Online Stories and Activities for Cozier Readers
Starfall - Have your headphones ready, because this is a reading AND listening site for primary kids.
Storyplace - Click on "Other themes" to see all of the stories that are available. Be sure to check out the pre-school library as well as the elementary library.
PBS Kids - Between the Lions - stories for kids to read online. The sound is limited to just a few underlined words on each page.
American Folklore - a huge collection of folk tales, tall tales, Native American myths and legends, and ghost stories. Search them by region of origin, by title, or by famous character.
Literacy Activities
FreeRice - test your vocabulary & donate rice to the United Nations World Food Program. Difficulty level adjusts to user ability.
Puzzlemaker.com - Create word searches, crosswords, and other puzzles to go along with whatever your students are learning.
Magnetic Poetry - Create poems and stories using magnetic words online.
ReadWriteThink
Create a Stapleless Book
Create a story map to plan your writing, or to help you understand a book you read.
Create a Venn Diagram
Practice forming words with Wordmaker
Use the Word Wizard to play a word game
Online Magazines, Newspapers and Journals