Reading
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  1. Saxon Phonics Student Activity Centerstar_smallj.jpg (51789 bytes)

  2. Sight Words from Quiz Tree

  3. Sight Words
    Move your mouse over words to hear them read.

  4. Inkless Tales
    Stories and poems to read or have read to you.  

  5. Pam's Pad from Child U

  6. Instructor Web
    Register prior to lab time for free basic access (fee based subscription also offered). In the Basic Skills - Reading section find printable and interactive lessons. Sight words practice and others.
  7. Story Bearstar_smallj.jpg (51789 bytes)
    "The Wishing Tree" and others. Read along as you listen. Be ready to click when it asks. Read Only-No Sound option available.
  8. Starfall star_smallj.jpg (51789 bytes)
    Learn and read interactive stories and games. Click each word in a story to hear it read to you.

  9. Gus & Inky by Get Ready To Read
    Guk & Inky's Underwater Adventure and Gus & Inky's Rhyme Time. Listen and read. Be ready to click.
    An Early Literacy Screening Tool offered.

  10. Looney Library
    Online stories change periodically. Drag and drop a word or picture into the blank to complete the sentence. It will then read the sentence to you. Try other words if you want. Click the Next button to advance when ready.

  11. Matching Pets & Matching Fruit by Class Brain
    Select Matching Cards to read words and find their matching picture. Try to better your score each round. English plus other languages offered.
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    Garden of Praise Spelling Rules
    Spelling Rules by Garden of Praise - Songs to help you remember the rules. Activities - click the correctly spelled word - using the 1-1-1 Rule, Silent e, Y Spelling, and Plurals.
  13. Double o "oo" Song & When 2 Vowels Go Walkingstar_smallj.jpg (51789 bytes)
    Others including "Sometimes Y" and "Without an S".

  14. Word Builder by iKnow That and Word Match
    Several categories including individual long and short vowels, blends, silent letters, etc. Click the Maybe Later button to bypass registration.

  15. Berenstain Bears
    Click Barn Theater for video stories read online. Click Activities to read a story and try other activities.

  16. Robert Munsch Virtual Story Room
    Listen to the author read the stories.

  17. Word Play
    Click a word to hear it and watch as it is animated according to its meaning.  Printable list of words
  18. Rhyme Rodeo by TVO Kids star_smallj.jpg (51789 bytes)
    Listen and read. Click words or pictures to fill in the blanks and create a rhyme. Click to have it read at the end.

  19. Korky's Cool Rhyme Machine

  20. Literacy Center
    Reading, uppercase & lowercase, etc.

  21. Drag & Drop Game by Prongo
    Read the words in the wooden boxes. Drag the correct picture to each word.
    It will then read that word to you and show a bigger picture.

  22. Find My Match by EZ School
    Pictures to words, synonyms, antonyms, etc. Grades K-5. Caution: Ads could be bothersome.

  23. Little Explorers Picture Dictionary
    Click the letters along the top to look up things. 
    Teachers, excellent printable worksheets are offered to go along with this site for early readers and grades 2-3.
  24. Arthur's Story Scramble star_smallj.jpg (51789 bytes)
    Read or listen to each part of the story. Use your mouse to rearrange them in the correct sequence. Then click "Read It".

  25. Little Red Hen story & activities
    Activities include Drag & Drop Sequence.

  26. Cookie Dough
    Reading number words. Choose a category, 1-10, 1-100, up to 10,000. You'll see checks with the amount written. You read the number word and type that number. You may choose to instead see the number and type the word.

  27. Cats in Line
    Find the orange cat among all the black cats. Click the correct word to show what place the orange cat holds in each line: first, second, third,...

  28. What's the Word
    Choose a category of words to read such as Fruit, Shapes, ... You'll see a picture and 4 words. Click the word that describes the picture. Your score is kept at the top.

  29. Fishing Bears - What's The Big Idea?
    Use Harcourt textbooks and password. Main idea activity.

  30. Update:
    Edwina has been replaced with Sharon the Shocking Sharer and other freebees. 
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    Click the ear below each picture to hear each word read. Click the eye to see something happen in each picture.


