Reading:
Resources:
Visuwords- online graphical dictionary- gives definitions, related words or concepts, and more
Reading is Fundamental- website that has tips and tricks to encourage good reading habits for students
**Teacher Tap** - website that has many links to authors and Illustrators for all levels of reading
Directory of Interactive Websites:
Reading Websites - Many websites for Reading and Language Arts skills
Instructional:
Best Practices Reading Strategies: a list of 20 reading strategies to assist teachers with authentic learning
Elementary Test Prep - Many different skills for Reading and Language Arts (very similar to Maryland VSCs)
Interactive Quizzes - The site has interactive quizzes for grades 3-5, & 8 in Reading & Language Arts
Kids' Lab - wonderful website for Reading skills (very similar to Maryland VSCs and Benchmarks)
Interactive Websites:
iknowthat.com - Great website for reading and language arts (and other content areas). You have to become a member but it is free.
PrimaryGames.com - Language Arts games for primary grades
Kaboose 1 - Reading games for ages 6 and up
Kaboose 2 - More reading games for ages 6 and up
Gameaquarium - tons of activities
FunBrain - activities for reading and other content areas
Interactive Graphic Organizers:
Graphic Organizers- over 15 graphic organizers in pdf format
Animal Graphic Organizer - 4 types of graphic organizers to study animals that you can choose from and you can print out a copy.
Compare & Contrast Graphic Organizer - Three different types of organizers to choose from and you can print it out a copy.
Drama Mapping - Graphic organizer for character map, conflict map, resolution map, and setting map
Shape book patterns - from Education Place (36 different shapes from food to animals to clothes to rainbows and more
Skills:
Compare & Contrast - a tutorial on how to compare and contrast objects, gives definitions, and examples of graphic organizers
Character Traits - make your own character trading cards that can be printed
Poetry - understanding poetry, rhyming dictionary, lessons, podcasts, and much more.
Text Features Interactive - online tutorial about text features
Text Features Practice - practice sheets for title, table of contents, index, and more
Graphic Organizers- many different printable graphic organizers in pdf format
Non-Fiction Text- choose the correct parts to make a non-fiction text
Reading Poetry- read some poems and answer questions about the poems
Houghton Mifflin: Grade 3
Kids's Place - Vocabulary games for the reading series
Spelling and Vocabulary - word lists for all elementary grades for the Houghton Mifflin Reading series.
Additional Spelling words - additional spelling word lists for every story in the anthology
Spelling City- online spelling program -teaches, practice, and tests spelling words - It is so COOL!!
Houghton Mifflin Theme Links - vocabulary, comprehension, spelling, and other activities that correlate with grade 3 themes
Websites: Houghton Mifflin - Grade 3 These sites can be used to help build background knowledge for the stories
