Literacy Web & Computer

Tarheel Reader

A collection of free easy to read accessible books

Mobile Education Store

Can change features to figure out options for books

Reading levels are built into books

CAST

Read, create, and share books

OpenStax

Over 23,000 free digital textbooks

Creative Communicating

Low incidence eBooks/PK/elementary

Project Gutenberg

55,000+ Free eBooks available to download

Kurzweil 3000

Dynamic software for reading and writing

District has 10 licenses

Readworks

Free leveled non-fiction and literacy articles

Newsela

Non-fiction leveled articles

Google

Advanced search options

Sort by basic, intermediate, and advanced reading levels

MackinVIA

e-books for elementary-high school

Get your username and password from your librarian

Smashwords

Access to free books from independent authors

OverDrive

Borrow ebooks from the public library

Quizlet

Online flashcards and study tools

Text Compactor

Summarize what your reading

Great for modifications

Tiny Cards

Online flashcards that give multiple ways to study and quiz you

Just Read

Cleans up the website and takes out the extras- like Readability

Skimzee

Article summarizer-breaks it down into the key points into the article

Instagrok

Research & take notes

Graphic organizers

Better resources than Wikipedia

Google Read & Write

Extension for Chrome Browser- works in Google Docs to read text, pulls highlighted text into documents for further learning, vocab development, simplify web pages, read web pages, Google Docs, PDF's ePUB's

Readability

Browser extensions to produce e-content from articles on the web

Also available as an app

Rewordify

Paste any text into the website and it will modify it into easier vocabulary

Several levels and options to modify

Bookshare

Over 575,000 free digital copies of books for select students with reading and/or physical disabilities

For iPads- Read2Go App

For computers- Use Kurzweil

Tumblebooks

Gone Google Story Builder

Izzit

Site has non-fiction news articles with grade level equivalency, questions for the articles, and vocabulary