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Children's
Literature Web Guide
This web guide
attempts to gather together and categorize the growing number of
Internet
resources related to books for children and young adults.
Game
Goo
Learning that Sticks!
Starfall
The Starfall Method promises to improve reading acquisition
by using
the
Internet to help make it fun for the children.
Paint by Idioms
Finish
the painting by identifying the correct expression
Comprehension Strategies
Interactive lessons on main idea and supporting
detail
Scott
Foresman Reading at Home
This program helps
every student become a confident, successful, and motivated reader and
writer.
It is also the first program to have comprehensive resources
on the Internet directly linked to the print materials.
Sight
Word Fun
Learn the 220 Dolch Sight Words and have fun with
this animal eyes theme. How good are your eyes?
Can you read all these
words and win a free beautifully colored
certificate.
Students can be drilled in a fun way on the Dolch word list. They
have the option to hear the word they can't read.
Stories
Stories students can select to read that are interactive
Word Confusion
Students work interactively to decide on the correct spelling of a word used in
a sentence.
Scramble Saurus
unscramble words in different categories at this interactive site
2 bee or not too bee
using correct verb tense
The Plural Girls
use
correct plural form of a word
What's the Word
click
on the word that best describes the picture
Audio Books
Many audio books available to read along with
The Newbery Medal Home Page
Read about the best books and their authors in their official site. The award is
given annually by the
Association for Library Service to Children, a division of
the American Library Association,
to the author of the most distinguished
contribution to American literature for children.
The Caldecott Medal Home Page
Read about the award books and their illustrators in the Official site. This
medal is awarded annually by the
Association for Library Service to Children,
a
division of the American Library Association,
to the artist of the most
distinguished American picture book for children.
Story
Mapping
Interactive story mapping using graphic organizers:
character, conflict,
resolution and setting maps.
Vocabulary
Games Learning vocabulary can be fun
Vocabulary Builders
Interactive sites to practice skills such as
homophones, suffixes, and compound words.
Scott
Foresman Reading at Home
This program helps
every student become a confident, successful, and motivated reader and
writer.
It is also the first program to have comprehensive resources
on the Internet directly linked to the print materials.
John
Collins Writing Program
The Collins
Writing Program was designed to simultaneously improve students' thinking and
writing skills.
Guide to Writing a Basic Essay
This guide outlines
the basic structure of writing essays
Essay
Punch
takes users through the actual steps
of writing a basic essay.
Paragraph Punch
This web site takes users through
the actual steps of writing a basic paragraph.
Read,
Write, Think
Create newspapers, brochures,
flyers and booklets with this interactive easy to use site!
MLA Style
Information on how to write Bibliographies correctly.
Interactive Six Traits
Writing
This web site provides an
interdisciplinary approach to teaching and
improving student writing based on
the Six Traits Writing model
Biography Maker
Write
a Biography using this interactive tool.
Little
Explorers Picture Dictionary
This site makes
surfing the Internet very easy. A picture dictionary format is used
to link to hundreds
of carefully chosen child friendly sites around the
world.
National
Spelling Bee
The National Spelling
Bee started in 1925. You can look into the study activities and tips,
local spelling
bee details, and frequently asked questions.
Spelling
Grader
How well do you spell? Take a
Spelling
test and get your spelling ability
tested and graded using standardized tests.
Spellaroo
Pick
the correct spelling of each word.
Spell check
Check the
words that are corrected correctly
Spell Bee
A new kind of
spelling activity. Each time you play, you will be able to choose a partner and
play a word game with them.
It's fun! You can even call up a friend and play Spellbee with them!
Misspelled Word Quiz
Take quizzes on commonly misspelled words
Wacky
Web Tales
You can make your
own Wacky Web Tale by filling in the blanks as requested.
Songs That Teach
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
Do your students need a little help remembering what a
pronoun is? Or perhaps you need a bit of assistance helping your
kindergarten
students learn about the sounds of letters? Find several songs and chants here
to help you teach spelling, punctuation, and grammar skills at various skill
levels
Parts
of Speech Game
Learn the parts of speech in this fun interactive game. What
is a noun or a verb etc.
See if you can click on the proper moving word.
Grammar Gorillas
Identify parts of speech
Grammar Games
A huge collection of online grammar games. Grades 3+
Gamequarium
interactive
phonic games
Readquarium
Phonics
and Phoneme Activities
Poetry
Writing with Jack Prelutsky
Poetry's cool — and a lot of fun! In this workshop, you will get help to
turn your words and ideas into descriptive and powerful poems.
Giggle Poetry
Silly
poems, writing poetry and ways to perform poetry.
30 Days
of Poetry
Information on different types of poems.
Instant Poetry Forms
Choose your poetry form from the list of links then just add words to make the
poem your own.
The
Poetry Archive
The Poetry Archive exists to help
make poetry accessible, relevant and enjoyable to a wide audience.
