Story train : A collaborative project for beginners . Excellent project to start with 2^nd cycle ! Or can be adapted in collaboration with other classes.

http://www.teachers.net/cgi-bin/lessons/sort.cgi?searchterm=Reading

So many lessons activities that teachers used in their classes. A must see.

http://members.home.net/englishzone/readwrite/dolch.html

Make Bingo , flashcards, whatever with those vocabulary words.

http://www.knownet.net/users/Ackley/readbingo.html

Try the reading Bingo with your students.

http://www.storyarts.org/lessonplans/acrosscurriculum/index.html

Storytelling across the curriculum.

http://www.makersgallery.com/joanirvine/index.html

Learn how to make a pop-up book.

http://www.tellingtales.com/Stufftodo/StuffToDo-Frame.htm

A lot of things to do to interact with reading stories…and write , too.

readchain.html

A great activity for sequencing a story.

Magazines

http://www.owl.on.ca/chick/index.htm

Chickadee magazine.

http://www.owl.on.ca/owl/owl.html

Wired owl magazine .

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/

Time magazine for kids online. Check the NEWS.

Plays to read and…play

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/francine/playmaker/scripts/index.html

A great play to read and act with Arthur. A great project for Esl students.

http://hazel.forest.net/whootie/script.html

8 ethnic plays to read..

http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html

Some cultural plays to read.

http://www.childrenonlyesl-efl.com/mainpages/maincategories/plays.asp

So beautiful little plays. You have to register. +++Print flash cards to read before the plays !

Poetry

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/poetry.html

++Links for poetry pages ; poems , haiku, reading somes , writing , lessons and activities.

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

Poetry is a fun way to learn , especially funny one J

http://members.home.net/englishzone/readwrite/bdayhead.html

Cute Birthday poem.

http://members.home.net/englishzone/readwrite/rbowpoem.html

Read and analyse a friendship poem. 3^rd cycle.

Printables

http://www.bookadventure.org/ki/cs/ki_cs_awards.asp

Great awards to print and give to our « avid » readers.

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/storytime/coloring.htm

Story time printable coloring pages.

http://www.billybear4kids.com/animal/bookmarks/bookmarks.htm

Print animals bookmarks to go with a great reader.

http://www.billybear4kids.com/story/stickers/rewards.htm

Copy and print stickers as rewards for reading.

http://members.home.net/kayem/teach/weather.html

Huge weather word search. Read weather vocabulary. Print it !

Reading with authors

www.janbrett.com

If you don’t know what books to read , you must go to Jan Brett’ s site. Many activities to go with her excellent books.

Rhymes

( Learn to read with rhymes)

http://www.amagickgarden.com/pages/rhymespages/Rframeset.html

2^nd cycle ; learn to read with rhymes.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html

Many rhymes from Enchanted learning. Many activities to add to the reading lesson.

http://www.englishday.com/jokes/english_rhymes1.htm

Read some English rhymes.

Riddles

( Why not ? J )

http://yucca.forest.net/FMPro?-DB=whootie2&-Format=/whootie/results.htm&type=riddles&-Find

Have 3^rd cycle students try these riddles…

http://www.theenglishprofessor.com/fs47.htm

Different kinds of riddles to read.

http://www.englishday.com/jokes/jokes.htm

++Riddles and jokes.

http://bennyhills.fortunecity.com/billmurray/532/esljokes/jokeindex.html

Have them read some funny jokes.

http://www.theenglishprofessor.com/fs6.htm

Links to jokes…

Stories to read ONLINE

http://www.magickeys.com./books/

++Stories to read online , some with illustrations and sounds ! !Try the farm animals. Different levels.

http://members.home.net/englishzone/readwrite/paw0.html

The Monkey Paw scary many chapters story and online activities such as vocabulary quizz , words-in-context. 3^rd cycle.

http://www.storyplace.org/storyplace.asp

++Stories for different levels . See the activities included witht he stories. Interactive.

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108b.html

++Many animated and illustrated stories to read online. Some have difficult story words help before reading. Read the one of the teacher who was not listening.. J

http://the-office.com/bedtime-story/

Great selection of stories.

http://www.isd.net/stobin/story/st-index.html

Campfire stories.

http://www.epa.gov/kids/greenvil.htm

Read about recycling in the « When Greenville turned brown » interactive story.

http://www.epa.gov/kids/greenvil.htm

Choose others stories about recycling.

http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Fountain/2131/jacobsonfam.html

Read about a family and go to the activity sheet , where you have to illustrate the family according to the descriptions in the text. 2^nd cycle. Great.

http://www.ika.com/stories/menu.html

Ika’s site ; I’ve got a story for you…

http://www.theenglishprofessor.com/fs23.htm

Read 2 amusing very short stories.

http://www.tcom.ohiou.edu/books/kids.htm

Kids corner classic stories.

http://www.theenglishprofessor.com/texts4.htm

Stories from students. You can , also , send stories.

http://www.webtimestories.com/

See the different sections of the webtime site…

http://mightybook.com/home.htm

++Without description , you must see that site. Interactive with great characters ! Choose your level to read stories and add some activities..

http://www.night.net/tucker/

Tales and stories. Also , silly poems from Grandpa Tuckers.

www.goodnightstories.com

++ Interactive stories that you can hear , see , decide , finish , send , make activities . A must see site !

http://www.primarygames.com/storybooks/bookshelf.htm

++So cute…Interactive stories to read online. See Sammy’s shapes.

