This is a site that will take you to a listing of authors,
divided alphabetically. If there is a particular author that you
are wanting to find, locate that person by their last name and
click on it. There are many sites that have fun activities that
you can do that relate to the author's books.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html
This site gives information about picture books. It has a lot of
interactive material, especially from an illustrator's
viewpoint. If you child is interested in art, they should
benefit from this site.
http://picturingbooks.imaginarylands.org
Traditional Literature has a description of 15 types of stories
with examples titles. If you need to know the difference between
a fable and a fairy tale, this has all the information to help
you.
http://picturingbooks.imaginarylands.org/using/traditional.html
Patricia Polacco is a favorite author of several of our students
as well as some teachers. Her life has had a great influence on
her writing. Use this link to learn more about her and make her
books even more meaningful and have some fun.
http://patriciapolacco.com/fun/color_ins/index.html
If you are looking for a good "learn to type" program
for elementary school students, this is one that has been
recommended to me. It's free and kids love it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Read aloud stories. There is a free trial, but a subscription
costs around $65.
www.raz-kids.com
Great site for award book titles.
http://www.ala.org
April is National Humor Month. If your child enjoys jokes, try
this site.
http://kids.yahoo.com/jokes
Another joke site for National Humor Month
http://www.ahajokes.com/kids_jokes.html
This site has monthly reading calendars that have daily
activities related to reading.
http://martha.alewine.googlepages.com/2009-2010readingcalendars
Read aloud stories.
http://storynory.com
Games and activities relating to the Polar Express
http://www.polarexpress.com/games-fun
This site gives children activities from the Highlights
Magazine. There are lots of puzzles and games. It also has a
read aloud section.
http://www.highlightskids.com
This is a great site for all grades to help with keyboard and
mouse manipulation while playing games and drawing pictures.
http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm
Suggested reading list for our students.
http://sites.google.com/site/marthaalewine/suggestedreadinglists
Suggested reading list for our students.
Richland County Public Library
Suggested reading list for our students.
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/compubs/booklists/homelib/alacbcbuildinghomelbry.cfm
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/compubs/booklists/Hi-Lo_Booklist/index.cfm
Suggested reading list for our students.
http://www.udel.edu/ETL/RWN/ReadingLists.html
Suggested reading list for our students.
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/libdev/summerreading/2010mas_handoutwithnotes.pdf
Suggested reading list for our students.
http://www.haisln.org/recommendedreadinglists.html
Suggested reading list for our students.
http://www.pkwy.k12.mo.us/panda/subjectlinks/elemreading.html
Suggested reading list for our students.
http://www.bpl.org/kids/booksmags.htm
http://childrensbooks.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=childrensbooks&cdn=parenting&tm=12&gps=130_581_1004_612&f=00&su=p284.9.336.ip_p504.3.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=0&st=23&zu=http://www.bpl.org/kids/booklists/seriesyoungerboys.htm
Read alouds for kids.
Note: Some of these read alouds for kids are downloadable
MP3files, some are podcasts, and some livestream from the web
site.
www.raz-kids.com
Read alouds for kids.
http://storynory.com/
Read alouds for kids.
http://kids.learnoutloud.com?Kids-Free-Stuff
Read alouds for kids.
http://lightupyourbrain.com/audio-stories-for-children.html
Read alouds for kids.
http://www.magickeys.com/books/links.html
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