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Absolutely whootie: Stories to grow by
Entering through the castle allows choice of a range of multicultural stories with positive messages grouped under various categories such as Adventure, Animal tales and Fairy tales. Searching by age brings up a range of stories suitable for competent six to eight-year-old readers with a reading time varying from three to twenty minutes. This collection, designed to be read aloud, offers stories presented as simple illustrated texts, which contrasts with the more sophisticated versions available below. Students will be able to make judgements on the media's effectiveness by contrasting the presentation of this collection with that of Between the lions for example.
http://www.storiestogrowby.com/
Between the lions
Aimed at children from four to seven years this site, derived from a television show, is used to encourage literacy. Fifty-five eight-page printable stories by prominent authors can be read, by choosing Stories. The illustrated pages are presented in slide format and unfamiliar words are highlighted and linked to a dictionary with audio. This is a diverting resource for young readers and the variety of subjects means that students will easily find a story to suit their chosen theme. Under Parents & teachers there is the added bonus of a list of five more books on a similar theme, many available here, that match each episode.
http://pbskids.org/lions/
Bedtime story
Grouped under categories such as Bedtime story classics, Stories about kids and their pets, Stories about kids and their dragons, and Stories about kids and their friendly monsters, this collection of beautifully illustrated stories is suitable for six-year-olds up. For each story, there is a brief description of the plot, the length of time it takes to read and the proposed age group or groups. As stories are grouped under categories, selection by theme is simple. This is a very useful site for the Rich Task.
http://the-office.com/bedtime-story/
Chateau Meddybemps: Beantime stories
This lively collection of stories has colourful, appealing pictures featuring clowns, animals, fire trucks, etc., and large, clear print to encourage student interest in reading and participating. Illustrated stories may be read aloud to younger children, while readers up to about nine years of age will enjoy the original fairytales for themselves. This site could be used by students for reading enjoyment or language skill development, or by teachers as asource of material or advice on choosing books. Because of the variety of subjects, students can use this site to select stories to suit the themes they have chosen.
http://www.meddybemps.com/5.1.html
Kids zone: Myths and fables
This site of the Afro-American Newspaper Company contains Myths and fables, sixteen delightful stories from around the world. These include several stories about
Anansi, the cunning spider of African tales. All the stories are well illustrated, some in typical African style, and are easy reading for competent lower primary readers, or for older students to read aloud. The African setting could be contrasted with settings used in stories from other countries. The vivid illustrations and lively style of the stories set a good benchmark to measure other stories by
http://www.afro.com/children/myths/myths.html
103 Things to Do Before/During/After Reading
From Reading Rockets, a practical list for teachers of reading associated activities.
http://www.readingrockets.org/article.php?ID=445
Reading K-2
Starfall
http://www.starfall.com/
Primarily designed for first grade, these resources are useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade.
Morris Farm
http://www.lincoln.midcoast.com/~wps/jackson/alphabet.htm
Click on a letter to see and read about something beginning with that sound at the Morris Farm.
Stories To Read Online
http://www.beenleigss.qld.edu.au/requested_sites/readinglower1/readinglower1.html
List of online stories, audio and phonics activities compiled by Cheryl Kerr, Beenleigh State School, Queensland, Australia.
Reading Games Room
http://www.adrianbruce.com/reading/games.htm
Online Reading games compiled by Adrian Bruce.
Words and Pictures
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/
Have fun building a sandcastle with Colin the Clam and writing postcards with Salty Sam.
Phonics and Word Study Games
http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/control_page/front2.htm
Online games to reinforce phonics and word knowledge.
Phonics Word Builder
http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=WordBuilder
Games for reinforcing knowledge of each of the vowels and consonants.
Language Arts Games
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_1st.htm#lang
Large collection of reading games for K-2.
Reading Workshop
http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/phonpage.htm
Online Phonics activities.
Robert Munsch Virtual Story Room
http://www.robertmunsch.com/storytime.cfm
Some of Robert Munsch\'s books are available for listening to here online.
Lessons
Reinforcing Sounds Game
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang/lang34.txt
The student will say the letter and something that begins with that sound to their neighbour.
The Blending Slide
http://www.col-ed.org/cur/lang/lang14.txt
Students will be able to blend sound together to form consonant-vowel-consonant words.
Whole-to-Parts Phonics Instruction
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=157
This lesson uses whole-to-parts phonics instruction as an approach to beginning reading. Letter-sound correspondences are taught within a meaningful context, and in an explicit, systematic, and extensive manner.
Emergent Literacy Skills
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit/prek-readingemergentliteracyskills.html
Lessons and activities for beginning readers.
Using Environmental Print to Practice Reading
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=954
This lesson encourages emerging readers in kindergarten and first grade to practice their reading skills using a variety of environmental print materials.
3-2-1 Strategy
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=951
In this lesson, students in grades K-2 learn to use the 3-2-1 strategy, which involves writing about three things they discovered, two things they found interesting, and one question they still have.
Is This the Right Book for Me?
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=916
This lesson first introduces beginning readers to the different purposes readers have and how to determine what their purpose for reading is.
Learning About Nonfiction and Fiction
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=897
This lesson uses read-alouds of Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson, Every Autumn Comes the Bear by Jim Arnosky, poems, and songs to teach about the distinction between fiction and nonfiction.
Group Literary Performance
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=793
In this lesson, the repetition, rhythm, and rhyme of Martin\'s works provide opportunities for students to hear fluent reading modeled then to join in the readings through literary performance.
Literature Circles: Self-Selected Reading
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=44
This lesson is a structured guideline for helping students learn to think about the books they read, and to ask questions about books shared by other students.
Diary of a Worm
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=778
This lesson presents a framework for using a variety of reading comprehension strategies in a scaffolded manner.
The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=250
This writing exploration allows an integrated application of phonics where skills can be taught to students individually at the point of use.
Reading Everywhere with Dr. Seuss
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=109
The purpose of this lesson is to help students see places where they can read and enjoy books: on a trip to Grandma\'s, at the pool, at the doctor\'s office.
Phonics Through Literature
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=180
This lesson incorporates the use of children\'s literature, in addition to various learning centers and activities that focus on learning about the letter m.
Using Poetry to Teach Reading and Writing
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=152
This lesson supports students\' exploration of language and writing skills as they read and dissect poetry.
Investigating Animals
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=187
Through the use of nonfiction, students can be encouraged and challenged to learn more about favorite animals and to document their findings with graphic organizers.
Teacher Reference
Go Read
http://www.adrianbruce.com/reading/goread/index.htm
Here is a beautifully illustrated and entertaining donationware game that makes phonics easy.
Phonics In Context
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=304
Through careful and ongoing assessment of students\' phonics skill acquisition, teachers may choose literature that contains the necessary phonics elements for individual, small-group, or large- group instruction.
Phonics in Whole Language Classrooms
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/Phonics.html
This digest discusses some of the ways children develop functional phonics knowledge in the context of authentic reading and writing, as well as some of the ways teachers can foster such development.
Get Ready To Read
http://www.getreadytoread.org/content/view/96/105/
Here, you will find resources to help your preschoolers get ready to read.
Phonics: Reports and Reviews
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/research/phonicsreviews.html
A systematic review of research literature on the use of phonics in the teaching of reading and spelling.
Student Reading Log Form
http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson55/RWT061-2.pdf
This student reproducible, from ReadWriteThink, allows students to record information about books they read, including title, author, number of pages, date started, and date completed.
ABC Printouts for Kindergarten
http://www.starfall.com./n/N-info/abcprint.htm
Alphabet worksheets to download.
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