  31. Children's Storybook
    "The Farm Animals" and other illustrated early reading stories. Click each word in The Farm Animals to hear it read, or click the speaker to read the page.
    Can you read "The Weiner Dog Magnet?"

  32. Goodnight Stories
    Listen and follow along with the actual book from your library. Stories include The Cat in the Hat.
     
  33. Kids' Stories  and Stories for Little Kids from British Council
    Hairy Henry is found in the Longer Stories section. Click links within the story for more information on sites Henry visits in London. Double-click any word to read a definition.

  34. Andersen Fairy Tales
    Have your headset on. Read along to "The Leaping Match" and then try the activity at the end. You'll need to pay attention to number words throughout the story. Links to other stories at the bottom of the page including "The Real Princess", "Animated Tall Tales - Paul Bunyan",

  35. Grimm Fairy Tales
    Have your headset on. Read along to "The Brementown Musicians". Links to other stories at the bottom of the page.

  36. All About Farm Animals
    Read about farm animals and try some activities.

  37. Fun With Spot
    Click the flag to enter. Click the bookshelf to get to the stories. Read "Spots Windy Day" and try other activities.

  38. Bobinogs Interactive Stories
    Listen and click through the online story. Follow directions and make wise choices. Stories include "The Right Clothes" and "Wet, Soap, Rinse, & Dry". (Some stories do not allow you to read along, only listen.)
  39. Kennedy Center Storytime Onlinestar_smallj.jpg (51789 bytes)
    Follow along as stories are read aloud including Judith Viorst's classic Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day or another story.
  40. Clifford the Big Red Dog - Interactive Storiesstar_smallj.jpg (51789 bytes)
    Choose a story to read online. Read and click on the word you want to fill the blank. You can click the sentence or the speaker beside each to hear it read. Fun!

  41. Story Circle
    Click the A-Z tab to locate "The 3 Bears and the New Baby" or other stories. Listen carefully and use technology skills to help the bears.
    "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" told in sign language is also available. (British) 

  42. Ant Bee's Children's Stories

  43. Nash's Adventures - To Grandma's Party
    Begin with An Invitation. Read and click. Click the Print & Do button beside Digger to get a worksheet about adding silent e. A different worksheet is offered for each section of the story.

  44. Flick's Adventures - The Haunted House
    Begin with Trapped Inside. Read and click as you follow along. Click the Print & Do button beside Digger to get a worksheet about homophones - Part 3 of the story.

  45. Sprat's Adventures
    Begin with Stolen Statue. Read and click as you follow along. Click the Print & Do button beside Digger to get a worksheet. A different worksheet is offered for each section of the story.

  46. Cat at Bat - Rhyming Baseball
    Read the word that appears on the board beside the scoreboard. Watch for words that rhyme with it and click those word balls.

  47. Monkey Business by Game Goo
    Click the planks to put the words in order to create a sentence. If you're wrong, the monkey will fall through the bridge.
  48. Word Turtle Detective star_smallj.jpg (51789 bytes)
    Choose a book from the list, such as The Hungry Caterpillar or The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. A word search puzzle of words from the book appears. Click the beginning letter in the puzzle when you find a word. Levels from Easy to Super Brain. An option to create your own puzzle is also offered.

  49. Barnaby's Day Trip to Paris
    Click Stories to begin. Listen and read along.
  50. Kids Space Storiesstar_smallj.jpg (51789 bytes)  
    Read stories written by other students. Write your own story.  In the monthly story section you use the pictures at the top to give them each a name.  Whenever you write that name in your story, the picture will appear, after it's published.  These are like the rebus stories in Highlights magazine. 
    Teachers: you must submit a request for a password before your class can submit stories. 
    To Get Started: Click here to skip all the clicks and go right to the page to start.  Teachers can click on "Class Entry Form" to request a password.  Students can click on "Monthly Class Story Form" beside #2 to write their story. 

  51. Little Planet Times
    Read and discuss stories on courage, perseverance, etc. Activity buttons for suggestions.

  52. Weekly Reader

  53. Selected e-zines. What's an e-zine? E as in e-mail also stands for "electronic" in the term e-zine. These are magazines without the paper. Check these out.

