• General
• Authors/Illustrators
• Book Pages
• Grammar
• Poetry
• Stories
• Story Starters
• Writing Activities

GENERAL

• Starfall  Where children have fun learning to read.
• Academic Skill Builders   www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/
• Dibels Intervention Electrified
• Electronic Books
• Reading Games  Dolch words, beginning reading activities
• Storyline Online
• Kidspiration Activities
• WordMeister
• Literacy Center Education Network
• PBS Kids-Reading Rainbow    pbskids.org/readingrainbow/
• Elmo Rhymes    pbskids.org/sesame/elmosworld/
• Cookie Monster Alphabet Game   pbskids.org/sesame/letter/h.html
• Reading and Language Arts with McGraw-Hill   Activities to go along with the MH reading series.
• Skillwise Text Game  Games to study instructive, informative, persuasive, and descriptive text.
• Little Animals Activity Center    www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/menu.shtml 
• Scholastic    www.scholastic.com  
• The Children's Literature Web Guide www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown  Best books,classics, folklore, writing, literature resources, great site for kids who love to read!
• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site   www.carolhurst.com   Book reviews galore!
• Favorite Poem Project    www.favoritepoem.org   This project sharesaudio and video of people reading their favorite poems and invites you to participate.
• Between the Lions www.pbs.org/wgbh/lions/?
• Reading Rockets   www.readingrockets.org
• CyberGuides Grades K-3     www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyk3.html
• CyberGuides Grades 4-5  www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy45.html
• CyberGuides Grades 6-8    www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy68.html
• Quia.com English   www.quia.com/dir/eng/
• Dositey-Language Arts   www.dositey.com/langk2.htm 
• Read-Write-Think  Lesson plans, student activities, and more associated with reading and literacy..
• KidsRead.com  
• Scholastic-Nina Loves to Name Things   PreK-1
• Scholastic-Reggie Loves to Rhyme  PreK-1
• Scholastic-Leo Loves to Spell  PreK-1
• Kids Lab Main Idea Practice  K-2nd Graders Read a story and answer questions online.
• The Reading Matrix  3rd and up
• BBC Words and Pictures K-2nd Grade
• Sight Word Practice, Fry Words, Short Sentence Practice

AUTHORS/ILLUSTRATORS

• Lisa Campbell Ernst
• Jan Brett Homepage  www.janbrett.com 
• Arnold Lobel--Meet the Author   www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/lobel.html
• Roland Smith   www.rolandsmith.com
• Famous Children's Author's  http://www.vigoco.k12.in.us/~fuqael/coolproj/summer2000/author.htm
• Patricia Polacco
• Tomie dePaola
• J. K. Rowling   
• Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden
• Art on 5th--The Art of Dr. Seuss
• KidsRead.com/Authors
• Children's and Young Adults' Authors and Illustrators
• Scholastic Librarians-Author/Illustrator Index
• Google Search Author Biographies
• Children's Literature Web Guide-Authors and Illustrators on the Web
• Friend.ly.net-Biographies of Authors and Illustrators
• Children's Book Authors and Illustrators
• Random House-Teachers @ Random-Authors and Illustrators
• Cybrary.org Authors
• Fantastic Fiction

BOOK PAGES

• Clifford The Big Red Dog   teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1
• Clifford The Big Red Dog
• Arthur  pbskids.org/arthur/index.html 
• Franklin the Turtle   www.franklintheturlte.com 
• Seussville  www.seussville.com    Fun and games using Dr. Seuss books and characters.  Grades K-3
• Junie B. Jones   www.randomhouse.com/kids/junieb
• Magic Tree House   www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/
• Lemony Snicket   www.lemonysnicket.com 

GRAMMAR

• Word Study Skills: Homophones
• Harcourt School Homophones and Homographs
• Oxford University Press: Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs
• Alan Cooper's Homonyms
• Homonym Game
• Grammar Blast  Grades 2-5
• Gorilla Grammar
• Parts of Speech---5th Grade Grammar Quiz
• Subject and Predicate 
• Putting Sentences Together 
• Filling In Gaps
• Word Central   

POETRY

• Giggle Poetry

STORIES

• StoryLine Online
• StoryPlace Children's Digital Library
• Stone Soup  www.stonesoup.com/main2/stories.html
• A Tale to Be Told  schoolweb.missouri.edu/nixa.k12.mo.us/sullivan/tales/index.htm
• EuroTales www.eurotales.eril.net/contents.htm
• Folktales to Read   www.pitara.com/talespin/folktales.asp
• Folktales  www.aaronshep.com/stories/folk.html
• Book Pop Virtual Literature   http://www.web-pop.com/bookpopchooser.html 
• Between the Lions, Stories   pbskids.org/lions/stories.html
• Online Children's Stories   www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/stories.html  Enjoy peotry, short stories, classics, and more on the web.
• Bedtime Story Collection   the-office.com/bedtime-story  Awarded site of short stories that are whimsical, magical, adventurous, humorous and imaginative.
• Native American Bedtime Story Collection  the-office.com/bedtime-story/indians.htm   Short stories of Native Americans to read on the web. Summaries about the story and estimated online reading time included.
• African American Bedtime Story Collection the-office.com/bedtime-story/visions.htm    Short stories of African Americans to read on the web.  Summaries about the story and estimated online reading time included.

STORY STARTERS

• Story Map Tool
• www.tellingtales.com/Stufftodo/Starters/StoryStarters-Frame.htm
• www.berkeleyprep.org/lower/fourth/writing/story_starters.htm
• www.americatakingaction.com/cyberary/storystarter.htm
• www.teachersdesk.org/topics/story_start.html
• teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonplans/profbooks/starters.htm
• library.thinkquest.org/J001156/writing%20process/sl_storystarters.htm
• www.kinderkorner.com/starters.html

WRITING ACTIVITIES

• Write On!   http://jc-schools.net/write/
• www.berkeleyprep.org/lower/fourth/writing/warm_up_activities.htm
• www.berkeleyprep.org/lower/fourth/writing/LITERATURE%20SPRINGBOARDS.HTM
• Read Write Think Printing Press  
• Read Write Think Comic Creator
• Read Write Think Animal Inquiry

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