Reading:
Biography.com (Grades 4-12)
 | Search over 25,000
biographies
| Includes classroom
activities and quiz sections | |
Books and Literature: Facts Encyclopedia (Grades 4-12)
| Long list of links to information about books, authors, and other literature-based resources |
CyberGuides (All Levels)
| Thematic units and
literature resources for specific books
| Organized by grade level
groups | |
Dr. Seuss On-Line (Grades K-4)
| Games, story maker, and printable activities |
FanFiction (Grades 4-12)
| Read stories based on books,
movies, and t.v. shows, written by students
| Add your own stories and
comments
| Uses rating system like that
used in movies to describe the appropriateness of content | |
Lexile Framework for Reading (All Levels)
| Lexiles measure the difficulty of a piece of
text and can be used to match text of an appropriate level to students
| Search by title, author, keyword, or Lexile
score
| Word lists and activities for some books (in
PowerV)
| Additional resources for parents | |
On-Line Books Page (Grades 6-12)
| Detailed information about books and authors
| Includes links to passages that demostrate
themes and describe characters
| Some novels have full text on-line | |
Project Gutenberg (Grades 6-12)
| Free books "digitally
re-published"
| Because of copyright issues, the books available are mostly pre-1923 | |
Read Write Think (All Levels)
| Lessons, standards, web resources, and student materials to support language arts and reading instruction |