Children's Authors:

•Audrey Wood Clubhouse:  Fun site where you can find out how picture books are made.  Lots of interesting activities.
http://www.audreywood.com/http://www.audreywood.com/

•Authors & Illustrators on the Web:  Extensive list of links to favorite authors and illustrators who have links on the web. Extensive list of links to favorite authors and illustrators who have links on the web.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html 

•Eric Carle Web Site:  Visit this site dedicated to the art and books of this fabulous author and illustrator.
http://www.eric-carle.com/

•Jan Brett's Home Page: At this site you will find activities and coloring pages that are related to Jan Brett's award winning books for young children.
http://www.janbrett.com/

•Robert Munsch:  Visit this site to interact with this wonderful children's author and his hilarious books!
http://www.robertmunsch.com/

•Giggle Poetry: This #1 fun poetry site for kids allows kids to read funny poems, rate poems, meet authors, and enter poetry contests.  Poems are grouped by topic and are sure to tickle your funny bone.
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

•Grandpa Tucker’s Rhymes & Tales: Great site for K-3 kids. Lots of poems, rhyming activities and songs.
http://www.night.net/tucker

•Kids Jokes: A collection of over 9000 jokes just for kids!  Categorized by topic.
http://www.kidsjokes.co.uk/

•Nursery Rhymes: This Enchanted Learning site offers lots of nursery rhymes from rebus rhymes to printouts.  Great site for the PK-1 classroom!
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Rhymes.html

•Poetry Pals: A resource site that encourages literacy, technology skills, and global awareness.  Read poems written by others and get guidelines for writing your own poetry.
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/5165/index1.html

•Poetry Writing with Writers: Visit this site for step-by-step workshops in poetry writing with Jack Prelutsky, Karla Kuskin, or Jean Marzollo. Publish the poems you create!
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm

•Poetry Zone: Welcome Poets! If you're between 4 and 18 years old send your poem to The Poetry Zone. Here you'll find the best young people's poetry, as well as poems and interviews by some of the best children's poets around.
http://www.poetryzone.ndirect.co.uk/index2.htm

•RhymeZone:  This site allows students to find rhyming words, synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and more for words.  Probably best to use with grades 3-12 - may be a difficult for younger students.
http://rhyme.lycos.com/

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Working with Words:

•3D Dictionary of Technology Vocabulary: Visual dictionary of technology vocabulary.
http://www.maran.com/dictionary/

•Fake Out: Can you create definitions for fake words? Give it a try! http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/

•Go for Grammar Gold: You can find lots of grammar activities for grades K-5.
http://www.hbschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/goforgold.html

•Little Explorer's Picture Dictionary: Online picture dictionary for younger students.  Teachers and parents, be sure to click on the activities link for ideas for using the dictionary with your children.  The dictionary can be accessed in several languages.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html

•NoodleTools: NoodleBib is an interactive bibliography composer that assists in the creation of a bibliography and Noodle Quest assists you in organizing an online search for information related to a specific research topic.
http://www.noodletools.com/

•Harcourt Spelling: You can find lots of spelling activities for grades K-6.
http://www.hbschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/goforgold.htmlhttp://www.hbschool.com/menus/harcourt_brace_spelling.html

•Where’s That From: Great activity where kids are given 10 randomly selected word origin or word definition puzzles to solve. Great for vocabulary development and parts of speech. Will send kids scrambling for a dictionary.
http://www.etymologic.com

•Word Central: Great online dictionary, that provides a buzz word of the day - great for vocabulary development.  You can subscribe to receive the word through e-mail each day or just log on each day.  Great rhyming and poetry activities and a create your own dictionary word feature that's lots of fun for creative minds!
http://www.wordcentral.com/

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Reading:

•Book Adventure: A FREE, reading incentive program dedicated to encouraging kids in grades K-8 to read. With the help of Rex Reader and Bailey Bookmark, kids have more than 5,000 of the most popular and acclaimed titles from which to choose. Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and is a non-profit organization. Take the tour for an overview, then sign on!
http://www.bookadventure.org/

•Candlelight Stories: Interactive stories for children sponsored by Barnes & Noble. Accepts submissions from authors and illustrators from around the world. Uses Shockwave.
http://www.candlelightstories.com

