Reading and Language Arts

Below you will find some terrific links to websites that are perfect to use at a computer center or even on an interactive whiteboard to work on reading and language arts skills. There are also a few websites that are great lesson resources.  Happy surfing!  =)

tons of free resources for teaching phonics including free printables 

Scholastic has a neat Book Wizard that helps you determine the level of your books in your classroom library 

The site provides tools to create, read, and share digital books 

Free children's books online. Just click the arrows to advance to the next page. Great for using with an interactive whiteboard. 

Free sample PDF documents of reading materials that can be used with grades 3-8 

a website that teaches vocabulary with hip hop videos 

A site that is intended for ELLs, but would also be good for younger elementary students; fun games, songs and stories 

Tons of reading resources for the classroom

A website with lots of fun phonics and reading games and activities, some that can be printed 

Actors read popular storybooks to kids on this fun website 

Animated stories, reading lists and activities from the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County 

Lesson ideas for popular children's books

Reading resources from Scholastic 

Online graphic dictionary 

A word cloud generator similar 

Use this site when writing poetry to find a rhyming word for just about any word