Various Literacy Resources
The Literacy Shed - literacy resources, ideas and sources of motivation. One of the best literacy sites around.
School Journal resources - pdf files, teacher resource materials and audio files of School Journals on TKI
#NZreadaloud More info - presentation - Youtube video Students from many schools share their thoughts on one book
My Pinterest Literacy page
English Online
Old English Online resources
Literacy Online
Study Ladder - online activities for literacy. You can personalise for your students
Making Writing Fun - Crowd-sourced Presentation
Visual Writing Prompts - Wonderful creative writing prompts with accompanying images.
Fakebook - create fake profiles for imaginary characters
Literacy Tutor for GAFE
Common Lit Thematic Discussions - choose a theme e.g. and the site will provide some literary resources.
21 Digital Tools to Develop Vocabulary
Supporting Māori Learners
ABCYa - Variety of interactive literacy activities for approx. years 1 - 8
ReadWriteThink - various literacy activities & tools
Teaching Ideas - loads of ideas and teacher notes
School Journal resources - pdf files, teacher resource materials and audio files of School Journals on TKI
#NZreadaloud More info - presentation - Youtube video Students from many schools share their thoughts on one book
My Pinterest Literacy page
English Online
Old English Online resources
Literacy Online
Study Ladder - online activities for literacy. You can personalise for your students
Making Writing Fun - Crowd-sourced Presentation
Visual Writing Prompts - Wonderful creative writing prompts with accompanying images.
Fakebook - create fake profiles for imaginary characters
Literacy Tutor for GAFE
Common Lit Thematic Discussions - choose a theme e.g. and the site will provide some literary resources.
21 Digital Tools to Develop Vocabulary
Supporting Māori Learners
ABCYa - Variety of interactive literacy activities for approx. years 1 - 8
ReadWriteThink - various literacy activities & tools
Teaching Ideas - loads of ideas and teacher notes
Online Writing Sites - for student writing but students can also read the stories published by others.
Book Creator - one of my favourite ipad apps is now available on the web. Add your own photos, drawings or videos, add text or record you voice. Several templates available.
Inklewriter - Online Pick-A-Path story creator
Little Bird Tales
Storybird
Story Jumper - Can add your own images
Myths & legends Creator
Picture Book Maker
PicLits - Has Images and Vocabulary to add
Story Top - Very simple drag and drop images and speech bubbles. Limited images. Share via a link. No log-in needed. Good for very short stories.
Not online, a download for Windows computers running 8.1 or higher Book Creator is a great way to create multi-media books. Currently a free download.
Inklewriter - Online Pick-A-Path story creator
Little Bird Tales
Storybird
Story Jumper - Can add your own images
Myths & legends Creator
Picture Book Maker
PicLits - Has Images and Vocabulary to add
Story Top - Very simple drag and drop images and speech bubbles. Limited images. Share via a link. No log-in needed. Good for very short stories.
Not online, a download for Windows computers running 8.1 or higher Book Creator is a great way to create multi-media books. Currently a free download.
Online Books
Tumble Books- access through a Library eg Christchurch or Hamilton. Students will need their library card number.
Children's Library - includes a few New Zealand titles and books in te reo
Children's Storybooks Online - list of online book sites
Woodlands - list of online book sites
Storyline Online - videos of actors reading stories - includes The Rainbow Fish
Unite for Literacy - mostly junior books. Some suitable for older students at lower reading levels. With narration
GetEpic.Com - Free for educators when you sign up with a school email address. 1000s of titles.
Ready to Read videos on YouTube
Childrens' Treasure Chest - Audio readings of NZ books
StoryBerries - online stories sorted by length
Children's Library - includes a few New Zealand titles and books in te reo
Children's Storybooks Online - list of online book sites
Woodlands - list of online book sites
Storyline Online - videos of actors reading stories - includes The Rainbow Fish
Unite for Literacy - mostly junior books. Some suitable for older students at lower reading levels. With narration
GetEpic.Com - Free for educators when you sign up with a school email address. 1000s of titles.
Ready to Read videos on YouTube
Childrens' Treasure Chest - Audio readings of NZ books
StoryBerries - online stories sorted by length
News Sites for Children
Newsela - Lots of kid-friendly news articles with associated Quizzes etc. Sign up as an educator and join your class via a class code.Kiwi Kids News - New Zealand current events articles for kids. Includes some quizzes.ESL News - NZ news with text and an audio track and vocab list (also has audio)Wonderopolis - Ask a fact-based question or choose from the bank of questions.DOGOnews - Current events. Includes audio of some of the articles and embed code for articles to use on a blog or website. Integrates with Google Classroom. Click on highlighted vocab to see a definition. Has free accounts or you can get student assignments with the paid version $US2 per student per year. Free account does have some student activities.Breaking News English - You can choose the level of difficulty, level 0 - 6. Level 0 requires a reading age of around 7. Has audio tracks at various speeds as well as text. Lots of follow-up activities, you can get the story and activities on pdf if wanted..Here There Everywhere - News for Kids.Youngzine - News around different topics and also has a U-Write section where contributions from students are invited.Scholastic News Online - Daily news and current events for kids.National Geographic KidsScience News for Students Smithsonian Smart News
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