Excellent for beginners.

http://www.theenglishprofessor.com/ftales.htm

Fairy tales written by students. Matrix included to help them…

http://www.sh.com/culture/legend/legend.htm

Chinese stories to read.

http://www.banph.com/menu.htm

You must have the students read the BANPH adventure . Exquisitely illustrated . Description of the characters ,even a teacher’s guide.

http://www.beartime.com./children_stories.htm

Beautiful stories of BEARS , you must take a look at the pictures…

http://www.billybear4kids.com/story/books.htm

++Billy BEAR many activities on stories and reading online.

http://www.dreambox.com/storybox/storybox.shtml

Beautiful stories to read online. We can download pictures to use in the classroom.

http://www.pbs.org/kids/dragontales/

Great interactive story about dragons. Very beautiful illustrations.

http://www.mrstorytime.com/main2.html

Story Time ! ! Great place to go to read different stories.

http://www.lilfingers.com/storybooks/index.html

++LIL fingers story books ! Flash. VERY BEAUTIFUL STORIES .Beginners. You can make the letters talk ! J

See the Draw me shape and My colors story !

http://www.goldenbooks.com/fun/index.html

++ Reading factory of Golden Books. Choose one of the interactive magic page by pulling the E-books lever J Very interactive.

http://www.abctooncenter.com/ccorner.htm

Read cartoons J

http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/Home/home.html

Myths and legends. Reading is getting fun while reading descriptions of the characters , etc…

http://www.storyteller.net/play/

Some really good stories to read. Interactive.

http://www.ipl.org/youth/StoryHour/

Different beautiful stories to read. 2^nd cycle.

http://www.ipl.org/youth/StoryHour/Lilypad/Lilypad1.html

Simple story illustrated by children. The lily pad.

http://www.ipl.org/youth/StoryHour/itsmagic/

Read some magic stories…

http://www.cyberkids.com/cw/sto/

Read stories written by students.

http://www.tellingtales.com/Stories/Stories-Frame.htm

3^rd cycle stories that you can listen to , online.

http://pbskids.org/lions/stories.html

++PBS online stories. Printable activities and games, too. A word helper is included ! ! Well illustrated.

http://www.abctooncenter.com/library.htm

Read the HOOT stories. Very good for 2^nd cycle.

http://www.learner.org/exhibits/literature/

A jury of her peers story. 3^rd cycle. Some activities related . Also printable.

http://www.fablesonline.com/mainmenu.htm

Fables online.

http://hazel.forest.net/whootie/default.html

++Choose a story to read. You can even choose a story and answer the questions at the end.

http://www.worldreading.org/online.phtml

Many chapters books to read. 3^rd cycle.

http://members.paxway.com/6eagles/LYDIA02.PDF

Lydia’s and the Fairy dance story ! 1^st and 2^nd cycle. PDF , large font.

http://www.dalton.org/ms/alice/1999/content.html

A class « own » illustrated Alice in wonderland !

http://www.kids-space.org/

Read stories written by kids..

www.execpc.com%2F%7Ebyb%2Fcirchamp.html

The « Circus Champion » . 3^rd cycle.

http://www.peterrabbit.co.uk/templates/langchoice/lang_choice.cfm?CFID=223071&CFTOKEN=46554397

Peter Rabbit page !

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/stories.html

Some links to stories online.

Reading worksheets

http://hazel.forest.net/whootie/values.html

Try these free worksheets , by levels ,to go with Whootie Owl’s tales site.

Trivia and « reading games »

http://www.primarygames.com/theabcgame/start.htm

A starter ; Start the process with an alphabet/word matching game.

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooeylo.html

Try many alphabet and words interactive games. 3 levels.

http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/wordpr1.htm

Find the pairs of words. You have to click the numbers in the crosswords to read the clues.

http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/TheHouse.htm

Read the House , online and type your answers to different questions.

http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/catdog.htm

Read « Button and snowball » story and answer some questions online…

You can see your score..

http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/drive.htm

You have to read a text and replace the missing verbs in it. 3 rd cycle.

http://wwwedu.ge.ch/cptic/prospective/projets/anglais/exercises/thechink.htm

Read « The chunk » and answer the comprehensive text questions.

http://www.englishday.com/word_search/word_searches.htm

++Word search on animals , family , fruits , etc…Read the vocabulary and find the words , online. 2^nd cycle.

http://www.englishday.com/word_soup/word_soup.htm

Esl word soup. Unmix scrambled words. Good activity for reading vocabulary learned. Words on body , colors , ESL jargon J , etc.

http://members.home.net/englishzone/readwrite/bears1.html

Read a simple text on bears and answer the questions online.

http://members.home.net/englishzone/readwrite/dolphins1.html

Or read about dolphins.

http://members.home.net/englishzone/readwrite/elefants.html

Read simple information about elephants and answer a quizz.

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/reading/index.htm

200 reading exercises. ++