Ms. Joy's Reading & Activity Corner
An Internet Hotlist on Ms. Joy's Reading & Activity Corner

created by Joy D. Trentham
Pi Beta Phi Elementary

Introduction | On-Line Story Books | Literacy Help | Phonics Games | Activites & Fun Stuff | Teacher Resources & Planning


Introduction
 My hope for this hotlist is for teachers, students & parents to have help as you plan, enjoy & learn in the classroom. The links below will get you started. Enjoy and please email me your suggestions on other sites to list. Thanks for stopping by!:)


The Internet Resources
Education Place Tennessee Web Links - Awesome site!
Jefferson County Schools - A great resource for teachers & students! A multitude of activities for your classroom!

On-Line Story Books
About School - Resource for varying grade levels.
Aesop's Fables -
Amazing Adventure Series - Read Along Stories -
AntBee's Childrens' Books & Stories -
Author Patricia MacLachlan's Website -
Author Robert Munsch Website - Listen to Robert Munsch read stories and other great activities!
Awesome Stories -
BAB Books On-Line Stories for Kids -
BBC - CBeebies - Tweenies - story time -
BBC - The Little Animals Activity Centre - Storybear's stories -
BCPL -- Youth Services -- The Magic Scroll -
Between the Lions . Stories PBS Kids -
Book Pop -
BookPALS Storyline -
Buckle Up, Teddy -
CLWG Children's Literature Web Guide -
COUNT THE PINK BUNNIES - Picture book for toddlers - By Rolando Merino -
Candlelight Stories - Children's Stories, Audiobooks, eBooks and Games -
Children's Bible -
Children's Books Online the Rosetta Project, Inc. -
Children's Literature & Language Arts Resources Menu Page -
Clifford's Interactive Storybooks -
Cyberkids Multimedia -
Dolch Word Reading Books -
Don't Count Rhinoceroses -
Don't Eat Your Dinner -
Dream Box -
Dreamhouse Nursery Bookcase Mother Goose Alphabetical Index -
E-Books for Primary Students -
Etext Center Collections -
FableVision Place - AWARD WINNING SITE!! Visit the Fable Library for online stories and tune in to Fable Radio to hear stories online. GREAT FOR READING BUDDIES!
Global Story Train -
Help! Meow . . Meow . . -
High Noon -
How the Leopard Got His Spots - Rudyard Kipling -
Hugs -
Ika's Stories -
International Children's Digital Library - Read free children books online -
Internet Public Library Story Hour -
Jayzee Bear -
Kid Wizard -- Interactive Story about Wizards, Magical Creatures and Kids -
Kid's-Channel -
Kids Space -
Kids Who Read -
Kids' Corner - Featuring the Stories of Beatrix Potter (and more!) -
Kidsreads.com -
Lil' Fingers Storybooks -
Magic Keys -
Miss Kitty's Story Book -
MrStorytime.com - Animated and Narrated Educational -
Nursery Rhymes -
Online Literature Library - Classics at the Online Literature Library -
Princess Sleepyhead -
Rattic in the Attic -
Read The North Star -
Reading Rainbow . Books PBS Kids -
Scholastic.comCaptain Underpants -
Sesame Street - Stories -
Small Stories for Little People -
Spectrum Home and School Network - Book Club -
Stories from the Web -
Stories to Grow By - More stories!
StoryPlace - The Children's Digital Library -
StoryPlace Pre-school Library -
Storydog -
Storyville - A big compilation of stories!
The Big Mouth -
The Early Elementary Library -
The Kennedy Center's Storytime Online -
The Official Robert Munsch Website -
The PeaceKIDz Story Center -
Tie Your Shoe -
TumbleBooks - eBooks for eKids! -
Wacky Web Tales -
Wear Your Helmet, Teddy! -
Welcome to Book-Pop Books -
What Do I Say An Animal Book - EnchantedLearning.com -