•Harcourt's Treasury of Literature: Check out this site to discover great reading activities for grades K-6.
http://www.hbschool.com/menus/treasury_of_literature.html

•Read In!: Check out this site and sign up to participate in one of the best online reading projects. Read In! is a one-day event of online activities with students participating with others around the world! Lots of authors will participate live that day!
http://www.readin.org

•Reading Village: Take the tour for a great overview of this wonderful reading resource.  It is a commercial-free website designed by education and child development experts to improve children's reading, writing, and thinking skills while they play.  After the tour, enter the village and click on the treehouse to select a story.
http://www.readingvillage.com/index_flash.html

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Writing & Publishing:

•6 + 1 Writing Traits Lessons:   Choose a grade level; choose a trait.  Get great lesson plans you can use in your classroom!
http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/lessonplans.asp?odelay=2&d=1

•6-Trait Writing:  This site sponsored by the Kent School District provides examples of the six writing traits:  Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Conventions.  You can find writing samples and lesson plans.
http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/ljancola/6Trait/6-trait.html

•Create Your Scenario: Designed for younger students (K-2). Students can create their own plays, from selecting the characters to writing dialogue! 
http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/1a/11a.html

•Easy Bib:  Use this free and easy bibliography maker.
http://www.easybib.com/

•Ideas for Writers:  This site sponsored by Harcourt provides models, graphic organizers, projects, and a variety of writing prompts and suggestions that help students discover and develop ideas for their writing. Six major writing forms are explored for each grade. (1-5) http://www.hbschool.com/activity/language_arts/ideasforwriters_preview/index.html

•KidAuthors: A creative place for kids to share their stories and poems with people around the world, including friends and family. They can also read stories and poems written by other kids, participate in surveys, and rate the stories and poems they read.
http://www.kidauthors.com/

•Online Writing Lab:  This site from Purdue University provides everything you need to know about grammar, punctuation and spelling.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html

•Power Proofreading:  Use your proofreading skills to edit scripts at a TV station!  Lots of fun!  
http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/proofread/index.html

•Storybook Creations: At this site click  on story creation and children can customize stories from a wide selection of choices.  They can even make themselves the main character!  The stories can be printed.
http://www.searsportrait.com/Home/index.asp

•TAKS Writing Rubrics - TEA:  Find out how the TAKS writing test is scored with this TEA rubric.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/taks/rubrics/writing.pdf

•Wacky Web Tales:  Try your hand at creating your own wacky tales! http://www.eduplace.com/tales/

•Writer's Window: This site gives students tips, strategies and ideas for writing a story, poem or review or for researching a topic.  Students may also join in on a continuous story or publish their work.
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/writers/home.html

•Writing with Barry Lane:  Find dozens of revision lesson plan ideas by author and educator, Barry Lane.. Go to "Kids Click Here" for a place to publish student work.
http://www.discoverwriting.com/lessons.html

•Writing Process with 6-Traits:  Great site that provides ideas and lessons for the writing process and each of the six writing traits.  Good Quicktime movie of the writing process!
http://www.psesd.wednet.edu/write_process/WritingMac/writepr.htm

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Books & Book Characters:

•Arthur’s Home Page: Children can visit the online home of Arthur, the world’s most famous aardvark.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/arthur/

•Berenstain Bears: This exciting sites contains interactive books, character information, games, and activities. You can also write to the characters.
http://www.berenstainbears.com

•Clifford: Children can visit the online home of Clifford, the Big Red Dog
http://pbskids.org/clifford/

•Goosebumps: Kids will love this site about the popular series. Lots of fun links and book information.
http://www.scholastic.com/goosebumps/

•Little House on the Prairie: Visit this site for lots of information about Laura Ingalls Wilder and all the Little House books.  Primary source documents, photos, and articles are available, as are links to other Little House sites.
http://www.vvv.com/~jenslegg/index.htm

•Scholastic Kids: From this site access web sites for all your favorite stories and characters - Harry Potter; Clifford, the Big Red Dog; The Magic Schoolbus, etc!
http://www.scholastic.com/kids/index.htm

•Seussville: Learn about the life and works of Dr. Seuss. Students can participate in activities and help celebrate the 50th birthday of The Cat in the Hat!
http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/
 

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Compiled by: Julie Sanders, Technology Specialist - Rees Elementary (Thanks, Julie!)

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