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For Students
· Find text online · Online reading activities · Homework help
Online Text
·	Bookhive A website that allows you to search for books, read reviews from other students, and have books read to you by professional storytellers
·	New York Times A website that lets you surf through current events stories. Quizzes and activities are also all over this site
·	100 Best Books A website with a list of books to get you started. The books are divided up by ages and provide links for more searches
·	Girls Voices Database A website that provides a search for books featuring the voices of girls
·	Teen Reads A site dedicated to all things teen reading. You can view popular books, see new books that are set to come out, read reviews, and also learn more about authors. You can also learn how to start your own book club.
·	Authorama A collection of full text online books. If you have trouble finding a book in the library, or can't make it there, check out this site to find books that will be online for you to read.
·	Readergirlz This is a site dedicated to recommendations and discussions of young girl's literature. These are all stories that feature girls voices. There are ways for you to connect with other readers as well as interviews with authors and additional books to read. Think about starting up your own readergirlz group.







Online Reading Activities
·	Bonus Kids A protected playground that has quizzes, games, and other activities
·	Enchanted Learning A website that allows you to explore all sorts of topics. It has lots of helpful pictures and links. This is a great site for learning about science
·	Geography Games A classroom website that features a ton of geography games.
·	Poetry for Kids A website dedicated to reading, writing, and listening to poetry. If you’re interested in poems, this is the place for you
·	Funbrain A site with lots of games, quizzes and activities to challenge and entertain you
·	Letters About Literature A contest sponsored by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Students in grades 4 - 12 write to a favorite author and explain how his or her work changed their view of the world or themselves (and the author doesn't have to be alive!). The deadline is December 14, 2007, and there are state and national prizes, including a prize for the school library!
·	Free Rice An online vocabulary game that donates ten grains of rice for each word your correctly identify. Watch your vocabulary knowledge go towards feeding hungry people.
·	Neverending Tale A constantly emerging online story where you get to choose the path of the story, or write your own path. Start reading one and see where you take it. You can totally get lost in these stories.
·	Scholastic Kids This website is published by scholastic and has tons of activities, games, a book search, and writing opportunities. You can even see trailers for movies about your favorite books.
·	National Zoo Animal Resources An online resource list for the national zoo. You can find pictures, information, and live animal cams of the animals at the zoo. It's like going on a field trip without leaving the school.
·	Georgia Aquarium This is the official website for the Georgia Aquarium. This is the largest aquarium in the world. There is a lot of information here about different fish and sea creatures. There is also an incredible webcam that features the whale shark; the largest fish species in the world.
Homework Help
·	American Memory A website designed by the library of congress that has original maps, photographs, and sound recordings from historical times
·	Biography.com a website that has biographies of hundreds of different people. It includes sound, video and birthdays of all sorts of famous people
·	Country Reports A website that allows you to research geography, culture, and industry of almost any part of the world. Includes detailed reports on all 50 states
·	Middle Zone a website with all sorts of online resources. A dictionary, a thesaurus, an encyclopedia, and all sorts of other resources are here
·	Dictionary.com A dictionary based website with all sorts of word related activities including crossword puzzles and word finds. This is a great source for finding the meanings of new words in your reading.
·	Babelfish A translation website for almost any language you could want. Type in your own text, choose the language, and the website will tell you the translation. The site will also translate other websites.
·	How Stuff Works A useful website for curious minds. This site offers a HUGE selection of topics and explains how they work. There are also videos that show examples of these ideas. You can look at the most recent topics, or search for your own interest.
·	Brainpop Brainpop is an animated site that has short videos on just about anything. Many of them are free and for a small fee you can see all of them. Tim and Moby take letters and show you all sorts of interesting things from all sorts of subject areas. Look at videos for science, English, civics, math, and even music. Spend a little bit of time here and you can learn a lot.

For Parents
·Resources for home reading ·Webquests
Resources for Home Reading
·	Quick Home Reading Tips This is a quick reference for determining the leve of a book and evaluating a website
·	7 Strategies for Reading A quick guide to the seven reading strategies taught at Robinson
·	International Reading Association Parent Resources This site offers parents help in what they can do to foster reading success. These materials will guide you through effective strategies and activities for pre-readers through high school readers. You can download the materials, or order them for 20 cents a copy.
·	Storyline Online A website sponsored by the Screen Actor’s Guild that contains videos of television and film actors reading books to you. These videos include the actor's reading as well as the original illustrations from the book. The site also contains follow up activities. The site is updated regularly with new books and actors.
·	Lexile Book Search A site that allows you to search for books according to lexiles. You can enter a lexile range or search by book to determine its lexile. This site will helo you match students to books that will be at their level.








