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Museum Box
- develop a virtual box of information on people, times, or events in history
Wallwisher
- online bulletin board, interactive with lots of possibilities: See
105 Ideas for Wallwisher
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Nik's Learning Technology Blog on Using Online Sticky Noticeboards
- provides great tutorial on Wallwisher
Google Lit Trips
- Use Google Earth to discover where in the world stories take them
Wordle
- create word clouds from text you input.
Tagxedo
- Word Clouds made into pictures
Skype an Author Network
We Make Stories
- make your own stories
Using Google Docs in the Classroom -
short presentation with 24 ways to use Google docs in your classroom
Prezi.com-
create cool presentations
Kerpoof Studio -
create stories and scenes
Storybird
- create short stories with friends and family
Voicethread
- create and share projects
Bubbl.us
- mind mapping online
Printable Stories
Rare Book and Children's Literature
- printable books
Bookbox
- Free PDF stories
Highlights for Kids
- printable stories
Short Stories for Children
-pick a book, then print
Learning Island printable books
Online Leveled Books-
samples from eduplace.com & can be printed
Goodnight Stories
Miscellaneous
Character Education Book Lists
- authentic literature that helps teach the character traits
Free Reading Comprehension Powerpoints
Forever Quest
- online graphic novel
Read Me a Book
- listen to stories online, letters and sounds of the day
Lightning Bug
- create a story from start to finish
The Lost Lunchbox
- a choose your own adventure story/game
Castaway
- another choose your own adventure story
Fairy Tales
- From We Tell Stories, help to write the choose your own adventure story
Mother Goose Club
- online nursery rhymes with audio suppor
Teacher Literacy Resources
Beth Newingham's Reading Workshop
The Daily Cafe
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The 2 Sisters
- from the authors of the Daily 5
Florida Center for Reading Research
- extensive site with review of programs and student center activities
Literacy 911
Mandy Gregory's Literacy Site
Leveled Book Database
Booklists for Reading Strategies-
lists of books to help you teach reading strategies
Mrs. McGowan's Reading Resources
Into The Book
- lessons, downloads, and videos for all strategies
Mosaic of Thought Resources
- find blackline masters for all reading strategies (5 Finger Rule bookmarks, posters, reading conference forms, lessons and more!)
Content Reading Strategies that Work
- Lots of useful information and ideas here!
Glenwood Intermediate School Teacher Resources
– resources listed by reading skill, has book lists too!
Jordan School District’s Balanced Literacy Website
- Wonderful tools to use
Getting Boys to Read
- my favorite site for ideas on getting boys to read. Follow the author, Mike McQueen, on Twitter too.
Guysread
- site by author John Scieszka. Offers teachers, parents and kids different types of titles and ways to get guys reading!
Gamquarium
- portal for learning games galore
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