Reading & Writing Activities/Resources

Web 2.0 Tools

• Padlet – brainstorming/note taking tool
• Read-Write-Think Student interactives
• Glogster – Online multimedia poster
• ClassTools – virtual book maker (Requires flash)
• Story Builder
• Boom Writer – Interactive writing tool
• VocabGrabber – Paste text into the tool and vocabulary words are generated. Great visual web!
• Vocaroo – Easily record podcasts without downloads. Can be used for speeches, poetry, etc.
• Curriki – Library of free and open teaching and learning resources
• Starfall's Learn to Read with Phonics

eBooks

• Open Library
• Tar Heel Reader
• Whichbook
• Titlewave Library Resources
• Digital Texts & Open Ed Resources - digital library of open educational resources

Online Resources

• Google Books -  Search the latest index of the world's books.
• Google Scholar – Scholarly lit search
• Digital Storytelling - Pinterest search

Reading

• Virtual Book Club
• Learn to Read - Online Lessons
• ESL Listening & Reading Comprehension
• Sequencing
• What Should I Read Next? - Book recommendation database
• 20 Diverse Versions of Cinderella That Spark Classroom Magic 

Language Arts

• Literature-Map
• Change My Mind - Persuasive Writing        
• LA Games/Activities
• Grammar Bytes
• Acrostic Poetry
• Visual Spelling Bee
• Resources from What Works Clearinghouse

Vocabulary

• Vocabulary Builders
• Free Rice - Vocabulary building meets giving
• Language Arts Livebinder – includes many resources
• Speech Writing Tips

Phonics
Vowel Sounds/Sound Discrimination:

• Funfonix
• Online Phonics Games
• Softschools
• Arcademicskillbuilders
• Starfall
• Rhyming Games and Strategies

Research Paper Guidelines & Writing Help

• Thesis & Outline Builder
• Plagium - Check your Papers
• BibMe – create bibliographies

Rubrics

• Writing Assessment Tools
• Rubrics Library
• RubiStar
• Rubrics For Teachers | K-12 Writing Rubrics and Assessment

Resources gathered by Nancy Fitzgerald