Literacy Help
BBC - Schools - 4 to 11 years Literacy -
BBC - Starship - English - Homepage -
Beginning Reading - This site offers a beginning reading program which includes printable Free Worksheets and beginning reading printable books.
Beginning To Read - PRESCHOOL to GRADE 2 - READ*WRITE*NOW Activities for Reading and Writing Fun! Can be done in the HOME or at school. Can be used as a Connection between HOME AND SCHOOL.
Book Buddy -
Dolch Reading Words -
Early Literacy Resources - This is an EXCELLENT site full of information that provides an overview of balanced literacy for parents, educators, and all who want to familiarize themselves with this concept. Created by Carol and Terry of the TELUS Learning Connection.
Invitations to Literacy - Kindergarten themes from Houghton Mifflin's Invitations to Literacy program. Choose a theme name to find theme-related extension activities, links to relevant Web sites, and an up-to-date bibliography of supplementary readings.
Learn To Read -
Learn to Read at Starfall - Starfall is a creative website designed to teach children to read. It features interactive books and phonics games and printouts.
Learn to Read at Starfall - teaching comprehension and phonics -
Literacy Stations - Wonderful site made by a 1st grade teacher for ideas in your classroom.
Reading Is Fundamental Reading Planet Read Along Stories -
Recorded Stories -
Speed Reading Test Online -
WE READ - Literacy & Education for Life -
Webbing Into Literacy - Can be used as a Home/School Early Literacy connection.

Phonics Games
Clifford Flash Vowels -
Quia - Match The Phonogram -
Reading & Phonics Activity - This phonics site has beginning and ending, as well as short vowel sounds. Children will click on the pictures with the same sound as, for instance, short u in tub. Very much like colorful, interactive online worksheets.
Reading-n-Phonics -
Sadlier-Oxford Activity Center - Great interactive phonics & word study activities for students & teachers!
See 'N Spell Blends -
See 'N Spell Digraphs -
See 'N Spell Long Vowels -
See 'N Spell More Vowels -
See 'N Spell Plurals -

Activites & Fun Stuff
ALFY - Brain Train - Trading Places -
Arthur . Games . Binky's Story Scramble PBS Kids -
Ask Jeeves for Kids - Search engine, question format, child-safe
Author Jan Brett's WebSite - A great place for ideas! Lots of printable materials and activities for children.
BBC - The Little Animals Activity Centre - Digby Mole's end sounds game -
Ben N' Jerry's Online Games - Fun stuff!
Between the Lions . Games PBS Kids -
Bob the Builder -
Britannica Online - Encyclopedia Britannica, dictionary and thesaurus all in one!
Clifford's Concentration -
Clifford's Confusable Letters -
Count On! - Count On offers mathematical activities ranging from simple interactive counting games to explorations involving logic and problem solving.
Crayola Creativity Central -
Digital Library - A list of thousands of online books to read!
DiscoverySchool's Puzzlemaker allows kids to make crossword puzzles online. -
DogPile - Cool search engine just for kids!
Drag and Drop game. Match all the words -
E -Nature - Kudos to the National Audobon Society for this great site. Access to field guides for more than 4800 species of plants and animals.
Education Place- Kid's Games -
Fake Out! -
Fun Brain - Advertised to be the Internet's #1 site for K-8 students & teachers!
Fun Math Lessons - Math activities
FunBrain.com - Cookie Dough Spell the Number Day -
Funbrain.com Vocabulary -
Funbrain.com Word Detective Word Search Game -
Funology! - Funology is the science of having fun.
Harpers Children- Have Some Fun! -
Hoot's original picture book stories - games,puzzles,cartoons,activities,music -
Houghton Mifflin Reading Kids' Place -
Just for Kids Book Search - Site is great for kids to look for books!
Kid's Search Tools - Direct access several kid-safe search engines
KidZone- National Wildlife Federation -
Kids Love to Learn! - Supplemental help for kids on homework, with awesome educational tools at your fingertips!
KidsClick Search Engine - KidsClick is a search engine for kids developed by librarians.
Kidtastic! -
Knowledge Network -
Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun -
LearningPlanet.com - Rats! Game -
Little Explorers Picture Dictionary - Use with reading buddies or just to look up a definition anytime!
Main Idea -
Making Books with Children with Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord -
Marc Brown's ARTHUR site: ACTIVITY CORNER - Activities Index in all subject areas!
Math in Everyday Life - Math real world applications
National Geographic for Kids - Excellent resource and fun learning activities!
Online Activities -
Online stories, games and activities at FletcherHill -
Oxford Primary Funzone -
Primary Puzzles -
PrimaryGames.com -
PrimaryGames.com Bookshelf -
Puzzles in Education - Puzzle of the Week -
Read Write Think Wordmaker -
Reading Rainbow. Games PBS Kids -
Science Bob - A great resource site for science at the elementary & middle school levels.
Scrambled Poetry -
Scribbles - Lots of stories to read online!
See 'N Spell  Short Vowels -
Soda Constructor - This site is kind of a two-dimensional erector set that lets you choose a shape, put it into motion, and then tweak it by taking away gravity, speeding it up and more.
Solve Word Puzzles and Play Interactive Word Games On-Line -
Spelling Test -
Spin & Spell -
Sunshine Online Korky's Cool Rhyme Machine -
Test Tutor -
The Cats In Line Activity Page -
The Little Animals Activity Center - Make crafts, play word, number and music games, read stories, and more. These interactive activities are designed to reinforce material that children are learning in school.
The Little Animals Activity Centre -
The Magic Key - Adventures -
Think.com - Students and staff can build their own websites here!
Tiger Aki animated storybooks and Games -
Weekly Reader Online -
Word Chunks -
Word Games and Puzzles Online from A Game A Day -
Word Scrambles -
Words and Pictures -
Yahooligans - Child-safe search engine

