Kentucky Virtual Library

Reading

Awesome Stories

Written by trial lawyers, this site uses historical documents and simplified stories to examine historical events, the real story behind movies, etc.

Big Dog's Grammar

An online guide to grammar which includes a self-test, information on how to write citations, and links to other grammar resources.

Book Adventure

This site is a reading incentive program aimed at students in grades K-8. It lists books by level and includes educational resources and interactive tools for teachers and librarians.

Book Links - Connecting Books, Libraries, and Classrooms.

This e-journal provides articles and information for teachers and librarians interested in using children's literature in the classroom.

Brain Bashers This site provides logic puzzles, riddles, optical illusions, and games. It's great for middle school students.

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site

This site was designed with the teacher in mind. It includes book reviews, use of children's literature in the curriculum, authors and illustrators and more.

Children's Book Council Online

"The Children's Book Council (CBC) is a non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of children's books, and is the official sponsor of Young People's Poetry Week and Children's Book Week each year. The Council's Members include U.S. publishers and packagers of trade books for children and young adults.

Children's Literature Web Guide

This comprehensive site includes resources for teachers, parents, storytellers, writers and illustrators. Some of the lists of award winners are dated. The most recent additions seem to be 1999 award winners (8/21/01).

Horn Book

This site provides critical articles, reviews and essays on children's literature.

ISLMC Children's Literature and Language Arts Resources

"Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) Children's Literature and Language Arts index page. This page focuses on children's literature in education. Teachers, library media professionals, parents and students will find information on children's literature and associated language arts here." This site focuses on the use of children's literature in education. It includes teaching ideas and lesson plans.

Language Arts for Kindergarten

This page has links to games for kindergarten students to learn their letters, write stories, etc. It has sounds and uses Shockwave to make the activities fun and interactive.

Language Arts for First Grade

This page has several links for first grade students to learn their letters and words. It has sounds and used Shockwave to make the activities fun and interactive.

ReadingLady.com

A website which provides activities and lessons which promote a balanced daily reading writing concept. Available on this site are print outs encouraging learners of all intelligences.
Level - Elementary School
Recommended by - Carolyn Ferrell, Betsy Layne Elementary

Scholastic

Scholastic's website includes lesson plans and reproducibles, professional teacher resources, online activities and information about books and authors.

School Library Journal

This site provides articles, best book lists and an index to reviews going back to 1995.

Spell Check

Students will learn how to spell in this fun, interactive game. They can choose the level of difficulty and the computer will keep score. There is no sound.

Word Central

Developed by Merriam-Webster, Word Central is a multimedia dictionary that students will love.