Welcome, you charming intellectual!
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Strategy Slide Show - interactive
Watch this slide show to review reading strategieshttp://jc-schools.net/ce/reading-strategies_files/frame.htm -
Student's Checklist: Am I Using Reading Strategies?
Ask yourself these questions about your habits when you readhttp://www.boobis.com/students/rdingchecklist.html -
Reading Tips - Quiz Yourself!
Click on the red buttons to start a sessionhttp://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palmasola/rcompstrat.htm -
Types of Text - Quiz/interactive game/quiz
You need to know what kind of text you're reading to know which strategy works best!http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/reading/typesoftext/game.shtml -
Advice for Readers Who Want Help
Tips from students who made it to James Madison Universityhttp://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/reading.html -
Think About the Characters
Do any of these words describe a character in the book or story you're reading?http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson175/traits.pdf -
Reading Activities Grouped by Canadian Reading Level
This Canadian test is great practice for reading and teaches strategies, too.http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/index.htm -
How Advertisers Try toTrick You
Never believe all you see or all your read...http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/entertainment/ -
Your Personal Book Butler
Use this site to find a book that fits your taste!http://www.bookadventure.org/ki/bs/ki_bs_helpfind.asp -
Graphic Organizers
This allows online creation of graphic organizershttp://www.workingsimulations.com/graphic_organizer.html -
Audio Stories
Put on headphones and listenhttp://www.beenleigss.qld.edu.au/requested_sites/audiostories/index.html -
Peter Rabbit Audio Slideshow
Pretend you're a child again and curl up with a good storyhttp://wiredforbooks.org/kids/beatrix/p1.htm -
Alice In Wonderland (in Audio)
Listen to the classic fantasy!http://wiredforbooks.org/alice/chapter1.htm -
'The Christmas Carol'
Listen to the classic Christmas ghost story!http://wiredforbooks.org/carol/ -
Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart'
Listen to Edgar Allan Poe's classic suspense storyhttp://wiredforbooks.org/edgarallanpoe/index.htm -
Dr. Seuss's 50th Birthday
Always young!http://www.seussville.com/CITH_50th/ -
Listen to Books and Stories
You can read along as you listen!http://www.loudlit.org/ -
Intranet access for teachers
http://ccpsintranet.chesterfield.k12.va.us/index.cfm -
TV 411 - skill practice
teaches strategies in an interactive formathttp://www.tv11.org/reading -
Starfall.com (myths, comics, etc.)
http://www.starfall.com -
Teen Space
Internet Library for Teenshttp://www.ipl.org/div/teen/browse/rw0000/ -
Smithsonian Magazine
Interesting articles and videoshttp://www.smithsonianmag.com/ -
RIF Reading Planet for Kids
Lots of activitieshttp://www.rif.org/readingplanet/ -
Practice the Strategies
Although written for social studies, these activities are helpful and fun for lang.arts!http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/ss_skills_tutor/#
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*Books for Middle School Readers
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/teens/read/booklists/midschool.html -
*Fiction Favorites
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/bookzone/favorits.html -
*High School Book Assignments
(interactive) Amazon list: allows searching inside the bookshttp://www.amazon.com/High-School-Book-Assignments/lm/21F6J65IRIWZU -
*Hmmm... What should I read next?
