site defines Reader’s Theater and
provides free scripts to use for Reader’s Theater. It also tells how to help
students write their own scripts from stories to use in Theater format.
28.
www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/langrt.htm -- This site includes scripts that have
many characters, therefore it would be better to use with large groups or
classroom. It contains a variety of scripts from elementary to middle school
levels that can be used for Reader’s Theater. Some scripts are adapted from
classic fairy tales. The author uses humor which makes them high interest.
29.
www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm -- This site contains plays for
elementary students. Some plays are adapted from well known stories such as
Three Billy Goats Gruff and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
30.
www.margiepalatini.com/readerstheater.html -- These scripts contain lots of
onomatopoeia and humor. They would appeal to young students.
31.
www.educationalpress.org/educationalpress/ -- Create free educational
worksheets such as flashcards, game boards and quizzes to print directly from
your browser. Simply choose a word list and an output style.