Reading Resources to help your student become a lifelong reader.
Articles on encouraging reading (click on link to view article):
- 5 Ways to Encourage Reading
- 10 Gifts that Encourage Reading
- 25 Fun Ways to Encourage Reading
- Tips for Reluctant Readers
Questions you can ask when reading to your students:
Reading Comprehension and Analysis Questions: This document contains 20 different types of reading questions for Literary passage Comprehension (LC), Literary Analysis (LA), Informational passage Comprehension (IC), and Informational Analysis (IA). Literary passages include stories, biographies, and narratives. Informational Passages are more like Times for Kids article, National Geographic articles, etc. These same questions are used on the Reading Washington Assessment for Student Learning (WASL) in grades 3, 4, and 5.
Web Sites to help you choose books:
Award winning books
Reading Games Web Sites for Younger Students:
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Starfall (appropriate for Preschool through First Grade) http://www.starfall.com/
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PBS Kids (appropriate for emergent readers, Preschool through first grade) http://pbskids.org/lions/games/
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Interactive Phonics and Word Study Center http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm
Reader’s Theater’s Scripts
Books on Tape/Audio Books- perfect for rainy days, car rides and car trips
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i-Tunes has free Podcasts of audio books and countless audio books that can be downloaded and purchased.