Saturday, March 05, 2005

Web Sites to Encourage and Enhance Reading

Last month our family attended a Reading Jamboree at Sinclair Community College. While we were there, I picked up a paper entitled "Web Sites to Encourage and Enhance Reading," compiled by Julia L. Hall, Educational Technology Services, Dayton Public Schools. I'm reproducing the list below:

International Children's Digital Library
Free books available online
Writing Den
This site was created to help students in grades 6-12 improve their vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing
Children's Storybooks Online
Scroll down the page to find free storybooks to read
Word Central
Student dictionary, create your own dictionary, and daily buzzword
PBS Kids Stories
Online books. Some books have Spanish words. Children can click on the book and read it themselves or click on the cow and have the book read to them. Children can click on any word they don't know to have it read to them.
Rhyme Zone
Type in a word to find rhymes, synonyms, definitions
Write Site
An interactive language arts and journalism project for middle schools developed by ThinkTVNetwork, Dayton, Ohio
Primary Games
Educational activities for language arts and all content areas
Eduplace
Educational activities such as wacky tales, brainteasers, spelling match, and geonet geography.
Kathy Schrock
Brainboosters, homework help, and other educational activities
Dositey
Reading and writing skill activities
Yahooligans
Student search engine and educational activities

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