(interactive)http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/search -
*New Books for Young Readers
(interactive) Enter your age and interests, and it will provide a selection of bookshttp://www2.cehd.umn.edu/CI/K12books/Search.aspx -
*Oprah's Reading List - Kids age 9-12
http://www.oprah.com/obc/kids/age912/obc_kids_912_a.jhtml -
*Oprah's Reading List - Kids age12 and up
http://www.oprah.com/obc/kids/age13/obc_kids_13_a.jhtml -
*Recommended for Middle School
http://www.wilsonareasd.org/teachweb/korin/read.html -
*Teen Reads
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/teens/read/booklists/ -
*Teen Reads from Albany Library
http://www.teenreads.com/ -
*Teens' Top 10 Books
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenstopten/teenstopten.cfm -
*Young Reader Books Guaranteed To Be Enjoyed
Amazon list - allows searching inside the bookshttp://www.amazon.com/Young-Reader-Books-Guaranteed-Enjoyed/lm/1QFLJA38K795Q -
100 Best Novels (classics)
</FONT COLOR=BLUE>Higher level or adult readers</FONT>http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100rivallist.html -
Book Browse - Popular Choices
(interactive) All levelshttp://www.bookbrowse.com/choices/ -
Harvard's Top 100
Higher level or adult readershttp://www.harvard.com/onourshelves/top100.html -
NY Times Bestsellers List
(Current) Higher Level or Adulthttp://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/bestseller/index.html -
Oprah's Book Club
Higher level or adult -- search by title or yearhttp://www2.oprah.com/obc/obc_landing.jhtml -
Time's All-Time 100 Novels
(Interactive) Higher Level or Adulthttp://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html
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Chesterfield Co. PortaPortal Site for English classes
Use this guest access: ccps-englishhttp://guest.portaportal.com?ccps-english -
Creating Active Readers
videos and lesson examples from the Va. Dept. of Educationhttp://www.vdoe.whro.org/Readers/index.html -
Videos for teachers about teaching reading
Excellent resource! eLearning modules that are worth viewinghttp://www.paec.org/teacher2teacher/english_languagearts.html -
Building Comprehension
Passges and questions to use for practicehttp://www.abcteach.com/directory/reading_comprehension/middlehigh_school/ -
Ideas for practicing strategies
Includes a description of how to manage the class to teach the strategieshttp://www.readingquest.org/strat/ -
12 strategies for teaching reading
Good descriptions of each teaching strategyhttp://www.nea.org/reading/readingstrategiessum.html -
Glossary of Instructional Strategies
A refresher list for ideas to use in the classroom!http://glossary.plasmalink.com/glossary.html -
Great example: Teaching students how to select books
Impressive lesson, shown with videos and including handoutshttp://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/deli/exhibits/1000543/Introduction.html -
Reading Links
A wealth of links to sites that are loaded with good stuff!http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/tools/reading-ms.html -
Interactive Notebook for Reading
A great way for students to interact with what they readhttp://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Reading/Reading%20Strategies/interactivenotebook.htm -
A collection of language arts lesson plans
Some of these are fairly simple, but can be tweaked to increase the challengehttp://www.lessonplanspage.com/LA.htm -
Fantastic Links from King William Co.
Abundant! Check it out!http://www.kwcps.k12.va.us/Resources/WBIR/Middle/home.htm -
How to use the JigSaw technique
Using a jigsaw approach adds variety and depth to your topicshttp://www.jigsaw.org/ -
Socratic Seminars
Engage your students in an in-depth discussion about a story or novelhttp://ncsu.edu/literacyjunction/html/tutorialsocratic.html -
Index to Literature Sites
A comprehensive list of links to websites for books and/or authorshttp://www.webenglishteacher.com/litmain.html -
Learning Toolbox from JMU
Contains strategies and ways to teach themhttp://coe.jmu.edu/learningtoolbox/t.html -
Reading Strategy Index
Strategies we know, and some new ideas, too!http://homepages.wmich.edu/~whitten/champaign_project/reading.html -
Inspiration templates
Check out the lesson on inferences!http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/fairfield/marshall_g/INSPIRATION/Inspiration.htm#LA -
Four Reading Strategies for High School Students
These ideas are useful for middle school, toohttp://litsite.alaska.edu/workbooks/readingstrategies.html -
Resources for teaching novels
Online goodies!http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html -
Center for Media Literacy
Tools and ideas to teach our students to be savvy about the mediahttp://www.medialit.org/focus/eng_home.html -
Media Literacy - Links
Teaching students how to analyze what they read and see in the mediahttp://www.webenglishteacher.com/media.html -
Check the readability of a website
Make sure you're sending students to sites they can understand!http://juicystudio.com/services/readability.php#readweb -
Ways to Evaluate a Web Site
Clear explanation of what to look for. This will help students, too.http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/myoder/necc06/eFiveSixAuthenticity.htm -
Webquest help
Everything you need to know about making a webquesthttp://www.teachersfirst.com/summer/webquest/quest-a.shtml -
Instant Webquests
This collection of readymade webquests may save you time and energy!http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cy68.html -
Article: Reading Online Text
How is reading online different from reading on paper?http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/rt/2-03_Column/index.html -
