Robert Clow Elementary School's Schoolbag of Lessons and Links
103 Things to Do Before/During/After Reading Jim Burke offers ideas ranging from creating a pantomime to drawing a map of the story/book setting to interrupted conversations and many more!
ABCTEACH "This site has many things teachers often spend money for and it is all free! You don't ever have to make a flash card or mathfact worksheet ever again." Tricia McCarthy
The Aesop for Children Aesop for Children contains the text of selected fables, color pictures, video, and interactive animations, and will be enjoyed by readers of any age.
Author Name Pronunciation Guide Ever wonder how to pronounce a children's book author or illustrator's name. Find out here.
ATN Reading Lists An extensive list of books in categories such as authors, genres, read alikes, etc.
Biblionasium Social book club and reading community for kids.
Bookelicious "Bookelicious blends research on reading motivation, expert curation by teachers and librarians, and personalization enabled by artificial intelligence, to match readers with books they truly want to read."
Chateau Meddybemp's Fun with Letters "When children are taught the alphabet in school, they are encouraged to learn and imitate one basic typeface. Yet the world around them uses hundreds. So we invite you and your child to hunt for examples of each letter. If your examples appear in several different typefaces, that's great. Talking with your child about the similarities and differences you discover helps your child recognize the characteristics that make an a an a and they will learn that not all a's look the same -- concepts essential for good reading skills."
Children's Book Council Author & Illustrator sites: links to authors and illustrators of children's books who are published by member publishers and whose web pages showcase their books.
Children's Literature Web Guide "Internet resources related to books for children and young adults"
Database of Award Winning Children's Literature The purpose of this database is to create a tailored reading list of quality children's literature or to find out if a book has won one of the indexed awards.
FreeReading Instructional program for teaching literacy in K-3
Get Ready to Read A reading source targeted specifically to young readers. The program delivers research based strategies to parents and teachers. Includes many helpful features from a reading assessment with appropriate games and activities that are determined by test results to interactive reading games.
Guys Read A great site to help motivate boys to read more.
Intervention Central Design your own behavior intervention plans
A Kids Heart A play and learn playground.Games and fun stuff for use with the SmartBoard.
Kahn Academy: 2,700 Educational Videos "How To" videos and podcasts on science, math, test prep and humanities
The Lexile Framework for Reading Learn all about Lexiles and search for the Lexile score for many books at this site. For a conversion chart from Lexiles to Fountas & Pinnell levels, visit this site Lexile - Grade Level Conversion Chart
Myths & Legends Interactive sit for those who like a good story and for those who enjoy telling a fine story.
Picturing Books A website about picture books. Includes all aspects from elements to use. Addresses both a child and adult audience.
Reading A-Z Downloadable materials to teach guided reading, phonics, the alphabet, and much more.
Reading Rockets Reading Rockets' mission is to take research-based and best-practice information and make it available to as many people as possible through the power and reach of television and the Internet.
ReadWriteThink Features standard-based lesson plans that integrate technology into classroom instruction. "Provides educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction."
S-Collection: Children's Literature Resources The School (S)-Collection in the Social Sciences, Health, and Education Library (SSHEL) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign consists of over 178,000 cataloged volumes of children’s and young adult literature.
Scholastic Teacher Book Wizard Level books, create book lists, etc. A great site for guided reading assistance.
Share What You're Reading Children can read and write book reviews.
The Story Starters Get a random story-starter sentence. Just one click of a button and you’re on your way.
Story Starters by Scholastic Generate a creative story starter, pick a format, print your story.
Storyline Online Members of the Screen Actors Guild reading children's books.
TeachingBooks.net TeachingBooks' mission is to generate enthusiasm for books and reading by bringing authors, illustrators and engaging resources about books for children and teens to every school, library and home. (No username and password needed at school. For home use, check in the LMC.)
Unite for Literacy "We picture a world where all children have access to an abundance of books that celebrate their languages and cultures and cultivate a lifelong love of reading. "