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Context Clues Tutorial

This tutorial teaches students about direct definition context clues.

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Main Idea Tutorial

This interactive tutorial teaches students about main ideas.

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Main Ideas

This page contains online main idea practice. Click on the red bullets to access each one.

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Main Ideas - Practice

This page contains more online main idea practice.

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Main Ideas: Creepy Crawlies

Here you will find online reading quizzes for high first/beginning second graders.

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Main Ideas: Right There Questions

This page gives practice in answering “right there” questions.

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Main Ideas: Put It Together Questions

This page gives practice in answering “put it together” questions.

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Main Ideas: Compare/Contrast Questions

This page gives practice in answering “compare/contrast” questions.

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Reading Exercises

Choose a story to read. Then, complete the Reading Comprehension, Recreating the Story, or Gap-Fill exercises.

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What’s the Order?

Drag 4 pictures into the correct sequence to tell a story.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Children’s Storybooks Online

Scroll down and read stories online. The reading levels include Young Children, Older Children, and Young Adults.

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²Fact or Fiction?

Read online stories and complete the online quizzes.

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How a Book is Made

Learn how a book is made.

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²Make a Story

You create a story by clicking on pictures of your choice. The sentences are read to you.

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²Sesame Street - Stories

Choose a story and listen to it. Click on the eyeglasses to read a story, or click the hand to create a story of your own.

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²Starfall – Its Fun to Read

Choose an area of interest. Read/listen to stories.

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²Starfall – I’m Reading

Choose what you would like to read: Little Plays, Fiction/Non-Fiction, Comics, FolkTales, Greek Myths, or Chinese Fables.

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²Story Place – Elementary Library

Read/listen to online stories. A printout activity is available for each one.

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²Tina’s World 1

Listen to Tina’s story, Buggy Trails, and follow her directions.

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²Tina’s World 2

Listen to Tina’s story and decide if it is real or make-believe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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