Reading Resources
Summer Reading!!
Closing the Summer Reading Gap for Secondary Students (Middle School):
Parent Resources read more ...
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Standards Toolkit website
The Standards Toolkit website premiered on 1/22/14 as part of Milwee Middle Schools Student-Led Conference Initiatives. Milwee Middle School and our Parent Advisory Team partnered to create this website to provide students, parents and guardians with resources on "how" to help students in 6th - 8th grades strengthen their needed academic skills. This website will offer clarification of the skills for each standard as well as free tutorial and/or practice lessons (when available).
Our students received assessment data from prior year FSA testing. This information identified student's scores in the specific standards areas they are proficient in as well as those that need improvement. Students and parents can use this information to guide you to the corresponding area on this website for additional information and help for improvement.
Our students received assessment data from prior year FSA testing. This information identified student's scores in the specific standards areas they are proficient in as well as those that need improvement. Students and parents can use this information to guide you to the corresponding area on this website for additional information and help for improvement.
YOU can help your child succeed! Be Engaged!
Being engaged means being informed and taking appropriate action.
The following is intended to provide relevant and timely information so you can be better informed about available resources that can help your child improve their Reading (Language Arts/Literacy) skills. Now it's up to you to take the appropriate action needed for your child's success.
Being engaged means being informed and taking appropriate action.
The following is intended to provide relevant and timely information so you can be better informed about available resources that can help your child improve their Reading (Language Arts/Literacy) skills. Now it's up to you to take the appropriate action needed for your child's success.
The Council of the Great City Schools has developed content and grade-specific parent roadmaps that provide detailed information for parents about the expectations of the Common Core in English Language Arts and Literacy. Grades K-8 Parent Roadmaps for English Language Arts and Literacy have been posted and Spanish-language versions. More translations will follow throughout the school year, and high school-level guides will be posted later this fall. These parent roadmaps include:
- examples of grade-level focus in the content area using parent-friendly language,
- sample progressions of learning across three grade levels in the Common Core,
- and tips to parents on communicating with teachers about their child’s work and how to support student learning at home.
Finding the Right Book & Encouraging Reading ...
Reading - Parent Guide (click to open document)
Reading Gives You Superpowers!
Free Reading Resources
Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com/
..a fact-filled site with ready reference information for students
National Geographic Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
The award-winning website excites kids about the planet through games, videos, contests, photos, quizzes, and blogs about cultures, animals and destinations.
Time Magazine for Kids http://www.timeforkids.com/
TIME For Kids is a weekly classroom news magazine that motivates kids to read! Issues cover a wide range of real-world topics kids love to learn about - and it's the best nonfiction text you'll find!
Library of Congress (for kids) http://www.read.gov/kids/
The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress invites people of all ages to discover the fascinating people, places and events that await you whenever you read.
Teaching Kids News http://teachingkidsnews.com/
Producing daily (except on holidays), kid-friendly news articles, based on what’s actually happening in the world. Every story is in kid-friendly language and appropriate for kids in grades 2 to 8. Beyond just making the vocabulary accessible, we provide context for everything in each news story, so kids can understand what’s going on, and why. In the curriculum connections we encourage kids to think critically not only about the story itself, but about the way the story is presented. Does the journalist have a bias? What is it and how could the story be written differently by another journalist?
Discovery Education http://www.discoveryeducation.com/students/index.cfm?campaign=flyout_students
Provides interactive games, videos, contests, virtual labs and activities designed to help you dive deeper into a topic —and have fun too!
Fun Brain https://http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html
Since 1997, kids, teachers, librarians, and parents have enthusiastically turned to Funbrain for its free educational games, online books, and comics. Funbrain, created for kids ages preschool through grade 8, offers more than 100 fun, interactive games that develop skills in math, reading, and literacy. Plus, kids can read a variety of popular books and comics on the site, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amelia Writes Again, and Brewster Rocket.
PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/games/reading.html
PBS KIDS Reading Games are designed to help children practice their reading skills while playing with their favorite PBS KIDS friends.
Scholastic Bookwizard http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
An essential resource to search for books from all publishers by reading level, grade level, Lexile measure, or similar books from your search keywords.
Seminole County Public Library providess access to online databases like World Book Encyclopedia:
..a fact-filled site with ready reference information for students
National Geographic Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
The award-winning website excites kids about the planet through games, videos, contests, photos, quizzes, and blogs about cultures, animals and destinations.
Time Magazine for Kids http://www.timeforkids.com/
TIME For Kids is a weekly classroom news magazine that motivates kids to read! Issues cover a wide range of real-world topics kids love to learn about - and it's the best nonfiction text you'll find!
