AIG Reading
Into the Book
Into the Book is a website that helps you practice the following skills:
- Summarizing (tell what's important)
- Inferring (figure out what it really means from clues in the text)
- Making Connections (connect text to other texts, to yourself, and the world)
- Synthesizing (put the pieces together to see them in a new way)
- Prior Knowledge (use what you already know to understand something new)
- Evaluating (make judgments about what you read and explain why)
- Questioning (ask questions to understand what you are reading)
- Visualizing (create a movie in your mind while reading)
- Strategies Together (use strategies together to reveal more meaning in the text)
Text Structure
Jeopardy
Hoop Shoot
Rags to Riches
Review Game Zone
Text Structure Practice 1 (don't submit your name - skip that slide)
Text Structure Practice 2 (don't submit your name - skip that slide)
Text Structure Practice 3 (don't submit your name - skip that slide)
Text Structure Jeopardy Game 1
Text Structure Jeopardy Game 2
Text Structure Jeopardy Game 3
Text Structure Battleship Game
Captions Tell a Story
Text Structures Galore
Hoop Shoot
Rags to Riches
Review Game Zone
Text Structure Practice 1 (don't submit your name - skip that slide)
Text Structure Practice 2 (don't submit your name - skip that slide)
Text Structure Practice 3 (don't submit your name - skip that slide)
Text Structure Jeopardy Game 1
Text Structure Jeopardy Game 2
Text Structure Jeopardy Game 3
Text Structure Battleship Game
Captions Tell a Story
Text Structures Galore
Text Evidence / Using Evidence to Support Claims
Learning Farm - Listen to the explanation and practice
Theme
Poetry
Reader's Bill of Rights
| readers_bill_of_rights.pdf |
Other Websites to Explore:
Children's Literature Web Guide - The Children's Literature Web Guide is a website that gathers together and categorizes the growing number of Internet resources related to books for children and young adults. Much of the information that you can find through these pages is provided by others: fans, schools, libraries, and commercial enterprises in the book world.
Daily Grammar - Daily Grammar is a fun, convenient way to learn grammar. By simplifying complex grammar subjects, Daily Grammar is a great instructional tool for all ages and skill levels. By practicing language rules, any person able to read will be able to master English grammar.
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature - The Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature (DAWCL) has more than 4,500 records from 56 awards across six English-speaking countries (United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, and Ireland). The user should be a librarian or a teacher intervening for a child-reader, although anyone may make use of it to find the best in children's literature including parents, book store personnel, and children and young adults.
ECCE ROMANI - ECCE ROMANI is an online Resource for students interested in studying Latin.
EDSITEment - This free curriculum website provides educators with lesson plans and web links for the humanities, including: arts and culture; literature and language arts; foreign languages; and, history and social studies. This site is a valuable resource for educators looking for creative ways to better teach the humanities. This educational partnership brings online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to the classroom.
Electronic Teaching Assistance Program (eTAP) - eTAP is a non-profit education corp., whose purpose is to provide K-12 curriculum for the core subjects of Mathematics, English, Science, and History on the world wide Internet. The instructional material is designed to assist students, teachers and parents. The Lessons can be used for students’ instruction and for parents and teachers as an aid to help their children and students.
English Page - English page is a free website to learn and improve English skills, providing lessons in grammar, vocabulary, speaking etc. The website can also be a resource for English teachers as it includes an exclusive corner for teachers.
Forvo - pronunciation guide - Forvo is the largest pronunciation guide in the world. Ever wondered how a word is pronounced? Ask for that word or name, and another user will pronounce it.
Free Vocabulary Words for Test Preparation - This website contains 5000 collegiate words with brief definitions designed to help you communicate effectively, be more persuasive, and even score higher on the SAT, GRE and other tests. An audio CD is also available for purchase.
GiftedSources.com - This website provides links to a number of gifted websites, including a listing of professional associations and news publications. There is also a listing of specific subject matter links on such topics as math, science and social studies.
Merriam-Webster Word Games and Quizzes - This website allows visitors to play a classic word game every day or visit our archive to play games you missed during the past two months.
New York Foundation for the Arts - Source - This site for the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has the nation's most extensive database of awards, services and publications for artists of all disciplines. NYFA Source identifies more than 2,700 awards, 2,100 services, 800 publications for artists in the disciplines of dance, music, folk/traditional, theater, performance art, visual, design, media and literary arts.
Nobelprize.org - This site is an introduction to past and present Nobel Laureates with articles written by Laureates, biographies, autobiographical essays and photos and video footage. Fascinating information into the lives of these accomplished intellectuals.
