Great Literacy Sites
Books in alternate formats.
"The Lone Star Reading List encourages reading for pleasure and is aimed at
students in grades 6-8. Each year, up to 30 books—exploring a variety of
topics, reading tastes, and maturity levels—are chosen by a committee of
school and public librarians from across Texas.
The Texas Library Association's yearly contest of notable children's books. Our library purchases each year's candidates for our own library.
The beloved young reader's fantasy series Lone Wolf, that sold over 10 million copies, is now available on-line. Part choose-your-own-adventure, part RPG- they can be read or downloaded in printable format for free! Some of the books have been converted into a format to make them playable on the Nintendo DS. They can be downloaded then uploaded into the game system for free! A really fun reading activity.
A free website for learning sign language with over 11,000 signs. I actually do the finger-spelling quiz feature just for fun.
A Dallas institution that hosts great literary events for children and adults.
A free online resource of stories and books in MP3 format. Each selection has its reading level given and is available in audio and PDF formats.
Over 30,000 free e-books available in many formats.
A free website focusing on phonics and word study for grades Pre-K through 6- lots of fun word games.
Tons of free grammar games.
Name says it all. A free internet site with lots of learning games: mad-libs, comics, web books (including Diary of a Wimpy Kid), grammar games, spelling games, ASL finger-spelling, and more- designed for K-8th.
The National Endowment for the Arts and Poetry Foundation's Recitation Contest. Listen to audio recordings of poetry readings.
International Children's Digital Library
A free collection of about 4,500 digital books attempting to represent every language and culture- designed for ages 3-13.
Free educational computer games and activities: K-6.
Etymology Online
Wonder where words come from?
Affixes.org
Those little parts of words at the beginnings and ends of words. Over 1,000 entries.
Scholastic Book Wizard
Need help to find a good book? A nice search engine- one of my favorite parts is the BookAlike feature: it suggests similar books to others you've enjoyed.
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