USA writes for Kids - find information on many authors alphabetically or by the state map.  Also lots of good links to promote reading

Author Fred Bowen visited McKnight in May 2003. Check out his sports books.

Author Jan Brett has created activities for this site that coordinate with her books.

Play games based on Clifford the Big Red Dog and learn about author Norman Bridwell at Clifford's official web site.

The Arthur Page. For Arthur fans everywhere! This site is maintained by PBS and features games and children’s art. A very popular site for younger children who love the character created by Marc Brown.

Illustrator Christopher Canyon visited McKnight in May 2006.  You can find out more information about his books by clicking HERE.

Official Eric Carle Web Site. For fans of the famous author/illustrator and his books such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Do You Want To Be My Friend, and Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me.

The World of Beverly Cleary. Trivia quiz, teaching guides, and information about this author's famous characters.

Author Brian Cleary visited McKnight in March 2001.  Visit this site to find out more information about him and the books that he has written.

The Official Roald Dahl Home Page. This is a treasure house of information about the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and Fantastic Mr. Fox and has lots of interactive features, games, and activities.

This site has background information about Tomie dePaola.

C.S.Lewis- Narnia books.  Go here to play 2 games based on the books and popular movie.

Mr. Men and Little Miss - Roger Hargreaves, the creator has this site- make your own figure and play other games.

Magic School Bus Page. What are Ms. Frizzle and her class doing now? This site encourages you to work with many aspects of the Magic School Bus Adventures.

Author Laurie Myers visited McKnight Elementary School in May 2005.

Author Matt Novak visited McKnight Elementary School in May 2002.

Dav Pilkey, author of Captain Underpants has a strong readership base.  This site is full of short narratives about his life, his pets and activities linked to his titles.

Scholastic has created a fun-filled site for Harry Potter fans of all ages. Click on this site and find a trivia game, a pronunciation guide, owl posts and more.

Author Chris Rumble will visit  McKnight on May 6, 2009. Be sure to listen to his songs.

J.K.Rowling Official Site - Harry Potter and more  J.K. Rowling's Official site

Cynthia Rylant - Learn about the author of Henry and Mudge.  See the books HERE.  Click to play  the Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night Word Game .

Seussville - The Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am, Horton and the Who's, and the rest of the Seuss characters welcome you to Seussville, Dr. Seuss’s playground in cyberspace.  Then  go to Rhyming Practice  to work with  beginning rhyming skills at this interactive site.

ShelSilverstein.com - the Official Site for Kids  A great interactive site from one of our favorite authors

Chris Van Allsburg  Find various links from a video interview to the author's own  awesome website.  Try the games  here or on the Zathura site.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Links to several great sites with biography, maps, games, recipes, and more.

Book Adventure- Reading incentive program- 4,000 tiles, comprehension quizzes, cool prizes.

Booktalks Quick and Simple-  Just what it says-  access many examples of  book talks or add your own.

Book Mark Factory - design and print your own bookmarks.

Book Mark Maker- - free from Nestle- make a bookmark but the logo is on it.

National Geographic Explorer - Here's an online version of the magazine for young people, with much to explore and discover. Selections include games, mysteries, online movies, and more.

Scholoastic Kids OnLine  Games, contests, and online fun with favorite characters such as Harry Potter, Magic School Bus, Clifford , and so on.

Parts of a Book Lesson and Game - Take an online quiz to see if you know your book parts.

Book Quiz - From the New York State Test prep center. Know how to locate the name of the author, illustrator, the title page, table of contents, index and chapter headings . Also try Book Parts from the same site.

Book Cover Creator-  make and print several types of  book covers

Fiction and Non- Fiction-  lessons and interactive quiz.  Also try  Can you tell the difference ?

How a Book is Made-  Adapted from the Aliki book- shows the steps in the process.

How to Publish a Book - Find out How a book is really published.

The Caldecott Medal Page gives you a close up look at this famous award.

Visit the Reading Corner to learn more about the Caldecott Medal.

Caldecott Connections - lesson plans, activities, links for various Caldecott titles.
 

Aesop's Fables-  Find many short, colorful fables.

Animated Fables- see several animations of some favorite fables.

Cinderella Around the World-  find many versions of Cinderella stories and other Cinderella links.

Grimm's Fairy Tales - Narrative, interactive fairy tales,  biography of the Grimm brothers, and more.

Paul Bunyan- Read animated story and play 2 tall tale games.

Teaching Heart - Find mini-units on "The Three Little Pigs", "Cinderella", "Beauty and the Beast", and "Jack and the Beanstalk" plus fairy tale crafts, activity sheets, etc.

Three Little Pigs- nicely illustrated version to read on-line.

Apostrophes- learn about apostrophes for  both contractions and possessives.

Grammar Blast- Houghton Mifflin English offers short quizzes for each unit.

Grammar Gold- 3rd Grade- Harcourt Brace offers lessons and short on-line quizzes  for 3rd.

Grammar Gold- 4th Grade- Harcourt Brace offers lessons and short on-line quizzes  for 4th.

Grammar Gold-5th Grade-  Harcourt Brace offers lessons and short on-line quizzes for 5th.

