Literature Resources

Literactive (includes ESL activities)
http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp


Literacy Center Education network
http://www.literacycenter.net/


Mightybook
http://www.mightybook.com


News-o-matic (bilingual)
http://classtechtips.com/2014/11/15/news-o-matic-is-now-bilingual/


Reading Is Fundamental
http://www.rif.org/kids/leadingtoreading/en/leadingtoreading.htm

ROY
http://www.roythezebra.com/

AllMyFavs
http://edu.allmyfaves.com/

Children’s Storybooks Online
http://www.magickeys.com/books/  

iPad interactive app Jack and The Bean Stalk by Nosy Crow
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jack-beanstalk-by-nosy-crow/id796383629?mt=8

Jack and the Beanstalk Children’s Interactive Storybook
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jack-beanstalk-childrens-interactive/id364871348?mt=8


International Children’s Digital Library
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/


11 Free Reading Websites for kids
http://blog.reallygoodstuff.com/11-free-reading-websites-for-kids/4/

Novels On Location
http://novelsonlocation.com/

StoryLineonline
http://www.storylineonline.net/

Wegivebooks (digital books)
http://www.wegivebooks.org/


DK Readers (fee based)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dk-readers/id720199396?mt=8

Storybook Apps
http://classtechtips.com/2014/01/16/12-free-storybook-apps-for-ipads/

Apps

There are 1.3 million iOS and 1.3 million Android apps available as of July 2014.  http://www.statista.com/statistics/276623/number-of-apps-available-in-leading-app-stores/

It is most difficult to know where to look and which apps might be the most useful.

Here are a couple resources to help you in your research, as well as a few I am suggesting.
http://www.tcea.org/ipad

iPads have a very strong lead over android devices in the area of education. If you like you may choose android apps with the same title for your reviews.

To find other iOS apps try http://appcrawlr.com/

7 Little Words for Kids
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/7-little-words-for-kids/id598673952?mt=8


abcya
http://www.abcya.com/

abc PocketPhonics
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/abc-pocketphonics-lite/id302689971?mt=8

Avokiddo ABC Ride
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/avokiddo-abc-ride/id827657068?mt=8

Teach Your Monster to Read
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/teach-your-monster-to-read/id828392046?mt=8


Boom Writer
http://boomwriter.com/wordwriter


Book Track Classroom
http://info.booktrackclassroom.com/teachers


Endless WordPlay
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/endless-wordplay/id727871636?mt=8


Grammaropolis (fee based)
http://grammaropolis.com/  

Hooked on Phonics (In-app Purchases)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hooked-on-phonics-learn-to/id588868907?mt=8

KidEWords
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kidewords-crossword-puzzles/id827759092?mt=8


Knoword
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/knoword/id436304807?mt=8

National Geographic Young Explorers
http://ngexplorer.cengage.com/ngyoungexplorer/index.html

Oxford Owl
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/

Kindle
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kindle-read-books-ebooks-magazines/id302584613?mt=8 

No Prep iPad Literacy Center
http://luv2teachgirl.blogspot.com/2012/11/no-prep-ipad-literacy-center.html 
PBS News-O-Matic
http://press4kids.com/

PBS Reading Games
http://pbskids.org/games/reading/

Quizzitive
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quizzitive-merriam-webster/id645814720?mt=8

Synopsis
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/synopsis/id721350119?mt=8

Subtext
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/subtext/id457556753?mt=8

Spell Mania
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dk-readers/id720199396?mt=8

World’s Worst Pet
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/worlds-worst-pet-vocabulary/id730540095?mt=8

Word Magic

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word-magic-lite/id385491347?mt=8

Teacher Tools
http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/

Good Books Lookup
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/good-books-lookup/id743428890?mt=8

Crayola LA Lesson ideas
http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/k-12/lp-language-arts-lesson-plans/

Online dictionary
http://www.wordsmyth.net/ Read To Mehttp://blog.reallygoodstuff.com/11-free-reading-websites-for-kids/3/

Assessment Tools
Cloze Test Generator
http://l.georges.online.fr/tools/cloze.html Running Record calculator
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/running-record-calculator/id507919711?mt=8Record of Reading
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/record-of-reading/id543574721?mt=8
Levelbook Lite
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/levelbook-lite/id696136008?mt=8

Cofer
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/confer/id387777553?mt=8

Reader’s Workshop
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/readers-workshop/id557489968?mt=8

Running Record Tool box
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/running-record-toolbox/id669076125?mt=8

LevelFinder
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/levelfinder/id386534972?mt=8

Level It Books
http://levelitbooks.com/

Google Formative Assessment  Checklist
http://classtechtips.com/2014/12/23/google-forms-spotlight-formative-assessment-checklists/

Desktop interactive computer apps

DailyLit
https://www.dailylit.com/faq 

GoogleLittrips 
http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html 

How to create a Google Lit Trip
http://youtu.be/wzZD4jHSlAw 

Powermylearning (various activities
http://powermylearning.org/educator/findnew

Spelling City
http://www.spellingcity.com/

Starfall
http://www.starfall.com/index.htm

Teach Your Monster To Learn
http://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

Novels on Location
http://novelsonlocation.com/ 

Read Write Think 
http://www.readwritethink.org/ 


Tweeting the Read-Aloud 
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/tweeting-the-read-aloud-monica-burns 


VocabGrabber: VisualThesaurus  (Fee based) 
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/  


Verbalearn.com found on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/VerbaLearncom/66732286195 


YAWYR
http://www.darienlibrary.org/darien-library/catalog/yawyr
Storytelling

ComicLife
www.plasq.com

Comicbook
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/comicbook!/id436114747?mt=8

Adobe Voice Show Your Story
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-voice-show-your-story/id852555131?mt=8

Animation Creator
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/animation-creator-hd-express/id380381736?mt=8 (careful … it has a 12+ rating)

Express Books
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/express-books/id518153540?mt=8

Powtoon
http://www.powtoon.com/edu-home/

Puppet Pals HD
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puppet-pals-hd/id342076546?mt=8

Puppet Pals 2: School Edition
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puppet-pals-2-school-edition/id557616416?mt=8

Reading With Pictures
http://www.readingwithpictures.org/

Star Wars Scene maker
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/star-wars-scene-maker/id853282805?mt=8   

ToonDoo
http://www.toondoo.com/

Toontastic Jr. Kung fu Panda
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toontastic-jr.-kung-fu-panda/id703071428?mt=8

Toontastic Jr. Shrek Movie Maker
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toontastic-jr.-shrek-movie/id632359329?mt=8

Zooburst (3D pop-up books)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zooburst/id531117081?mt=8

Dragon Dictation
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dragon-dictation/id341446764?mt=8


Interactive Whiteboard Activities

Promethean
http://www.prometheanplanet.com/en-us/
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/INTERACTIVE.ASPX  
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/pilot/pilotread.htm
http://www.teachhub.com/free-interactive-whiteboard-resources


SMART Exchange
http://exchange.smarttech.com/