    Try some of these e-zines:

     

  54. RIF's Reading Planet
    Read interviews with authors. Check out the Activity Lab to print and illustrate a story and find fun things to try on the Monthly Activity Calendar. The Game Station includes Story Maker, Poetry Splatter, and more.

  55. Rooting Out Words
    Answer questions about root words, suffixes, and prefixes.

  56. Ramona Forever
    Used with Harcourt textbooks. Choose a suffix or prefix to add to the root word. Then use the new word in a sentence.

  57. Homonym Quizzes

  58. How a Book is Made

  59. Time for Kids

  60. Scholastic News Zone
    Current news stories, games, & quizzes.
    Use the drop down menu titled Classroom Magazines to select your grade level - offers activities. Level 1 includes Listen & Read. Other levels offer quizzes, scavenger hunts, and more. 

  61. CNN Student News

  62. Kids' Post
    The Washington Post for kids

  63. New York Times Student Connections
    Including the Word of the Day. Read the definition and the word in context of current events.

  64. Yahooligans News

  65. Kids News from National Geographic

  66. Newseum
    See today's front page from many newspapers around the world. Newspapers can be sorted alphabetically or by region.

  67. Consumer Reports for Kids

  68. FFFBI
    Fin, Fur, Feather Bureau of Investigation. Put your thinking cap on and read. Teachers, see the teacher section under Project Info for a description.

  69. Mystery Net

  70. Book Adventure
    This free site is similar to Accelerated Reader.  Students take quizzes on books they have read. 

  71. History Mystery
    Read and try to solve the mystery. Several categories such as Colonial, Inventions, Ancient Egypt, Bill of Rights, and more.

  72. Webster's Dictionary
    Lot's of good information here. Thesaurus, etymology, function, synonyms, etc.
    If you don't know what those words mean, you can look them up!

  73. Word Central
    Kids' version of Webster's Dictionary.

  74.  Short Circuit by Miss Maggie
    The meaning of prefixes and suffixes. Found in the Game section.

  75. Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  76. Harry Potter Pronunciation Guide
    Click a word to hear it pronounced correctly.

  77. Adventures with Tracy Beaker
    Read and write adventures with these prompts.

  78. Ace on the Case - Secrets at Sea
    Click Chapter 1 to begin. Read the Hints page. Click the speech bubbles after reading carefully to advance. Access the Field Guide and Ace's Big Notebook of Fun by clicking buttons at the bottom of the page.

  79. Reading Rover
    Reading assessment. Evaluate phonemic awareness, language and reading skills. First time users click here. Teacher and parent questionnaires. Excellent results page. Begin here for additional Brain Teasers, early elementary activities such as ABC Gulp and Bear Wear. Headsets on and listen!

  80. Peetnik Mysteries from SuperThinkers
    Stories, Mysteries, and Activities. Try to solve one of the mysteries of Clutterbuck Valley. The Creativity Workshop section has "How to Make a Book" (movie and puzzles too).
    Teacher section included with lesson plans.

  81. Book Pals, Storyline
    Watch and listen as terrific stories are read by Tia & Tamera, Amanda Bynes, Melissa Gilbert, Al Gore, and others.
    Mrs. Cannon recommends, "A Bad Case of Stripes" read by Sean Astin.
    Click "Large" file size for clearest image. EXCELLENT shown on TV monitor or projector.
    TEACHERS, accompanying activities and lesson plans with each story.

  82. Story Nory
    Read along as you listen. Option to subscribe to podcast. Check out Berties Archives for a long list of stories.

  83. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland audio by Wired for Books
    Read aloud by chapter.

  84. International Children's Digital Library
    Read books online. Alice in Wonderland included. Several languages offered.

  85. The Library of Congress
    Everyday Mysteries and many other sections.

  86. June the Prune Amazing Adventures
    June the Prune other stories and poems. Click to advance each page and click speaker to listen.
    To begin: Drag the magnifying glass handle to position it to see  the Story section and then click the story title.

  87. Smart Crosswords

  88. Headbone Zone
    Education section and Games. Teachers can register students as teams.

  89. Page by Page Books
    Classics available online. The Adventures of Pinocchio, Aesop's Fables, Anne of Green Gables, and many more.

  90. Johnnies Story Page
    Online stories well organized. Labels indicate video, sound, text, etc.