Website Resources
**These websites are resources for parents as well as interactive sites for kids. The brief descriptions should help you find what you are looking for.
http://www.readwritethink.org/
Providing students and parents access to high quality practice and resources in reading and language arts instruction. This site is interactive and highly useful.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/100books.htm
100 Best Books: This is a list of one hundred books chosen by the National Education Association. Books are grouped by theme and grade level. There are hundreds of titles in the Suggested Reading Section.
http://www.aesopfables.com/
This site offers 655+ Fables. Some fables contain images and audio. Fables are a great way to teach morals.
http://www.americanfolklore.net/
Captivating retellings of American Folklore, Native American myths and legends, and ghost stories from all 50 states. There are stories about famous characters such as Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill.
http://www.starfall.com
Starfall is a website geared towards pre-kindergarten through second grade. Teachers and parents can utilize this site to make learning fun and to inspire a love of reading and writing.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_2nd_lang.htm
Geared towards second grade language arts. The site is broken down into three sections: reading (comprehension, oral language/decoding), writing (process, product), and elements of language.
www.bookhive.org
A literature site for infants through sixth graders that can be searched by topic, genre, or reading level; includes materials for parents and other adults as well as stories written by children.
http://www.poetry4kids.com/index.php
Poetry website for kids. |
