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Reading Programs
[|Free Reading] - a program for grade K-3 [|All About Adolescent Literature] [|Learning to Read] - very elementary

Public Domain Books
[|Authorama] [|Project Guttenberg] [|Search Public Domain Books for Mobile Devices] [|Myebook] (use caution here) [|Library of Congress] - Children's Literature

Audio Books
[|Audiobooks.org] - to download, control-click on link, choose Save File As (limited files) [|Libravox] [|Audiobooks for Free] - lots of books, quality of free ones is not as good as the ones for which you pay [|Free Classic Audio Books] [|Project Guttenberg - Audio]

Reading on the Web
Use online dictionary: Safari - Control click on the word - Look Up In Dictionary Firefox - Download plug in for Answers.com. Once loaded, Option Click.

Safari will also read website text to students

Checking the Readability Level of Websites

You can get a readability score from MS word: 1st - Under Word Preferences, select Spelling and Grammar Make sure Check Readability Statistics is checked off.

2nd - Copy a chunk if text from the article (at least 100 words) or the entire article Paste to a word document. Run the Spelling and Grammar option under Tools Once run, you will get a readability score.

Creating MP3 files
[|Read the Words] Audio Recorder Garageband

Online Reading-Sites
[|We Tell Stories] [|Awesome Stories] [|Book Glutton] - social networking site for reading books. [|Story Online] - elementary [|ZAP Reader]

Read Speeder

Best Websites for Beginning Readers

Cross Curriculum Reading
[|The Lure of the Labyrinth] - math and reading [|Inspiring Middle School Literacy] - science and social studies

Reading Support Information
[|The Lexile Framework for Reading] [|Find a Book with Lexiles] [|My Webspiration] - online graphic organizer, which can be done collaboratively

Resources
Central Diigo Reading Group

Subscription Programs
[|Reading A-Z] [|Big Universe]