Great Links Page
| Houghton Mifflin 3rd Grade Reading Book | Students can get online to play vocabulary games or extended activities that correlate with the theme we are working on. |
| Reading Text | |
| Story Nory | a mixture of new stories, fairy tales, and specially adapted myths and histories |
| Sim Talk | Online library with screen reader availability |
| Baldwin Online Child Project | Literature for children that is in the public domain in the US. Copies can be made at no cost and different font sizes are available. |
| Natural Readers | Natural sounding voices; can covert any written text such as MS Word, Webpage, PDF files and e-mails into spoken words. Can also convert any written text into audio files such as MP3 or WAV fo9ro your CD player or iPod; sentences are highlighted as they are read. |
| Text to Speech | |
| Text to Speech | TTS expands to the full size of the screen; available to PC only. This application can turn any text into a wav (wave) audio file. |
| Reading Vocabulary | |
| TrackStar | Synonyms and Antonyms |
| Word Confusion | Homonyms |
| Grammar Games | Grammar games: prefix/suffix, homonyms, compound words, etc. |
| Kids' Lab | Compound Words using pictures |
| Prefix | Prefixes |
| Reading Comprehension | |
| 330 Reading Exercises | Sequencing...Putting events in order |
| Predict | Predictions |
| Get the Idea | Main Idea |
| English Zone | Fact/Opinion |
| Locate Info. | Locate information on the planets...CLICK ON THE BULLET to begin |
| Main Idea | Find the main idea and details of a passage |
| Reading | Reading Comprehension |
| Literary Elements & Works | |
| TrackStar | Several sites to help students learn more about different types of literature. |
| Roy the Zebra | Pre-K through 3; this site offers interactive games; stories and resources that help emerging readers learn to read |
| PBS Kids | games, stories, video clips and activities all aimed at reinforcing literacy; section for parents and teachers providing tips; content is sorted by specific skills |
| Reading Strategies | |
| Finding Clues | Students will read to find clues |
| Comparing | Compare and contrast |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Compound words, predictions, and cause & effect |
| Other | |
| My Hero | My hero directory |
| Beverly Cleary | Beverly Cleary's Home Page |
| B. Cleary's Fun Printables | Fun activities to print |
| CBeebies | Fairy Tale Web Site |
| Fairy Tale Land | Fairy Tale Web Site |
| Grimm Fairy Tales | Fairy Tale Web Site |
| Dave Pilkey's Web Site | Author of Dogzilla and the Captain Underpants series...lots of fun games and activities |
| Scholastic News | Classroom Magazine |
| Time 4 Kids | Classroom Magazine |
| Giggle Poetry | Many fun poems and activities for kids to read and read |
| Poetry 4 Kids | Lots of funny poems and activities for kids |
| Education Place | Kids' place by Houghton Mifflin, our reading series. Students can play games and complete activities with each story |
| Thesaurus | On-line thesaurus site |
| Word Central | Great site for word games |