ReadWriteThink - In association with MarcoPolo, the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the Verizon Foundation, this website can be used as an effective language arts and reading resource for both teachers and students. This site is full of Internet-based content, including: a database of K-12 lesson plans, an index of student reading materials and a large database of English web resources.
Shakespeare for Kids: Activities for Children and Families - This website has everything Shakespeare for kids, including: Shakespeare challenges, scripts for kids, word games, fun facts, coloring and puzzles, information about Queen Elizabeth, and exhibits at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Hosted by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC.
STEAM-Powered Classroom - This website provides a number of resources. It’s emphasis is student-led, project-based learning in a hybrid (both home- and public-school) environment.
Verbling - This websites allows speakers of different languages to practice their language abilities with each other through video chat. Currently offering Spanish and English, the website plans to incorporate other languages in the future.
Tynker (available for ages 8+, 10+, 12+) - Self-paced courses motivate kids to bring their ideas to life with fun projects, customizable graphics and creativity tools. Built-in tutoring and guided lessons personalize the learning experience and enable kids to successfully learn and create on their own… There is a free version for teachers.
Daily Grammar - Daily Grammar is a fun, convenient way to learn grammar. By simplifying complex grammar subjects, Daily Grammar is a great instructional tool for all ages and skill levels. By practicing language rules, any person able to read will be able to master English grammar.
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature - The Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature (DAWCL) has more than 4,500 records from 56 awards across six English-speaking countries (United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, and Ireland). The user should be a librarian or a teacher intervening for a child-reader, although anyone may make use of it to find the best in children's literature including parents, book store personnel, and children and young adults.
ECCE ROMANI - ECCE ROMANI is an online Resource for students interested in studying Latin.
EDSITEment - This free curriculum website provides educators with lesson plans and web links for the humanities, including: arts and culture; literature and language arts; foreign languages; and, history and social studies. This site is a valuable resource for educators looking for creative ways to better teach the humanities. This educational partnership brings online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to the classroom.
Electronic Teaching Assistance Program (eTAP) - eTAP is a non-profit education corp., whose purpose is to provide K-12 curriculum for the core subjects of Mathematics, English, Science, and History on the world wide Internet. The instructional material is designed to assist students, teachers and parents. The Lessons can be used for students’ instruction and for parents and teachers as an aid to help their children and students.
English Page - English page is a free website to learn and improve English skills, providing lessons in grammar, vocabulary, speaking etc. The website can also be a resource for English teachers as it includes an exclusive corner for teachers.
Forvo - pronunciation guide - Forvo is the largest pronunciation guide in the world. Ever wondered how a word is pronounced? Ask for that word or name, and another user will pronounce it.
Free Vocabulary Words for Test Preparation - This website contains 5000 collegiate words with brief definitions designed to help you communicate effectively, be more persuasive, and even score higher on the SAT, GRE and other tests. An audio CD is also available for purchase.
GiftedSources.com - This website provides links to a number of gifted websites, including a listing of professional associations and news publications. There is also a listing of specific subject matter links on such topics as math, science and social studies.
Merriam-Webster Word Games and Quizzes - This website allows visitors to play a classic word game every day or visit our archive to play games you missed during the past two months.
New York Foundation for the Arts - Source - This site for the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has the nation's most extensive database of awards, services and publications for artists of all disciplines. NYFA Source identifies more than 2,700 awards, 2,100 services, 800 publications for artists in the disciplines of dance, music, folk/traditional, theater, performance art, visual, design, media and literary arts.
Nobelprize.org - This site is an introduction to past and present Nobel Laureates with articles written by Laureates, biographies, autobiographical essays and photos and video footage. Fascinating information into the lives of these accomplished intellectuals.
ReadWriteThink - In association with MarcoPolo, the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the Verizon Foundation, this website can be used as an effective language arts and reading resource for both teachers and students. This site is full of Internet-based content, including: a database of K-12 lesson plans, an index of student reading materials and a large database of English web resources.
Shakespeare for Kids: Activities for Children and Families - This website has everything Shakespeare for kids, including: Shakespeare challenges, scripts for kids, word games, fun facts, coloring and puzzles, information about Queen Elizabeth, and exhibits at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Hosted by the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC.
STEAM-Powered Classroom - This website provides a number of resources. It’s emphasis is student-led, project-based learning in a hybrid (both home- and public-school) environment.
Verbling - This websites allows speakers of different languages to practice their language abilities with each other through video chat. Currently offering Spanish and English, the website plans to incorporate other languages in the future.
Tynker (available for ages 8+, 10+, 12+) - Self-paced courses motivate kids to bring their ideas to life with fun projects, customizable graphics and creativity tools. Built-in tutoring and guided lessons personalize the learning experience and enable kids to successfully learn and create on their own… There is a free version for teachers.
