Online+Reading

[|AmericasLibrary.kids.us] is a site that offers read-alouds that are nonfiction. The entire site focuses on American culture and history.

[|Classic Reader] provides online text for classic stories. Pair this with [|Natural Soft Reader], a free, easy-to-use screen reader, and you're ready to go!

[|Internet Public Library for Teens] offers online comic books, poetry wikis, etc.

[|Scholastic] offer author interviews, games, book reviews, and more on their site. Of course, there is also a section for teachers too!

[|Literactive] offers e-picture books, activities for learning early reading skills.

[|Storyline Online] is a site that offers videos of actors reading storybooks. Books lie Stellauna and The Polar Express are on the list, and there are supplemental activities to go with each story. Allow time for the videos to stream before starting them. You can also adjust the video size to change the time it takes to stream the video.

[|Tumblebooks] is wonderful for young readers. It offers online e-picture books that can be read to the student. Go through the [|Infinitec] website or the [|New York Public Library] to access many of these books for free!

[|Project Gutenberg] offers over 25,000 free e-texts. Most are downloads; others are online. Some also have an audio file for listeners.

The [|Lexile Framework for Reading] site offers information about Lexile scoring, and it provides a downloadable pdf for identifying reading levels.