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Creating Readers: Independent Reading

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Independent Reading
Name Description Suggestions for Use Examples

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/

@gutenberg_org

A digital library of free ebooks.Great source of classic ebooks and audiobooks to read online, download to your device or send to Google drive
~Class or independent digital reading 

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Children's Book Shelves

Getepic.com

https://www.getepic.com/app/

@EpicKidsBooks

Epic for Educators is free for K-8 teachers and librarians in U.S. and Canada. Sign up with your educator email and gain instant, unlimited access to more than 10,000 books in their award-winning library.

~Read to me and Audiobooks included

~Allows students to track progress

 

Epic!’s ebook library includes many popular books such as Brown Bear, Brown BearGiraffes Can't DanceTimmy Failure,  Big Nate,  WarriorsRamona,  Star Wars,  Disney Frozen,  and National Geographic Kids 

International Children's Digital Library

http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

 

Free access to high-quality digital books from around the world. Browse by age, genre, book length, character types, or even the color of a book's cover. 

Digital Storytime

Independent reading 

Activity Ideas

 

Unite for Literacy

http://www.uniteforliteracy.com/

Culturally relevant books in 30+ languages 

Teacher Training Manual

Family reading events

Expose students to diverse books

Language learning

 

The Blue Sky 

(This title may also be read in 

GermanItalianMacedonianPersian / FarsiRomanianRussianSlovakSpanish

Storylineonline.net

http://www.storylineonline.net/

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation records well-known actors reading children’s books and makes graphically dynamic videos so that children around the world can be read to with just the click of a Storyline Online video book image. 

Digital Storytime

Independent reading 

Enemy Pie Read by Camryn Manheim

Activity Guide Example

StoryPlace

https://www.storyplace.org/

 

Preschool library of stories and activities centered on reading 

Digital Storytime

Independent reading 

Color the Rainbow story 

Open Library

https://openlibrary.org/

 

Classic literature at your fingertips Includes a collection designed specifically for the print-disabled population Visit the blog for ideas

Scholastic Activities

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/student-activities

A variety of reading passages and interactives geared toward students Pre-K - 12

Story Starters

Paired fiction and nonfiction

Underground Railroad; Gr. 3-12

BookFlix Subscription

http://teacher.scholastic.com/products

/bookflixfreetrial/

South Brunswick teachers access using

SBPL library card

 

BookFlix fosters children’s love of reading through an interactive online database.  It pairs fictional and non-fiction books that are structured around nine different categories, some of which include: Animals and Nature, People and Places, ABCs and 123s, and Celebrations.  Children are able to watch a fictional story and read along with the corresponding non-fiction ebook.

About page

Paired fiction with nonfiction

Read Alouds

Independent reading 

Click Clack Moo Cows that Type Preview

TrueFlix Subscription

http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/

trueflix_freetrial/

South Brunswick teachers access using SBPL card

From Scholastic, TrueFlix is a multimedia resource that can be used in the library, the classroom, and on mobile devices to support instruction and reading in the Science and Social Studies subject areas.    Amphibians  

 

 

 

 

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