Teacher Resources & Planning
5 Essential Components of Reading - Research for teachers
A Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the Web - Step-by-step guide to critical thinking about websites for research
A Peek into Our Room - Setting up a new classroom. Do give Mrs. Bonthuis's Kindergarten Class a Peek!
A WebQuest About Evaluating Websites - Webquest about evaluating websites
ABC Teach - Free printable pages and worksheets for teachers
Author Chris Van Allsburg's Website - Peeks at his books and background information.
Bartleby.com - Encyclopeida, dictionaries thesaurus, etc
Blue Web'n - Online library of 1900 sites categorized by subject, for teachers.
Blue Web'n Site Evaluation Rubric - Rubric for evaluating website information
Can Teach! - Great Resource for Parents & Teachers!
Challange 2000 Project-Based Learning Website - Project-based teaching and learning, including samples
Debra Reymundo's Presentation Files - Techie stuff for teachers
Dositey.com educational programs -
Education World -
Eric Carle Teacher Resource File - Great site from Author Eric Carle!
Evaluating Web Resources - Evaluating web resources
Evaluation Checklist - Guide to evaluate web information
Filamentality - Tech assistance for noon-techie teachers, website creation, etc.
Graphic Organizers -
Handwriting for Kids - Worksheets online to help students tackle Manuscipt or Cursive letters. Sheets include months of the year, days of the week, and basic sentences.
Index of Academic Projects & WebQuests for Teachers - Index of webquests and other online help for teachers .
Kathy Schrock Guide for Educators - Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
Kathy Schrock's Evaluation Forms - Forms for evaluating website information
KidPub - Children's publishing
Kindergarten Resources - Great resources for teachers and parents!
Knowledge Network Explorer - For teachers: numerous pre-designed webquests in multi-subjects
Lesson Plans - Over 2,500 free lesson plans
Michelle's Place - Your one stop shop for kindergarten information!
Microsoft Lesson Plan Help -
Mr. Fontanella's K-1st Grade Loop! - A look inside his classroom. Great site!
NCLB Desktop Reference - NCLB reference
National Council for Teaching Mathematics - These are online math activities. They are awesome tools for remediation, challenge, and building fundamental math skills!
National Library of Virtual Math Manipulatives - Math games and help
No Child Left Behind: Fact Sheets - NCLB reference
PBS Teacher Source - General curriculum lesson plans
Parental Involvement Improves Student Achievement - For parents: How to get involved in your child's education
Project Based Learning - Customizable rubrics for multi-intelligence projects
Read Write Think - Providing educators & students access to the highest quality practices & resources in reading & language arts instruction.
Reading Village - Reading resources for teachers
Ref Desk - General reference
Research It! - Internet research sources
Research Tools - Comprehensive collection of reference links and research tools.
RubiStar - RubiStar is a free tool to help a teacher make quality rubrics.
Rubric Examples - Sample rubrics for assessment
Rubrics for Web Lessons - Rubrics for web lessons for teachers
TN Dept of Education K-12 Curriculum Guide - This is the official site for the state of Tennessee. There are many helpful guides for teaching & learning, especially 'A Blueprint for Learning'.
TN Education Resources -
Teach-nology - The web portal for Educators
Tennessee State Library & Archives -
The Big World Wide WebQuest - Webquest help and examples
The Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication - An information repository of the Indiana University School of Education.
The Invisible Web - Assistance in aiding students in learnig the web, specifically how search engines work.
The Kindergarten Connection - Dedicated to providing valuable resources to primary teachers. A network of Educational Resources & Materials.
The Official DIBELS Home Page - Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
Topics in Early Reading - Numerous resources for teachers concerning reading research
Word Search Maker - Word search generator
World of Kindergarten - Links from a fellow teacher for things you might need in your Kindergarten classroom.
Your Dictionary - Various dictionaries, all on one website
iTools - Various internet tools
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Last revised Mon Feb 19 11:03:56 US/Pacific 2007