Grammar Practice Park-  online practice for Intermediate grades.

Grammar Quizes Online- really meant for ESL, but can be used by all 3rd and up to review.

Ace Writing.  A super web site. Learn about the types of writing, grammar, vocabulary- lots of resources and lesson plans.

Author Luncheon Activity- Literature lesson involving researching an author, preparing an oral report, and designing a poster.

Bank Street's Guide to Literacy  Deigned for Literacy  tutors, especially volunteers, this Website provides reading tutors with a variety of information ranging from background information on literacy and early reading, sample lesson plans, activities, and information on other literacy and reading resources.

Create A  Play On-Line  Choose 2 characters from the squirrels, bunny, raccoon, and deer, and write a few lines for your chosen characters in this scene maker for early primary.

Eduplace -  Houghton Mifflin's Eduplace- Legacy of Literature student activities.

FunBrain Reading-  read web books and  make wacky madlibs.

Genre Game- score points by knowing different styles of writing.

Genre Types-  learn about the various fiction genres.

Grammar Quizes Online- really meant for ESL, but can be used by all 3rd and up to review.

It's Up to You, Gumshoe!  A mystery unit webquest.

Story Map Collection -  make interactive story maps  right at the computer then print them !

Poetry and Plays

Haiku for the People - Learn about this Japanese poetry form at this interesting web site.

Kidzone Poetry Projects-  find directions for haiku, limerick, and 5 line poems.

Poetry Class-  The Poetry Society sponsors this excellent web site. there are lessons for K-12 ( A Poem a Term) linked to the National Literacy Poetry Strand.

Poetry Idea Engine- interactive site to create cinquain, haiku, limerick, and free verse.

Reader's Theater resources and links for reader's theater scripts and how to implement them in the  classroom.

Rhyming Practice  practice beginning rhyming skills at this interactive site.

Thirty Days of Poetry thirty different lesson plans, each with its own format for students to experiment with and "discover" that they actually enjoy this genre of creative writing.
 

Dolch Noun List Reading Practice-  Interactive quizzes on the Dolch words.

Picture Match-  match beginning, short, and long vowel sounds.

Phonics and Word Study Use your knowledge of letters, sounds, and words with a variety of interactive  games and activities for Grades K-6.

Reading Workshop   Activities for Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Word Study, Vocabulary, and Comprehension. Eventually each standard and benchmark for  the state of Florida will be linked to online examples, practice and tutorials which you can access from home. At present, the Interactive Reading Standards and Benchmarks are ready for use.  Many of them match closely with PA.

Starfall - A Learn to Read web site with games to play.

On-Line Spelling Practice Choose grade from one to five, then select either of two test choices. Option "a" offers a listen and spell exercise, while selection "b" gives  practice in a  format similar to standardized testing.

Spin and Spell- Good for beginners and second language students. Click on a picture and then spin the wheel to spell the word. Several categories of words to choose from .

Stories  Online

Children's Story Books On Line.  Read illustrated stories on-line for various age groups.

Good Night Stories - Everything you can do with a story- Read stories, see stories, create mad lib stories, and so on.

International Children's Digital Library - 904 children's books in 34 languages to read online.

MrsP.Com - a fun, new web site celebrating books and reading-hear stories, play games.

Storyline - The Screen Actor's Guild offers these stories online, where students can choose from different books and/or different actors to download an audio book.  There are also activities.

Tumble Books- E Books for  Kids   Thanks to Northland Library find access to on-line picture books, Chapter books, puzzles and more- a great site  ! Click on the left for Tumble books or try some of the other websites recommended.

Houghton Mifflin Legacy of Literature Vocabulary Pictures from the Santa Monica SD-Build your students' understanding and retention of the key vocabulary words from the anthology selection with pictures.

Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun  Four games- Hangman, Word Searches, Crosswords and   Matching plus various quizzes.  Choose levels and categories.

Vocabulary University   Separated into 3 levels of difficulty, these free interactive vocabulary puzzle and activity sessions use Latin and Greek "roots and cells" to help decode words.

Word Play - Basic but useful practice games- find the antonym, match the definition, pick the tense, etc.

Word Wizard Club- Play word games, find spelling resources, access to various online dictionaries, and teacher resources.

Ace Writing.  A super web site. Learn about the types of writing, grammar, vocabulary- lots of resources and lesson plans.

Apostrophes- learn about apostrophes for  both contractions and possessives.

Compare and Contrast Writing Guide -  takes you step by step through writing a compare and contrast piece.

Create A  Play On-Line  Choose 2 characters from the squirrels, bunny, raccoon, and deer, and write a few lines for your chosen characters in this scene maker for early primary.

Essay Map- Interactive tool that allows students to create and printout an outline map for an informational essay.

Letter Generator-  create and print a letter with this interactive site.

Paragraph a Week Prompts from the basis of a yearling  writing program designed to give  fifth- and sixth graders practice with writing various types of paragraphs.

Paragraph  Punch : Find a free sample of an online writing tool here to help kids master the basics of paragraph writing.

Sentence Detective- Interactively demonstrate and sort sentence types.

Similes to Enhance Writing  Lessons and interactive ways to explore the use of similes.