Digital Reading (websites for ATIA)

A list of links to the electronic texts of folklore and mythology. Sorted alphabetically on two web pages. You can use your browser's search function to search the very long list of texts.

A section of Short Stories East of the Web for kids. Very well-designed site with hundreds of short stories to browse or search. The stories can be rated by readers and there is a discussion forum in which you or students can post thoughts about the stories online.

Kids read and solve mysteries online.  Activities help them learn the elements of writing mysteries.

This website has lots of online mysteries to read and solve. They provide many examples of short mysteries written by students. If you read more about the mysterynet website, you can find links to classic mystery authors and even purchase digital copies of their books. This website supports the MCPS grade 4, quarter 4 writing mysteries lesson 1.

Read these stories from ancient China and learn a lesson at the end of each one. If you get stuck on a word, just click it to hear it read out loud.

You can find sites to supplement teaching on many topics. Use the Advanced Search to limit results by reading level or number of pictures.

You can find sites to supplement teaching on many topics. Use the Advanced Search to limit results by reading level or number of pictures.

An educational search engine that lets you find resources based on reading level, grade level, or lexile.  Subscription service that school districts buy.

Very well-designed site with hundreds of short stories to browse or search. The stories can be rated by readers and there is a discussion forum in which you or students can post thoughts about the stories online.

Kids can read funny poems and rate them.  There are also lessons for writing poetry.

Has poems that kids can read and rate. Also has links to poetry lessons on how to write different kinds of poems. Material is copyrighted and not for copying or distribution. Poetry theater selections are also included with permission to copy for classroom use.

search by lexile level

Research behind graphic organizers

These are more than spiffy-looking printable webs. Take some time to read about the teaching philosophy that led to the downloadable resources here. Some of the resources are in .DOC format and can be used by students who keyboard instead of write.

A collection of pre-formatted graphic organizers that can be integrate into activities and lesson plans or use by themselves. Three different formats for your convenience: HTML, Word, and PDF

These are PDFs that you cannot fill out on line, but you can print them and get ideas from them. You can also download them in Spanish.

This searchable website has been created by a long-time language arts teacher to provide resources and materials for classroom teachers, reading and resource specialists, speech therapists, parents and students in the area of language arts. Lots of downloadable materials focusing on the alphabet, blends, word families, sight words, homophones and much more. Find the teddy bear that says "search" to search the resources.