Reading

Welcome Room 15 peeps to our reading rotation page!

WALT challenge ourselves by engaging in a range of reading activities

Become a RADICAL READER and read for enjoyment and to practice your reading skills. 

In this space, you can chose from the following activities to help you practice your reading skills:

 

Check out our new reading rotation tool....a PSP!!!!

 

It is all very exciting in Room 15.  Our new reading rotation is our listening post.  We get to listen to stories being read to us, while we read along in the book.  When we have finished we play our question games to help us better understand the text. 

 
http://www.storylineonline.net/

Stroyline Online

http://www.storylineonline.net/
 

Synonym.com

Synonym.com is the web's best resource for English synonyms, antonyms, and definitions. Type in a word and the synonym finder will come up with a list of synonyms. Check out the most popular online synonym searches to find the right word for any occasion. Use the antonym tool to find find antonyms and check out the definitions feature to read the definition.

 

 
http://www.eduplace.com/tales/

Wacky Web Tales

http://www.eduplace.com/tales/
 
http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

Build your Wild Self

http://www.buildyourwildself.com/
 
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover/lookcover.html

Look Cover Write and Check

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover/lookcover.html
 
http://www.spellingcity.com/

Spelling City

http://www.spellingcity.com/
 
http://www.studyladder.co.nz/myschool/18028/myclass/205484

Oreganos

http://www.studyladder.co.nz/myschool/18028/myclass/205484
 
http://www.studyladder.co.nz/myschool/18028/myclass/205485

Basils

http://www.studyladder.co.nz/myschool/18028/myclass/205485
 
http://www.studyladder.co.nz/myschool/18028/myclass/205486

Chives

http://www.studyladder.co.nz/myschool/18028/myclass/205486
 
http://www.studyladder.co.nz/myschool/18028/myclass/205487

Mints

http://www.studyladder.co.nz/myschool/18028/myclass/205487
 
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-c/index/play.htm?f

Reading Rockets

Read along with these great stories

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-c/index/play.htm?f
 
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/twisters/load.htm?f

Tongue Twisters

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/twisters/load.htm?f
 
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/twisters/load.htm?f

Brain POP

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/twisters/load.htm?f
 
http://www.tripline.net/

Tripline

Document your characters journey on a map by plotting where they have travelled.

http://www.tripline.net/
 
http://wetellstories.co.uk/

We tell stories

6 authors, 6 stories, 6 weeks

http://wetellstories.co.uk/
 
http://www.biguniverse.com/readkidsbooks/347/the-brain

Big Universe

Read stories online

http://www.biguniverse.com/readkidsbooks/347/the-brain
 
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poemcategories.aspx

Giggle Poetry

Read funny poems online

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poemcategories.aspx
 
http://www.storycove.com/

Story Cove

Story Cove is a highly-acclaimed, award-winning multimedia publisher of folktales from the world’s oral traditions. Children love Story Cove because the stories are entertaining and fun to read. Educators love Story Cove because the products are easy to use and the programs support Response to Intervention (RTI). Librarians love Story Cove because the stories are authentic and richly illustrated. Parents love Story Cove because the stories model positive character traits and good decision making.  

http://www.storycove.com/
 
http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/index.html

Interactives

Read along with the story and discover the elements that make up the story.

http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/index.html
 
http://www.nzetc.org/

New Zealand Electronic Text Centre

Here you can search and browse an open digital library of New Zealand and Pacific Island documentary heritage material as well as new born-digital work and research from Victoria University. The collection contains over 1400 texts and will continue to grow through projects to support teaching, learning and research at the university.

http://www.nzetc.org/
 
http://www.inanimatealice.com/

Inanimate Alice

A Digital Novel

 

Set in the early years of the 21st century and told through text, sound, images, music, and games, Inanimate Alice is the story of Alice and her imaginary digital friend Brad. 

http://www.inanimatealice.com/