Internet Sites for Reading
Kids Sites for Reading | Reading Activities | Publications/ Cartooning | Flat Stanlely Project | Bulletin Boards |
Study Notes | Reading Curri. Support |
KIDS |
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Authors Who Visit | SCBWI
Authors who visit schools in |
Juvenile Book List | |
Kids -What to Read | CCPL
(Clermont County Public Library, |
TEENS |
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ALA 2002 Popular Paperbacks/YA | List of paperbacks with a section on Graphic Novels (bottom ) |
Teen
Cyber Center Haverhill
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Check out online books and magazines (Bottom) |
ADULT |
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All Readers | Book Reviews for adults |
RIF Reading Planet | See Reading Zone for “Listen to” Stories, as well as games and reading activities. See “Express Yourself” favorite links. |
Welcome to Planet Esme | Primary/middle school level. Includes storytime recs, Read Aloud, theme related reading projects, teacher resources, author lesson. |
Storyline Online | Listen to books online. |
Word Sift or Wordle | Creates a tag cloud of words in a document, and visually relates them to images & definitions. Word Sift is from Stanford University. |
Alan Sheppard Readers Theater | Free Theater scripts and stories adapted for child readers & theater. |
Folktale story script | See a sample folktale |
Stone Soup | International literary magazine for 8-13 year olds. Publish your story, read or listen to others' stories. Publish or view student art work. |
KidPub | Publish stories, poetry, etc. |
CRAYON | Create Your Own Newspaper |
Scholastic News | News and news activities for grades 4-8 |
Make Beliefs Comix | Design comic strips using pre-drawn characters. Writing support. Ages4+ |
Flat Stanley Project | A reading/writing project that uses a paper "Stanley" that travels to visit other places and reports back to the sender. |
Starfall | Learn to read at Starfall. Phonics, beginning reading, stories. |
Bembo's Zoo | Animated animals created from the letters that spell their names. |
Lil' Fingers Storybook | Listen to simple storybooks. |
Game Goo | Learning games from letters through poetry. |
Literacy Center Education Network | Letters, writing, words, colors, numbers skill builders. |
Collections of Sites | |
ALA Great Websites for Kids | List of quality sites for kids. Elementary level. |
Web Sites Designed to be Great Fun for Kids | Lists of educationally sound sites for kids. Includes teacher info, crafts, holiday links. Elementary level. |
Bulletin Board Ideas - Kathy Schrock | Click on Bulletin board Ideas for Library Media Specialists for high school book ideas. |
Sparknotes | Free online Cliff note-type reports on a wide variety of literary materials, as well as for science, math and history. |
Pink Monkey | Free and fee based study reports |
Colorin Colorado | Information and support for Spanish Speaking Parents |
TampaReads |
Online reading curriculum for purchase, with some free online materials.To see a sample of their materials: Click Teacher Classroom Program/More details/Go to the bottom of this screenClick an a grade level to download the sample worksheets
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Graphic
Novels Graphic
Novels are long
comic book type stories, which include pictures, dialogue and some descriptions.
They are written for all age ranges, from young children to adults, and include
genre from fantasy, and action to biography, non-fiction,
and classic books.
Manga
refers to a popular type of “Japanese print comics, characterized by
exaggerated eyes, simplified features, & simple
outlines.”
Anime
refers to a “Japanese animated films, often related to manga. The two art
forms feed off of each other”.
No flying, no tights | Graphic novel reviews for kids (sidekicks section), teens (no flying, no tights) and adults (the lair). A great place to start when choosing titles. Includes core lists by genre and age group, information about reading, creating comics, parent/teacher help, and links |
Brodart | Brodart sells library books to schools. The site provides: Core lists of Graphic Novels by age, prices and ordering info, selection criterion, and additional links. Check Core Lists for Libraries, YA, Schools and Professionals. |
Wikipedia | Free Encyclopedia. Entry on Graphic Novels |
Wikipedia is a user created and edited online encyclopedia. The entry for Graphic Novels provides a description as well as links. | |
Balloon Tales | Guide to comic book lettering and production |
Using English | Resources for teachers and students include online quizzes, worksheets, forums, tests & links |
ELL Resouces | List of ELL elementary resources from D. Dell, Valley Park School, Missouri |
ESL Cafe | ESL resources |
Brain Pop ESL | Resources for grade school. Some free, some subscription. |
Learn English Kids - BBC | High quality site from the BBC. Includes games, listening and watching, reading and writing activities. British speech. |
Learn English -BBC | Well developed BBC site. Includes podcasts. British terms and accent may not be familiar to American learners |
Word Sift or Wordle | Creates a tag cloud of words in a document, and visually relates them to images & definitions. Word Sift is from Stanford University |
Visual Thesaurus | Fee based. |
M. Winiecki, Media Instructor, July, 2010 mailto:mwiniben@yahoo.com