Many people in the United States, particularly students, parents and teachers, join forces on Read Across America Day, annually held on March 2. This nationwide observance coincides with the birthday of Dr Seuss.
Here are some great reading websites for students K-5:
- Aesop Fables—no ads
- Aesop’s Fables
- Audio stories
- Childhood Stories
- Classic Fairy Tales
- Comic Creator
- Edutainment games and stories
- Fables—Aesop—nicely done
- Fables–beautiful
- Fairy Tales and Fables
- Get Writing—write your own story
- Interactive storybook collection
- Listen/read–Free non-fic audio books
- Magic Keys–stories for youngers
- Make another story
- Make Believe Comix
- Make yet another story
- Make your own Story II
- Make Your Story
- Make your story a newspaper clipping
- Mighty Book
- PBS Stories–Between the Lions
- Reading games
- Research Skills
- Signed stories
- Starfall
- Stories read by actors
- Stories to read
- Stories to read for youngsters
- Stories to read from PBS kids
- Stories to read–II
- Stories to read—International Library
- Stories—CircleTime—international
- Stories—MeeGenius—read/to me
- Stories—non-text
- Stories—Signed
- Story Scramble
- Story time–visual
- Storybook Maker
- Storytime for me
- Web version of Mad Libs
- Web-based Madlibs
- Ziggity Zoom Stories
- Zooburst—pop up stories
Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. She is the editor of a K-8 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum, and creator of technology training books for how to integrate technology in education. She is the author of the popular Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy. She is webmaster for six blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, Editorial Review Board member for Journal for Computing Teachers, presentation reviewer for CSTA, Cisco guest blogger, a monthly contributor to TeachHUB, columnist for Examiner.com, featured blogger for Technology in Education, and IMS tech expert. Currently, she’s editing a techno-thriller that should be out to publishers next summer. Contact Jacqui at her writing office or her tech lab, Ask a Tech Teacher.