Article: Making the Most of Digital Text
More information on improving students' comprehension of online textReading on the Web: Making the Most of Digital Text -
Activate! The Journal of Online Learning
Resources, articles, and ideas for incorporating technology into your classroomhttp://eduscapes.com/activate/index.html -
Classroom Tools
A website with a plethora of resources and ideashttp://www.classroomtools.com/ -
Literacy Junction
This site is full of ideas for engaging studentshttp://www.ncsu.edu/literacyjunction/ -
Think Aloud - example
Here's a useful example of a Think Aloud being used by a teacher in a classroomhttp://www.allamericareads.org/lessonplan/strategies/during/thinkaloud1.htm -
Reading Lady.com
A site that gives practical examples of useful teaching strategieshttp://www.readinglady.com/Comprehension/index.html -
Reluctant Readers' Book List
Here are some ideas for books that will appeal to reluctant readershttp://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/quickpicks/quickpicksreluctant.htm -
Reading Links > compiled by Sharon Elin
A variety of resources about reading and a collection of reading materialhttp://del.icio.us/sharon_elin/reading -
How To Teach Boys To Read
Studies show that boys struggle more than girls with reading.http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/brochure/meread/meread.pdf -
Historical Fiction Listed by Dates
Organized list by historical periodhttp://www.fcps.k12.va.us/FranklinMS/research/hisfic.htm -
10 Ways to Kill Creativity
Oops! I've been guilty of some of these! Good reminders...http://www.goshen.edu/art/ed/creativitykillers.html -
Posters Showing Reading Strategies
Post these in your classroom to help students to remember to use reading strategies!http://www.readinglady.com/Comprehension/Strategy_Posters/strategy_posters.html -
Questioning
Using questioning as a strategy while readinghttp://www.literacymatters.org/adlit/questioning/intro.htm -
Assessments
What else can we do besides standardized tests?http://www.literacymatters.org/adlit/assessment/intro.htm -
Motivating Your Students
Some useful ideas and reminders!http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/motivate.html -
All America Reads
Lessons applied to a novelhttp://www.allamericareads.org/lessonplan/pdf.htm -
Middle School Resources from VDOE
The Dept. of Education offers lots of good stuff!http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/Reading/mreading.html -
High School Resources from VDOE
High school level resources from Dept. of Educationhttp://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/English/home.html -
Virginia State Reading Association
Join!http://www.vsra.org/ -
National Council of Teachers of English
Join! Travel to their inspirational conferences - it's worth the sub plans!http://www.ncte.org/ -
What Is Strategic Reading?
An overview of reading strategieshttp://www.howard.k12.md.us/langarts/Curriculum/strategies.htm -
Visualization
A sample lesson to demonstrate this reading strategyhttp://www.education-world.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev094.shtml -
The Texas Grade 8 Reading Test
A good practice test to use with your classhttp://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2003/grade8/read.htm -
Grimm's Fairy Tale Index
Links to all the classic fairy taleshttp://www.ucs.mun.ca/~wbarker/fairies/grimm/ -
Free Online Books
Thousands of books onlinehttp://www.fullbooks.com/ -
Internet Acronyms
Vigilant teachers and parents need to know!http://www.netlingo.com/top20teens.cfm -
Experts Talk About Teaching Reading/Writing
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/scholasticprofessional/authors/talkabouts.htm#atwell
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Thesaurus online
http://thesaurus.reference.com/? -
Dictionary online
http://dictionary.reference.com/ -
Dictionary & thesaurus (Merriam-Webster)
http://www.m-w.com/ -
Root Word activities
http://www.vocabulary.com/weeklyroots.html -
Prefixes and Suffixes (Fact Monster)
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0907017.html -
Vocabulary links > compiled by Sharon Elin
http://del.icio.us/sharon_elin/vocabulary -
Prefix, Suffix, and Root Glossary
http://www.southampton.liunet.edu/academic/pau/course/webesl.htm -
Root Word Matrix - games/quizzes
http://www.vocabulary.com/VUrootmatrix.html -
Fun facts about words - silly (fun) information
http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/uselessfacts/words/003.html -
Practice Listening To Text - Activities
http://www.esl-lab.com/ -
Need Help Playing Scrabble? Anagram Server
http://wordsmith.org/anagram/index.html -
Common Errors in English Words
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html -
Tongue twisters
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/tonguetwister1.html -
SAT prep vocabulary quiz
http://www.sat-preparation.co.il/quiz/index.php?1ef80aef0866ae46cbb30eb76dc31947 -
SAT vocabulary study help *interactive*
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/sat/satwords1.shtml -
Vocabulary & Logic Games
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/logic/games/ -
The Word Detective
http://www.word-detective.com/ -
Word Origins: Each Word Has a History
Online Etymology Web Sitehttp://www.etymonline.com/index.php -
Translate text into another language
¡Es diversión para traducir palabras a otra lengua!http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr -
Internet Dictionary
http://www.netlingo.com/ -
Grandiloquent Dictionary
A funny list of unusual words and their meaninghttp://www.islandnet.com/~egbird/dict/dict.htm
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Click Here!! Urban Legends Cyberhunt
http://guest.portaportal.com?urban_legends
