Check out these great websites!
Explore all of these websites for list of books you may enjoy, tools to help
you learn vocabulary, and other things we will be exploring this year. This
list will be updated frequently, so check back often.
Free Rice
Give free rice to hungry people by playing a simple word game.
http://www.freerice.com
Noodletools
NoodleBib: MLA and APA bibliography composer with notecards. Free
software
to help students with the research process.
http://www.noodletools.com
Booktalks - Quick and Simple
List of books, including a short introduction, that may appeal to
middle
school readers.
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/5_8.htm
goodreads
Have you ever wanted a better way to:
•Get great book recommendations from people you know.
•Keep track of what you've read and what you'd like to read.
•Form a book club, answer book trivia, collect your favorite
quotes
http://www.goodreads.com/
Black Eyed Susan Books
http://www.maslmd.org/awards_other.php
Know it All
Welcome
Hey!!... You've found the home page of the Know-it-All web site
We want to help you pass those exams...
so we've got together with some experts to give you some really
cool tips and
neat ways to beat the boredom (yawn) and stress (aaaagh!!) of
exam time.
http://www.nwlg.org/pages/resources/knowitall/index.htm
Reluctant readers index
Reluctant readers, those students who don't enjoy reading and
often don't read well, need books that offer them high-interest
content at an easier reading level.
Titles listed below meet reluctant readers' needs for suspense
and excitement, and range in readability from fourth to eighth
grades.
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/tgindx/reluctant.html
Lists of Terrific Books
TeachersFirst is proud to provide resouces to help your students
participate in Read Across America. We have reading lists,
storytelling ideas, and story collections that can make reading
more fun and interesting for students at any age.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/raa.html
What is Read Print?
Free online books library for students, teachers, and the classic
enthusiast.
Absolutely FREE online books
Thousands of novels, poems, stories
Easy to read books online
http://www.readprint.com/
Careers You Never Knew Existed!!!
http://www.thefunworks.org/
The Problem Site
At The Problem Site, you can play educational games and daily
puzzles, find interesting reference pages, and engage in fun
problem solving activities. There are word games, math games,
math problems, mystery quests, and many other free educational
resources.
http://www.theproblemsite.com/default.asp
Save the Words
Appealing to the eye is a wall of gaffiti consisting of
individual words. Really cool!
http://www.savethewords.org/
Poetry Foundation
Find a poem by poet, category, occasion, title, first line,or
glossary term. This site also has a "Poem of the Day" to read and
also to listen to.
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/
Brainyflix
Boring vocabulary - NO MORE! This site has really goofy videos
and pictures to help you learn new words. Check it out at least
once - I guarantee you will be surprised and amused!
http://www.brainyflix.com/
James Patterson's Read Kiddo Read
Many lists of books guaranteed to make your kids' mouths water.
The books are sorted by genre and age. The site also recommends a
ton of other books you may like based on books you have already
read and enjoyed. It also links you to amazon.com and other
websites so that you can purschase the book.
Howard County Library
Besides looking for books, you can also get homework help through
this site.
http://www.hclibrary.org/
Shahi is a visual dictionary that combines Wiktionary content
with Flickr images, and more!
http://blachan.com/shahi/
Scholastic Book Wizard
Search for books based on your reading level, topic, or genre.
This site also will give you a list of books you might enjoy
based on books you have already read.
http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do?ESP=TBW/ib//acq/tbw_slimnav_Teachers///nav/txtl////