Library of Congress (for kids) http://www.read.gov/kids/
The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress invites people of all ages to discover the fascinating people, places and events that await you whenever you read.
Teaching Kids News http://teachingkidsnews.com/
Producing daily (except on holidays), kid-friendly news articles, based on what’s actually happening in the world. Every story is in kid-friendly language and appropriate for kids in grades 2 to 8. Beyond just making the vocabulary accessible, we provide context for everything in each news story, so kids can understand what’s going on, and why. In the curriculum connections we encourage kids to think critically not only about the story itself, but about the way the story is presented. Does the journalist have a bias? What is it and how could the story be written differently by another journalist?
Discovery Education http://www.discoveryeducation.com/students/index.cfm?campaign=flyout_students
Provides interactive games, videos, contests, virtual labs and activities designed to help you dive deeper into a topic —and have fun too!
Fun Brain https://http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html
Since 1997, kids, teachers, librarians, and parents have enthusiastically turned to Funbrain for its free educational games, online books, and comics. Funbrain, created for kids ages preschool through grade 8, offers more than 100 fun, interactive games that develop skills in math, reading, and literacy. Plus, kids can read a variety of popular books and comics on the site, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amelia Writes Again, and Brewster Rocket.
PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/games/reading.html
PBS KIDS Reading Games are designed to help children practice their reading skills while playing with their favorite PBS KIDS friends.
Scholastic Bookwizard http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/
An essential resource to search for books from all publishers by reading level, grade level, Lexile measure, or similar books from your search keywords.
Seminole County Public Library providess access to online databases like World Book Encyclopedia:
- World Book Online Info Finder,
- World Book Online Reference Center,
- World Book Online For Kids, and
- Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos.
Lexile Framework for Reading - Looking for a Lexile measure on a particular textbook or book title? Try searching the Lexile Book Database which contains English and Spanish fiction and non-fiction titles from many publishers. The titles in the Lexile Book Database are not necessarily recommended books, nor should the books be taken as a suggested district reading list.
Florida Teens Read - A Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME) Initiative. Florida Teens Read is a list of 15 titles selected by a committee to engage high school students and reflect their interests as well as represent a variety of genres, formats, reading levels, viewpoints, and ethnic and cultural perspectives.
KidsClick! - Web search for kids by librarians.
Ask Kids- Need an answer to a question? Just Ask Kids.
Vocabulary.co.il http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
Vocabulary.co.il is a leading vocabulary website worldwide with the best flash online word games. The vocabulary games include an online word search, an online crossword puzzle, and hangman online (our version is called HangMouse). Users choose the vocabulary list that the online word game will use in the word game.
Analogy Games
Antonym Games
Compound Word Games
Context Games
Contraction Games
English Language Games
Foreign Language Games
Hangman Games
Hig Pig Games
Homophone Games
Idioms Games
Latin Learning Games
Literature Games
Oxymoron Games
Parts of Speech Games
Phonics Games
Prefix Games
Root Word Games
SAT Games
Spelling Games
Suffix Games
Syllable Games
Synonym Games
Typing Games
Word Play Games
Vocabulary Spelling City http://www.spellingcity.com/
Florida Teens Read - A Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME) Initiative. Florida Teens Read is a list of 15 titles selected by a committee to engage high school students and reflect their interests as well as represent a variety of genres, formats, reading levels, viewpoints, and ethnic and cultural perspectives.
KidsClick! - Web search for kids by librarians.
Ask Kids- Need an answer to a question? Just Ask Kids.
Vocabulary.co.il http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
Vocabulary.co.il is a leading vocabulary website worldwide with the best flash online word games. The vocabulary games include an online word search, an online crossword puzzle, and hangman online (our version is called HangMouse). Users choose the vocabulary list that the online word game will use in the word game.
Analogy Games
Antonym Games
Compound Word Games
Context Games
Contraction Games
English Language Games
Foreign Language Games
Hangman Games
Hig Pig Games
Homophone Games
Idioms Games
Latin Learning Games
Literature Games
Oxymoron Games
Parts of Speech Games
Phonics Games
Prefix Games
Root Word Games
SAT Games
Spelling Games
Suffix Games
Syllable Games
Synonym Games
Typing Games
Word Play Games
Vocabulary Spelling City http://www.spellingcity.com/
- An award-winning game-based learning tool for vocabulary, spelling, writing and language arts
- A K-12 educational service used worldwide by schools and families
- 50,000 words and 60,000 sentences read by a real person
- Access via mobile app for your tablet and smart phone,or online via computer and interactive whiteboard
- Correlation to educational standards
- School and district-level reports
