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| Children's Reading Connection From the online university, this site is packed with links to sites which promote reading development. (Thank you, Kelly, for the link) |
Junior Crew Bookshelf A blog which provides thousands of free online e-books, videos and songs |
Nursery Rhymes A set of 18 nursery rhymes to listen to, read, sing and explore interactively. |
| Strategies for Reading Comprehension A range of strategies to help students with reading comprehension. Some have downloadable blackline masters |
Into the Book This site has videos about different reading strategies and is designed to help students learn reading strategies — visualize, predict, summarize, etc. |
Children's Book Council of Australia |
| Booklists for young Australians From the Australian School Library Association. Has suggested booklists for different age groups, topics, etc eg "list for shared reading for older readers" "books about bereavement" "books every 5 year old should read" etc |
Starfall
Learn to Read |
Reading Recovery in the Classroom This article, published in the Research e-Lert, gives practical examples of classroom practice derived from the Reading Recovery approach to teaching reading. |
| Reading Rockets Watch these videos to learn about strategies to help students who struggle with reading |
 Bookpals StorylineOnline streaming video. Screen Actors Guild members read aloud books |
Teaching
and Developing Vocabulary An article for educators from Houghton Mifflin |
| StarFall Learn to Read Activities for early readers, games, online books to read |
Reading Comprehension Fill in the blanks to test your comprehension. Teachers can submit their own comprehension passages, too |
Picturing Books A website about Picture Books |
| Reading
Quest Find out how to more effectively engage students in classroom content |
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Interactive Alice in Wonderland A website of activities related to Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass |
Animals,
Myths and Legends Developed for 8 to 13 yr olds |
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Grummond Children's Literature Collection Search the collection online |
Australian Storytelling Lots of stories to read, or write and submit your own. |
BookPals An on-line streaming video program featuring Screen Actors Guild members reading childrens books aloud. Each of the books on this site offer an accompanying lesson plan and activity guide. |
| Book
Raps Sign up here for a book rap - or become a co-ordinator of your own Rap |
Cyber
Library of Children's Literature Newbery Honour Books, references, reviews, authors and illustrators, and more... |
Children's
Literacture Web Guide Book reviews, authors, illustrators, resources, discussion groups |
| Encyclopedia
Mythica An online encyclopedia of myths, folklore and legend |
Kids Fun Online From Scholastic. Vote for your favourite book. Write a book review and share it online |
Reading
Units Units of work to support a range of books - over 20, including picture books and novels. |
| English
for Speakers of Other Languages This site is really useful for all teachers.Sorted by Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking,Vocabulary and Metacognition it has a wealth of ideas and resources |
Reading
in the Content Areas PDF files for teachers to download with infromation about different reading strategies |
Reading
Quest Designed for Social Studies teachers to help them engage students with classroom content |
| Stories
for a culture of Peace Suitable for middle to upper primary onwards, these stories all have a morla of peace and communication |
Strategies
for critical reading and writing |
Online
Children's Stories A range of stories to read sorted by category |
| Fostering Reading Links from EdNA with research, software, helping children to read, online webquests and more |
Reading
and Viewing More links from EdNA. Lots of really good classroom ideas |
International
Children's Digital Library Find books for children age 3 to 13 in their own language. |
| Bookplates Read about the history of bookplates, then choose your own to download |
Cyber
Guide Choose a year level, then a book for this lesson plan of how to work with the book in the classroom |
Supporting your child's reading K-6 Information for parents about the stages children go through and how to support reading at each stage. |
| Blocks
for Reading Great strategies for reading comprehension, writing, listening and speaking. Scroll through Powerpoint presentations for ideas about teaching, read articles, and more |
Reading Lady Works through a four block literacy centre and how to establish each block. Also has links to establishing writing in the classroom |
Bartleby A whole range of books and information online and free |
| To Read A comprehensive collection of sites about learning to read. Includes lots of teacher resources |
Readers Theatre Information about how to conduct Readers Theatre in your classroom, as well as links to sites where you can find resources, short plays, etc |
 Tools
for Reading Writing and ThinkingThese tools should be used to help students engage in rigorous thinking, organize complex ideas, and scaffold their interactions with texts. They should not be used simply as worksheets or activities for their own sake. |
| Turning the Pages Read and view these 15 stunning books from the British Library. Includes sketches by Leonardo, The Original Alice, History of England by Jane Austen,... |
Learning
Links Hints for parents to help children become better readers |
Hints for Encouraging students to
read Hints and tips for listening to reading |
| Reading Rockets A site to help parents and teachers support students with reading and writing |
Making Tracks Making Tracks takes young readers (Yr 3-7) on a fictional journey through some fascinating Australian stories, inspired by objects from the National Museum of Australia's collection. |
Revise Wise English has these fun interactive introductions to English followed by activities and worksheets. Ages 4 to 11. Covers Reading, Writing, Spelling and Grammar |
| Lit2Go Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. YOu can download the sound file, and the accompanying text, or read the text online. |
Books With Recipes This site provides a connection between stories in books and a recipe, both encouraging literacy and numeracy skills. It also includes bibliography information including ISBN numbers, with the recipes generally being simple and using minimal equipment. |
Highlights Read it, play it, make it, share it. Read stories, do art activities, listen to poems, make craft articles, find hidden clues in pictures and much more. |
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