Webquest
A webquest is an inquiry based exploration of a topic. It is usually done online and involves specific activities for the student
·	Webquest.org This is a comprehensive webquest site that has searchable wequests as well as an explanation of how a webquest should work
·	Tech Trekers A list of webquests organized by content area
·	Read.gov A site from the library of congress that deals with reading for all ages from kids to adults. There is a collection of online books, author webcasts, as well as events going on in the Washington DC area. There is also a really great collection of book lists for all types of books.











Other Links
·	Robinson Media Center
·	Fairfax County Librabry

For Teachers
·Strategies that work for your classroom ·Peer reviewed articles ·Classroom activities
Strategies that Work for Your Classroom
·	Read Write Think A website with TONS of activities and lessons to use in your classes
·	4 Teachers A great website for incorporating technology into your classroom. This site has a lot of great activities and printable materials
·	AOL@School A website developed by AOL that allows teachers to look at professional development and lesson ideas
·	Gateway to Educational Materials A searchable site of educational materials that is endorsed by the NEA
·	Webquest.org This is a comprehensive webquest site that has searchable wequests as well as an explanation of how a webquest should work
·	Tech Trekers A list of webquests organized by content area
·	Vocabulary University A website dedicate to all things vocabulary. It includes activities, games, and lesson plans that are leveled for grades and reading abilities. This is a great place to find quick lessons and activities to help your vocabulary development.
·	Flocabulary This is a website that incorporates standardized testing vocabulary into hip-hop songs. The site includes vocabulary from several content areas and could be used in a variety of classes.
·	Web English Teacher This is a site that has activities, lesson plans, and resources for English teachers. There are tons of writing prompts and ideas as well as startegies for working with reading.
·	Critical Thinking A Dan Mulligan recommended site that offers strategies and structures for incorporating critical thinking into your lessons and day to day classroom activities.
·	Wordle This is a site that will generate word clouds for you. You can enter any text, or website and wordle will create a visual representation of the words. Words that are used the most are larger, and words used the least are smaller. It is a great way to introduce a new reading, or a cool way to display classroom vocabulary.
Scholarly Articles
·	UVA Etext The University of Virginia e-library. Offers an online full text library for teachers and students
·	Phonics Fact Sheet A fact sheet on teaching phonics
·	Whole Language Fact Sheet A fact sheet on whole language instruction
·	Whole Language Instruction A fact sheet on how whole language instruction can be taught
·	Reading Rockets Professional Development A free webcast of a lecture and discussion of differentiated reading instruction. This lecture features three of the most important researchers and teachers in the reading field and provides good frameworks and useful suggestions for your classroom.
·	Reading Rockets This is an on demand website featuring lectures and discussions of various reading topics. If you’re looking for more information on differentiation, English language learners, or parent involved reading this is a great place to start. The videos feature top researchers and experts in the field.
·	Adolescent Literacy This is a site dedicated to adolescent literacy issues and professional development. You can read new articles and reprots on reading, ask professionals about specific topics, and look through booklists to find high interest books. There is also a section for multimedia featuring a video about Whitman middle school and their reading program. This site has a lot of useful materials and ideas for the classroom.
·	MCREL A Dan Mulligan recommended site that offers research about learning topics. The site also offers lesson plans and a serch function for finding useful research.
·	Brainrules A website companion to the book by John Medina. He outlines how the brain works in modern society and what it needs to be truly efficient and successful. There are some classroom applications for our work as well. I also enjoy the videos.
Classroom Activities
·	Webquest design If you’re interested in designing your own webquest, this site has all the tools you would need
·	Center for Media Literacy A site that outlines activities and framework for incorporating media and literact into your classes
·	Educational Web Design A site that gives teachers all the tools to create their own dynamic and engaging website. WARNING watch out for the music
·	BoysRead Many of our most reluctant readers are boys. This is a site that stresses the importance of literacy among boys as well as provides some activities, lessons, and books to engage them. The site also provides information on how to start a boys reading group.
·	Rubistar A great resource for assessment that has searchable rubrics for almost any type of assignment you could imagine. The site even allows you to make your rubrics interactive.
·	Quizstar The sister site to Rubistar. Allows you to make online quizzes for your students as well as searching the database of pre-made quizzes.
·	Digital Book Talks Ever wanted to book talk a book, but had trouble getting your students really interested? Digital book talks does this for you. This is a project out of the University of Central Florida that combines book talks with movie trailers. The books are explained in the style of a movie, making students both curious and excited to read these books.

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