WWW (World Wide Wednesday)

Sticking with my Boy Book theme... this week I bring you some great web sites to help you find the perfect book!  These sites are great for kids and parents.  If you find something you like, see if we have it in the Lemme Library!

Can't Miss Books for Boys: This site is part of James Patterson's site "Read Kiddo Read".  He believes that boys are mortified by reading "girl books" and gives his list of best books for boys.  Looking at his site, I may have to reevaluate my top 10!

Guys Read: This website is awesome!  It is written by some of the best author/illustrator around, Jon Scieszka.  His mission is to bring boys great books and turn them into motivated, life-long readers.

Kids Read: This is a nice site for reading reviews of new books.  I often turn to this site to see if a book would be a good fit in our library.  Don't miss their section called "Great Books for Boys".

Guys Lit Wire: This site is dripping with teenage masculinity!  It is very eye catching and provides reviews and photos of great new books.  This site is geared toward boys 6th grade and up.

WWW (World Wide Wednesday)

 Hey there, Lemme Teachers!  Need some new ideas for your Daily 5: Listen to Reading?  Try these links!  All you need is a computer with Internet access and a set of headphones, and you are set!  Did you know you can log out of your account on your computer and log in as student, and the kids can use the computer without accessing or damaging your files? 

Storyline Online: Brought to you by the Screen Actors Guild.  This is a great collection of well known picture books, all read aloud by actors. 

Koljr: Part of Aol Kids, Koljr offers a selection of picture books.  Their books are categorized by: animals, fairy tales, rhyming stories, family & Arthur. 
 

Meegenius:  Free audiobooks for kids K-3. Great for Daily 5!  All books come with audio playback and word highlighting, and can be personalized just the way you like them.

TumbleBooks: Brought to you free by the Iowa City Public Library.  An online collection of animated, talking picture books, audiobooks and ebooks for children. Includes picture books in Spanish and other languages. TumbleBooks can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection. No password is necessary.  You must go through the library website to access TumbleBooks.

And of course, the granddaddy of all literacy sites: Starfall.com.

Do you have any great sites to add to this list?  Leave a comment and I will add your link to my list!  Happy surfing!

WWW (World Wide Wednesday)

Did you know that we have great online resources at our fingertips that are provided by GWAEA?  All of these sites are for student and teacher use and can be accessed at school with or without a password. Sites will be password protected when you aren't at school.  If you would like a password, ask Mrs. Butcher! 

iClipart For Schools is a searchable database of nearly 8 million royalty-free images, including clip art, photos, web graphics, illustrations, fonts, sounds, animations, and videos selected for students and educators.

Atomic Learning is an electronic help desk with thousands of short tutorial movies covering many common software applications such as Word, Excel, FrontPage, MovieMaker, Photo Story, Powerpoint (from Microsoft); Acrobat, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Photoshop (from Adobe); netTrekker, Picasa, Geometer's Sketchpad, Inspiration/Kidspiration, and KidPix. 

DE streaming is a digital video database with over 5000 full-length educational videos and 50,000 video segments.  Students and teachers may integrate this digital media into projects and presentations.

Learn360 is a video database with other online resources and tools for students and educators.  You can stream 153 Reading Rainbow episodes!

netTrekker is an educational search engine that connects students and educators to over 300,000 educator-selected web resources.   This is one of my all time favorite search engines for teachers!  You can narrow your search by subject and grade level.  All content is appropriate for school use!

Soundzabound is a database of royalty-free music.  Download and use copyright-safe music files in MP3 format from this website.  
Teachingbooks.net includes original movies and multimedia interviews of authors, book guides, book readings, thematic booklists, book awards, and valuable links.

World Book Web is a suite of online research tools including the well-known encyclopedia, primary source collections, student activities, teacher tools, pictures, audio, and video, as well as current periodicals and related websites.  Resources include: World Book Kids (K-4), World Book Student (4-12), World Book Advanced (7-college).  It also includes special resources: World Book Discover, two Spanish-language encyclopedias, a French-language encyclopedia and several digital libraries: Living Green, Early Peoples, and Inventions and Discoveries