Literacy Resources
While reading with your child, the following documents provide a variety of questions you can ask your child to help them monitor if the are understanding what the text is saying (with-in-the-text questions) and if they are able to draw any connections to the text (beyond-the-text questions).
Power Reading - an approach to reading to help your student become a faster and more accurate reader
Helping your Child Read at Home - a document providing helpful tidbits about what you can do to guide your child in becoming a stronger reader
Good Fit Books:
Choosing "Good Fit" books is one of the most important first steps in aiding your student toward reading success! A good fit book is like a good fitting pair of shoes--not to big (too challenging), but not too small (too easy) either. Good Fit books follow the "I Pick" rule:
1) I- I choose the book.
2) P-The book fits my purpose. (To learn something in particular? Just for fun?)
3) I-The book fits my interest. (Be sure to explore both fiction and non fiction genres.)
4) C- The book fits my comprehension level. (I understand it.)
5) K-I know most of the words on a given page.
Online Interactive Books:
Bay Harbor Library
http://kjoynt.weebly.com/
https://wbb05901.follettshelf.com/quest/servlet/presentquestform.do?site=05901
Follet e books collection--search by subject, series, genre, and more!
Story Town Reading Collection:
At, Above, and Below Level; ELL as well:
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/reading/storytown/na/gr2/readers_9780153598586_/index.html
Strategic Intervention Readers:
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/reading/storytown/na/gr2/intervention_interactive_9780153598128_/grade_2.html
Nonfiction:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngyoungexplorer/moreissues.html
StoryLine Online and B&N Online Storytime (authors celebrities reading popular children's books):
http://www.storylineonline.net/
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/storytime/index.asp
Fairy Tales (Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, Perrault):
http://storynory.com/archives/fairy-tales/
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/
Folk Tales and Folklore:
http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/folk.html
http://www.americanfolklore.net/
From China: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/china.html
Global: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01340/index.html
Fables:
AESOP: http://us.penguingroup.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/aesop/index.html
AESOP: http://aesopfables.com/
Myths and Legends:
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/Home/home.html
http://www.windows2universe.org/mythology/stars.html
Japanese: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/japanlove.html#snowbride
Poetry:
Types of Poetry: http://www.kathimitchell.com/poemtypes.html
Use Magnets (to make one of the types of poetry you learned about in the above link): http://kids.magpogames.com/
Interpret and Create: http://adifferentplace.org/poetry.htm
Books for Beginning Readers:
http://tarheelreader.org/
While reading with your child, the following documents provide a variety of questions you can ask your child to help them monitor if the are understanding what the text is saying (with-in-the-text questions) and if they are able to draw any connections to the text (beyond-the-text questions).
Power Reading - an approach to reading to help your student become a faster and more accurate reader
Helping your Child Read at Home - a document providing helpful tidbits about what you can do to guide your child in becoming a stronger reader
Good Fit Books:
Choosing "Good Fit" books is one of the most important first steps in aiding your student toward reading success! A good fit book is like a good fitting pair of shoes--not to big (too challenging), but not too small (too easy) either. Good Fit books follow the "I Pick" rule:
1) I- I choose the book.
2) P-The book fits my purpose. (To learn something in particular? Just for fun?)
3) I-The book fits my interest. (Be sure to explore both fiction and non fiction genres.)
4) C- The book fits my comprehension level. (I understand it.)
5) K-I know most of the words on a given page.
- To tell if you know most of the words on a page, follow the 5-Finger Rule:
- Open the book to any page.
- Read the page, putting a finger up each time you encounter a word you are unable to decode (sound out).
- If you reach 5 or more fingers, the book is too big (too challenging) at this time.
Online Interactive Books:
Bay Harbor Library
http://kjoynt.weebly.com/
https://wbb05901.follettshelf.com/quest/servlet/presentquestform.do?site=05901
Follet e books collection--search by subject, series, genre, and more!
Story Town Reading Collection:
At, Above, and Below Level; ELL as well:
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/reading/storytown/na/gr2/readers_9780153598586_/index.html
Strategic Intervention Readers:
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/reading/storytown/na/gr2/intervention_interactive_9780153598128_/grade_2.html
Nonfiction:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngyoungexplorer/moreissues.html
StoryLine Online and B&N Online Storytime (authors celebrities reading popular children's books):
http://www.storylineonline.net/
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/storytime/index.asp
Fairy Tales (Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, Perrault):
http://storynory.com/archives/fairy-tales/
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/
Folk Tales and Folklore:
http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/folk.html
http://www.americanfolklore.net/
From China: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/china.html
Global: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01340/index.html
Fables:
AESOP: http://us.penguingroup.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/aesop/index.html
AESOP: http://aesopfables.com/
Myths and Legends:
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/Home/home.html
http://www.windows2universe.org/mythology/stars.html
Japanese: http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/japanlove.html#snowbride
Poetry:
Types of Poetry: http://www.kathimitchell.com/poemtypes.html
Use Magnets (to make one of the types of poetry you learned about in the above link): http://kids.magpogames.com/
Interpret and Create: http://adifferentplace.org/poetry.htm
Books for Beginning Readers:
http://tarheelreader.org/