Reading

Reading Strategies & Links
Websites are a great source of materials for students who are at different levels in reading goals. In addition to the goal areas, you sometimes need a game or activity to reinforce a concept. If you find something that's fun or useful--feel free to add it! You may also find atricles and information on research in reading. Websites come and go, so if you find one here that is no longer working--delete it!

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Literature ideas
@http://www.searchlit.org/elibrary/tagCloudSubjects.php (word cloud to link to literature related to key word in cloud—it’s fun)

Vocabulary ideas
@http://quizlet.com/ @http://www.freerice.com/ []

This is an elementary level application but has some good strategies and ideas that can be adapted to our level with a little imagination @http://reading.ecb.org/teacher/index.html

**Heartland Online Resources** **EBSCO** **World Book Online**
 * Lexile Reading Level
 * Grade Span Encyclopedias
 * Different Interface and Features for each Encyclopedia
 * Searchasaurus, K-5
 * Kids Search, 6-8 (Detailed Search)
 * Student Research Center 6-12 (Advanced Search)
 * Translates Text
 * Students Hear Text Read
 * Double-click for Definition of Words
 * Different Interface and Features for each Encyclopedia
 * World Book Kids
 * World Book Students
 * World Book Advance
 * eBooks
 * Primary Sources

netTrekker
A listing of web sites recommended by educators __**Zamzar**__ Free online file conversion:
 * Read Outloud
 * Readability
 * Languages
 * Documents
 * Images
 * Music
 * Video
 * Conversion Types