[lonewadi]

Does anyone have any sites for online books or like a library? A friends was telling me about a place that would read a book aloud to the kids, then they could read along, and maybe even test over it? She can't remember the site. Any ideas?

[whatever]

Tumblebooks that she is referring to. It is a subscription site by itself but you can access it through large city libraries and get into it legitimately for free.

I usually go through NYC public library or Harris County (TX) public library. Click on books > children's books > Kids Read> then Tumblebooks icon.

They have a variety of stories to choose from and you can pick automatic or manual reading and page turning. Some of the stories also have an extra activity like a game or puzzle or quiz. If the books are AR books, it gives the info right there and your students can definitely quiz on them.

[paullyhi]

www.bookadventure.com

www.storylineonline.net

[Believeinthem]

She may be thinking of RAZ for kids. It's part of the Reading A-Z group. On it, the students can read leveled books at their reading level, or they can listen to it being read, and then they can take a comprehension test about it. My students love it. It is subscription based, but very reasonable. You as a teacher can get reports about what they are doing and how they do on the comprehension tests. The website is: http://www.raz-kids.com

Hope this helps.

[lonewadi]

thanks for these sites, they are great, and just what I'm looking for.

[Kinder1]

I just quickly went onto BookAdventure it reminds me of Accelerated Reader but a free program. Is this correct to assume?

[doingitall]

Scholastic has Book Flix which pairs fiction and non fiction books. Our school has tumblebooks (fun games for easy centers too) also.