Great Reading Websites

Big Ideas
in Beginning Reading
http://reading.uoregon.edu/

Browse the following websites for some great reading tips.  These websites align with the National Reading Panel's recommendations of the critical components of reading-phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Phonemic Awareness and Phonic:

www.starfall.com

This is a great web site for both phonemic awareness and phonics.  The songs are sweet and the stories are short.

Fluency:

http://www.readingresource.net/readingfluencyactivities.html

Check out the bottom of this page for short fluency phrases.  They are very much like the Great Leaps phrases your child uses at school.

http://minibooks.scholastic.com/minibooks/home/?OS_ID=OS7-Google-MiniBooks-leveledreaders-elementary_school_readers-Broad

Scholastic has mini books that allow you and your child to practice fluency together in a fun way.

http://www.teachingheart.net/readerstheater.htm

This site has great scripts that are free.  You can use it for readers theater home performances.

Vocabulary:

Comprehension:

www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown This site provides lists of award winning children's books and suggestions for increasing reading comprehension.