This document provides a summary of several educational websites that are good for reading on the web, including what each site includes and tips for using the sites. Some of the sites summarized are www.nationalgeographic.com/kids, www.timeforkids.com/TFK, www.nytimes.com/learning, www.nws.noaa.gov, www.ushmm.org/education, and www.exploratorium.org. Tips are provided for each site about features students may find interesting or how teachers can utilize the site's resources.

1. Good Reading on the Web
Site Includes… Tips
www.nationalgeographic.com/kids -Exploration of geographic, scientific, and historical “What’s popular” is midway down the page also
concepts, issues and events. has video options for struggling readers
www.timeforkids.com/TFK -Homework helper -TFK Mini-Sites -explores specially created sites
-Kid reporters for Black History Month, Women's History Month,
-Photo and Video on current topics students would Earth Day and many more.
enjoy. -This site has high interest ready-to-use short
texts.
-Archive link that allows you to print any article
from TFK in English and Spanish
www.nytimes.com/learning - news summaries, science Q&As, who’s who and Every weekday new educational resources are
what’s what features published in The New York Times – all for free.
-exploration of the NY Times learning network by
subject *I really like the “Student Opinion” section.
-word of the day Students’ blog about topics related to the life of
-student crosswords teenagers.
-Historic headlines
www.nws.noaa.gov -weather maps, patterns, info on natural disasters Assists students with reading maps.
www.ushmm.org/education - provides in-depth look at the Holocaust U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum provides links
-provides information in over 10 languages for students, teachers and families
-historical video footage of concentration camps
www.exploratorium.org -Podcasts and webcasts that inform students I think this is a great site to pass on to any of your
about a wide variety of science topics science teachers; it’s a wonderful resource!
www.lexile.com -a wide variety of books Lexile evaluates both reading ability and text
complexity on the same scale
Lexile Framework uses assessment results to
match readers with texts essential for growth and
monitoring

2. Site Includes… Tips
This site is useful for grades K-12.
-interactive websites -It is a wikispace page so you do need to join
http://literacypathways.wikispaces. -independent reading activities -contains many research based articles that
com/ -Vocabulary support teaching literacy
-graphic organizers -
-assessment resources
-differentiated instruction