Poetry
Ideas
Examples of different types of poetry
Ezra
Jack Keats
The Ezra Jack Keats
virtual exhibit highlights original materials from seven of Keat's books
featuring the character,
Peter, who first appeared in 1962 with the publication
of The Snowy Day.
Curious
George
Come to the online
home of everybody's favorite curious monkey.
The
Magic School Bus
Scholastic's, The
Magic School Bus, based on the award winning book series by Joanna Cole
and Bruce Deagen,
features a wacky science teacher named Ms. Frizzle who
takes her class on enthusiastic,
inquisitive students and playful sidekick,
Liz, the lizard on educational field trips in her magically transformable
bus.
Arthur
Want to learn more about the popular
character, Arthur, and his gang? This is the place!
Jan
Brett
Hedgie is starting
a contest. It's easy....he's looking for treasure..his kind of treasure...food!
You can find out all about how to enter by clicking on the web site.
The
Mother Goose Pages
Come to this site
if you're looking for Mother Goose, Nursery Rhymes and Children's songs.
Aesop's
Fables
There is an online
collection of more than 655 fables on the web site indexed in table format,
with the morals listed.
Seussville
The
Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am, Horton and the Whos, and the rest of the Seuss
characters welcome you to Seussville,
Dr. Seuss’s playground in cyberspace. You
can play games, chat with the Cat in the Hat,
win prizes, find out about new Dr.
Seuss books and CD-ROMs, and much, much more!
Online Adventures
of Captain Underpants
Scholastic's site for fans of
Captain Underpants is not to be missed. Of course, there is a load of "fun
stuff" -
Click-o-Rama, Professor Poopypants' Name Change-o-Chart 2000, and Make
your own Comic.
In addition, there is information about the author and the
characters
The
Official Eric Carle Web Site
Visit this site
if you'd like to learn more about this great author. You'll also
get to visit some of his famous characters.
The Peter Rabbit Web Site
The official and
definitive site on the world of Beatrix Potter. Potter's favorite characters and
other
aspects of her work can be viewed at a wide selection of art exhibitions,
theatrical performances, displays and local events.
Narnia
This elegantly designed site devoted to C. S. Lewis's fantasy classics provides
information about the books, the creatures and people of Narnia.
Lemony Snicket
As Lemony Snicket says, this site is filled with "dreadful images", "wretched
information",
and "unnerving games".
Junie B. Jones
The official
Junie B. Jones website offers activities, puzzles, party ideas, information
about the author, and a special section for teachers.
Harry
Potter
Scholastic has created a fun-filled
site for Harry Potter fans of all ages.
Click on this site and find a trivia
game, a pronunciation guide, owl posts and more.
Come Home to Little House
This companion site to the original Laura Ingalls Wilder series includes online
activities, character descriptions, and more
Berenstain Bears
The official
Berenstain Bears site, includes activities and lists of books.
Baby-Sitters’ Club Page
What’s happening at
the Baby-Sitters’ Club?
Visit this site to learn about the characters and
adventures.
American Girls Series
An
American Girl is a unique current girls’ series by Valerie Tripp, Janet Beele
Shaw,
Connie Porter, Susan S. Adler, and Maxine Schur. The series title is
American Girls Collection.
The American Girls stories are told through the eyes
of girls living in different time periods.
This site expands on the stories and
has a club for fans of American Girls.
Translator Alligator
Learn Spanish words in
this interactive fun brain site.
Make
A Word Puzzle
Create and print
customized word searches, crosswords, and
math puzzles using your very
own word lists!
Children's
Storybooks Online
There are original
stories with color illustrations for young children as well as older children
and young adults.
This site seeks to combine education and entertainment
to amuse and engage children's imaginations.
There are riddles, mazes,
coloring book pages and a page with children's links.
Weekly
Reader
Visit the online
magazine.
Treasures
at Sea: Exploring the Ocean Through Literature
The science of
studying the ocean is called oceanography. The scientists who study
the oceans are called oceanographers.
Most oceanographers do their
work on boats in the ocean. You can't do that, but we can dive into
these
Treasure Hunts to learn facts about the ocean. This site has
great interactive activities, art activities, and a great many web resources!
Kids
at Random
You will find the
books Random House has just published, links to contests, and the editors'
favorite books.
Meet Junie B. Jones, Arthur and Friends, and go to
Seussville University.
Brain
Gymnastics
Grade K-3, Try to move your mouse through odd shaped tunnels without
touching the wall.
Great game for kids with dyslexia. This game helps develop
the right and left side of the brain!
Learn
to Print Game
Grade K-1, Young children easily get their up to down motion and left to
right direction confused when learning to print.
This habit is hard to break
once started. This program brings in game fun to reinforce the proper printing
directions. Lots of fun and interaction!
Reversal
Matching Game
Grade K-3, Try to turn the cards and match the letters. This game is a
great way to correct letter reversals.
This game focuses on the reversed letters
and numbers that children tend to repeat. Lots of fun and interaction!
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Helps you keep track of the sites used in researching.
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