Book Adventure

Book Adventure is a free reading motivation program, where students take online quizzes for print books they have read.  Book Adventure offers prizes to students, based on the number of points they have accumulated.  Students can also print book lists, according to grade level and topic.

Click HERE for a sample parent letter and online tutorial about how to use Book Adventure.

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Into the Book

Into the Book describes itself as a reading comprehension resource for K - Grade 4 students and teachers.  Students complete online interactive activities that focus on the eight reading strategies (prior knowledge, making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring, summarizing, evaluating, and synthesizing).  Students can print or email their work for assessment or sharing.  Each strategy is accompanied by a teacher guide with additional lessons, book suggestions, and links.  I plan to use this site as a starting point for teaching individual reading strategies.  The student video episodes look great, but what I appreciate the most are the teacher tools.

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Studiyo

Create quizzes for your website or blog at Studiyo.

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Quizlet

Some classmates in my LTT graduate program shared this useful site today...

Quizlet describes its teacher features as providing students with a study tool, sharing study materials online with classes, generating photocopy-ready flashcards, hosting a group where students can create and discuss study materials, and notifying students by email when you've posted new study materials.  I plan to use Quizlet to create practice quizzes to help my students classify vertebrates and match animals to their characteristics.  Initially, we can project the quizzes onto a smartboard and do them together, but students will learn to work independently or with a partner in the computer lab or on their home computers.

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Spellingcity

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Spellingcity is a valuable spelling resource for both students and teachers.  Simply create a free account, enter your spelling lists for the year, and the rest is up to your students!  Students can access the lists by searching for your last name on the Spellingcity homepage.  They can listen to the words being read aloud, play online games using the words, or print paper and pencil activities for at-home practice.  Students who are absent during the test (and those who have fine motor difficulties) can take the test online and print a graded copy to hand into the teacher.    I have been using Spellingcity for two years now and  consider it one of my favourite resources for grades 1-4.

Click HERE to access my Grade 2 spelling lists.

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