Reading Resources on the Web
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.