Buckman School

Online Reading Supplements

Below is a collection of different online resources to help young readers flourish.  These supplements are for any level of reader and are divided into different focuses to target different skills and strategies: Fluency; Comprehension; Phonics and Word Recognition. 

Fluency:

      
This comprehensive list of predictable books is divided into eight categories such as circular stories, chain stories, and pattern stories.  A great resource for developing fluency in young children.







Speakaboos (link)

Speakaboos brings classic children’s entertainment into the digital world.  Treasured stories are given new life through celebrity performances,

 beautiful illustrations, and original music.


StoryPlace: The Children’s Digital Library (link)
This award-wining bilingual (Spanish and English) site includes a collection of online materials for elementary students including texts for reading along.


Comprehension:

The National Education Association is a sponsored partner of this website, which includes articles for parents and teachers, lesson strategies, videos, and much more.




Phonics and Word Recognition

The Dolch Kit contains high-frequency word and phrase cards, as well as games and activities for practicing sight words.





Learn to Read includes stories that focus on onsets and rimes for primary grades.




This site provides a wide variety of phonics activities that involve word building as well as strategies for teaching onsets and rimes, high-frequency words, and context.




Links adapted from:

      Vacca, J. A. L., R. T. Vacca, M. K. Gove, L. C. Burkey, L. A. Lenhart, and C. A. McKeon. Reading and learning to read. 8th. 8th. Boston, MA: Allyn , 2012. Print.