| Literacy Links |
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| Tons of fun reading and math brain teasers to test your knowledge. |
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| Welcome to PBS Kids Online, home of your favorite PBS Kids characters with thousands of pages of learning and fun to explore. Play over 100 games! |
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| Reading is fun at the PBS Reading Rainbow site. Adventures, books, contests, games as well as the PBS TV schedule are found here. Great for the whole family. |
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| A digital library in English and/or Spanish. This interactive website is for preschool, elementary and older. It includes a digital library. This interactive website is for preschool, elementary and older. |
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| Get facts on hundreds of animals. Play some “wild games”, or look into the web of life. |
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| Search by age or subject and find fun things to do online! |
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| Lots of funny children's poems and poetry books, games, contests, discussion forums, and journals, plus a rhyming dictionary! |
| Engaging games and activities for all age groups! |
I Know That! |
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| This site is for Pre-K - sixth grade and has several different subject areas, including language arts. Join free to prevent a registration window from popping up each time you access the site, but it will allow you to skip that and go directly to the games. You can also join the website for additional activities and ad-free access for a fee but it is not necessary. The benefits of this site outweighs the disadvantage of seeing advertisements and clicking though a membership offer window each time. Parent supervision is recommended to prevent students from clicking on ads accidentally. |
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| INTERACTIVE WEBSITES FOR READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS |
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| This site targets specific skill areas when students need extra practice either at home or at school. |
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| On this website members of the screen actors guild (and others) read stories online through streaming video. The books are titles that students would see in the school library and may already be familiar with. A few of the people who have donated time to read a book online include: Al Gore (Brave Irene), Lou Phillips (Polar Express), Haylie Duff (Romeow & Drooliet) Jason Alexander (Dad, Are You the Tooth Fairy?) and many more. |
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| Interactive Literacy Links for Kids |
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| Accelerated Reader is a motivational reading program designed to help students improve their reading skills. Students set goals, read books, and take computerized tests to develop comprehension and greater reading ability. It is web-based. Click on the link to check if a title has a test available, the book level, and the points to be earned. You can also search to see if Blue Ridge has a test for a particular title here. |
