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Accel. Reading Quiz titles for all schools
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The VUSD Web Index was created as a resource for staff and students of the Vacaville Unified School District.
For more information see the Web Index Home Page.
Reading Resources on the Web
National Geographic Young Explorer - Classroom magazine for kindergarten and first grade.
Literactive - Online reading materials and phonic activities
for pre-school, kindergarten and grade 1
students. Materials are available for free, but registration is required.
TumbleBooks Books online made available through the Solano County Library
web site. Most have audio, so turn up the speakers. Requires Flash player.
Pathfinder Links to
Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men A page of Internet resources to accompany the
book
Discovering The Titanic. WebQuest to accompany 4th Grade Houghton Mifflin
Theme 1, Selection 3 story. Created by Kimberly Gunn from Fairmont School.
Celebrate the 50th
birthday of Cat In the Hat. Named Project 236 in honor of Seuss and
the 236 words of Cat In the Hat, the site has various activities to
support Read Across America Day, March 2.
Poetry 180 - A poem a day for
American high schools. This site provides an easy way to introduce poetry
to your students on a regular basis, with all poems selected specifically for a
high school audience
Houghton Mifflin Reading
Kids' Place - Support materials for the Houghton Mifflin reading series used
by Vacaville schools in grades K-6.
KidsSpell - Spelling activities
for students and tools for teachers such as the ability to upload lists for
students to use in games online.
Starfall - The Starfall
learn-to-read website is primarily designed for first grade students to interest
them in reading through games, read-aloud activities and more.
Rubistar - Create a Rubric -
a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time
to develop them from scratch. It's also available in Spanish.
SNAP - Online card catalog for the
Solano Public Library system
Songs for Teaching - Lyrics for
songs to use in your classroom, categorized by school subject.
Reader's Theater- Children's
author Aaron Shepard provides a variety of resources here, including scripts for
young readers and guidelines for staging and performance.
SCORE Teacher Cyberguides: Online activites for core works of literature
from SCORE (Schools of Cal. Online Resources for Teachers.)
Gander Academy list
of links for Readers Theater scripts and information.
Children's Literature Web Guide
Great Writers
and Poets -- Wonderful links to biographies and works of writers and
poets
Authors on
the Web -- links to authors' personal websites and websites maintained by
fans, scholars, and readers.
Picture Dictionary - Click on any letter in the alphabet to go to a page
with interesting words which begin with that letter.