Links: Websites to support Spelling, Vocabulary & Reading Comprehension
- Raz Kids: This website is a great tool to help K-3 students develop fluency and reading comprehension. They are able to chose from a variety of books both fiction and nonfiction that are on their appropriate reading level
- Spelling City: Enter your word study words and choose online games and activities to practice your spelling.
- Reading Writing and Technology When you hear the word literacy, do you think of a book or magazine? With the pace of change in technology, our concept of literacy is rapidly changing. Explore this pamphlet from the International Reading Association to learn more.
- Word Central: Merriam-Webster's Word Central has plenty of games and activities such as "build your own dictionary" that are a fun choice for independent vocabulary learning on the computer.
- Vocabulary and Grammar practice: Freerice.com is a website that gives students a fun, interactive way to build their vocabulary and grammar skills, while making a difference for world hunger! It can be adjusted to any level, so even the youngest can improve their skills, while helping others. For each right answer, FreeRice donates 10 grains of rice!
- Time for Kids: A great website for reading about current events. This is a non-fiction resource that can be a great catalyst for discussion at home.
- Tumblebooks: Tumble Readables are online electronic books which include an innovative textsize slider which enables the reader to increase the text size to up to 34PT. Perfect for reluctant, emergent, and ESL students. Audio Books: TumbleBookLibrary includes a collection of full length, unabridged, streaming audio books. Perfect for extended story time.
- NoodleTools: NoodleTools offers step-by-step tips for researching information online.
- Read Write Think: Read Write Think.org offers free reading and language arts activities that have been collected by the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English.
- How to Read a Book You "Don't Want to Read": Jim Trelease posted this video for anyone who has been assigned a book they don't want to read. Using the analogy of a tree surgeon taking down a tree,he offers great tips for students and adult readers/