Reading

Reading Units
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/units/units_with_books.htm

Lesson Plans for Children's Books
http://members.aol.com/DonnAnCiv/Literature.html

S.C.O.R.E. CyberGuides
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html

Glencoe Literature: Literature Library
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/index.html

SparkNotes Study Guides
http://www.sparknotes.com/home/english/

Novel Studies in the Classroom
http://www.nt.net/~torino/novels3.html

Children’s Authors & Illustrators on the Web
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html

Literacy Lessons by Laura Chandler
http://home.att.net/~teaching/litlessons.htm

Online Activities

Book Pop - Online books and stories
http://www.bookpop.com/

Clifford Interactive Storybooks
http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/

Literacy Lane from Jefferson County Schools, TN
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/read/

30 Printable Books - Some with Worksheets from Reading A-Z
http://www.readinga-z.com/newfiles/preview.html

Here's a few sites that have resources for determining the reading
level of text:

1. OKAPI Readability Statistics Tools (copy and paste text and it provides
an estimated reading level using Spach (Grades 1-3) or Dale-Chall (Grades 4
and up) readability formula.  This is my favorite because it also has an
option to print the text out as an "assessment probe", ready for the
students to read aloud while you listen along on your own copy (with lots of
formatting options).  Very helpful for quick reading observations!
http://www.interventioncentral.org/htmdocs/tools/okapi/okapi.shtml

Visit the "Tools" Homepage of this site to use other assessment and
diagnostic tools  http://www.interventioncentral.org/tools.shtml

2. Reading Level Calculator  http://linda-andrews.com/readability_tool.htm
(There's an underscore between readibility and tool in this address).

3. KidsClick Searchengine  http://www.kidsclick.org (this search engine
reports search results with an annotation that estimates grade level ranges
from Grades K-2, Grades 3-6, and Grades 7+) and it's pretty accurate.  It
also tells you about amount of pictures on the site (a little or a lot)

4. Readability Issues to Consider: An article at
http://www.timetabler.com/reading.html  reminds us that elements other than
text level influence the actual "readability" of information for students.

5. To use the readability tool in Microsoft Word, first make sure the
readability option is set.  To do this, go to Tools (at the top menu), then
choose "Spelling and Grammar", select the Options button and make sure the
option "show readability statistics" is checked at the end of the list
beneath the "Grammar" heading.  Click OK.
To check the readability, type in a passage of text (it has to be more than
100 words to be more accurate), run through the spelling/grammar checker by
selecting Tools, then Spelling and Grammar. At the end of the check, you'll
get a grey box that reports word count, many other options and at the
bottom, the estimated Flesh-Kincaid Grade Level.

6.  http://www.educational-psychologist.co.uk/fry_readability_program.htm
It take a few minutes to get use to.