Ideas from a Reading Specialist–Current blogs consist of free online sites and programs for a reading classroom.
Freekidsbooks.org One of my students showed me a really great site. This student was a life skills student. Our high school library did not have a large number of books for a student with a lower reading level. Free Kids Books to the rescue! My student was excited about the book she was reading. As […]
Another site recommended by a student was Children’s Storybook Online. As you enter this site you will find books for young children, older children, and young adults. An audio button indicates an audio file is available to read the selection. A new feature at the top of the page provides quizzes. There are very few books […]
Looking for real life reading skills which will be engaging for your older learners? CDLP (California Distance Learning Project) online has just the answer. When you first log into the program there are a series of pictures representing the various categories: working, law and government, family, school, health and safety, housing, money, science and technology, […]
When you tell kids to summarize, what do you get? My kids often would tell everything they had read or else they would write practically nothing. Teaching kids to summarize is not easy and requires lots of modeling. While looking for online sources, I stumbled upon Summarize This. This easy to use website has you copy […]