Accessible+Books+and+Literacy

Be sure to check out the science and social studies page for great websites and some that have readers built in!   [] Adapted books for complex learners  [|Pulling Bookshare text into ibooks]

[] Online books with audio and text  [] Online books and audiobooks  [] Online books and audio books; search by readability levels

 [] Adapted books and materials in a variety of formats (i.e. boardmaker, Clicker, doc, ppt)  **Free online book account for teachers**  []  [|Just Read Books read aloud] links to books read on youtube <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> [] This is a free program for students/families in need (low income and disabilties). Must use Voice Over to have a text reader (not one built in). <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> [] Online books beginning with upper elementary, built in reader

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">[| http://www.schoolwide.com/zing] <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">[|ReadWorks] Free online curriculum for literacy and reading comprehension. <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**Online Tools to Support Literacy** <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> [] Free online books with read alongs [|Pinterest Board with adapted books]

Popular books adapted with text pictures or as powerpoints. [|Sherlock Center]

[|Printable/Online books with levels--Free]

[] Symbaloo for audio books

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**[|The Tar Heel Reader]** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> an on-line resource for reading and writing beginning level digital books for older adolescents, has over 7,700 books in its library and over [|885,000 book readings] since it went online in May 2008 []

links to online, multimedia, alphabet letter and sound learning [|www.starfall.com/...play.htm]
 * [|Starfall]**

PBS website with games, and stories. [|pbskids.org/lions]
 * __[|Between the Lions | PBS Kids]__**

Books online: []

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**Storyline online** videos of actors reading aloud childrens storybooks. Captioning option is great to support learning [|Story line] [| online]

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">** Speakaboos ** offers fables, nursery rhymes, fairly tales, folk tales, and games []

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">** Literactive ** a website with games, interactive activities and stories [|Literactive]

This website provides guidelines for teaching literacy skills to learners with special needs, especially learners with complex communication needs. [|AAC & Literacy]

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**Rhyme search engine** for generating words for instructional activities, games, other writing activities [|rhymezone.com]

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**__All things Mother Goose__** for teachers and parents wanting teaching support [|www.mothergoose.com]

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> explanation for elementary students [|www.factmonster.com/...analogy.html]
 * Analogies**

Interactive analogy site for student practice [|www.sadlier-oxford.com/...analogiesx.htm]
 * [|Analogies]**

[|www.kididdles.com]
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Song lyrics and tunes **

Storynory []

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 * Into the Book **

__ Secondary Books __

[]/ This is a great site for age appropriate stories for secondary students with reading disabilities.

Books adapted with visual supports (popular reading list titles) [][] Great audio files of public domain books [|LibriVox]

[|audio book cloud]

Downloadable public domain books [|Project Gutenburg]

Search Google books for public domain and to preview books [|Google Books]

[|Bookshare] Blue Valley Staff: Please contact Nicole Peters to see if your building already has an account set up. [] This is a link to training videos about bookshelf and web reader from bookshare.

[|ck12 FlexBooks] These are online textbooks. " customizable, free, curriculum-aligned content for K-12"

__ Text To Speech supports __ [|Power Talk] Free downloadable software to make a Powerpoint "talk". [|Word Talk] Free downloadable software

[|Premier software] ** Blue Valley staff: BV has a district lisence as well as a home use lisence for anyone in district. Please contact Nicole Peters with any questions.

[|Balabolka] Free downloadable text to speech software [|Natural Readers] Free downloadable text to speech software

__Reading Comprehension__ __[|Into the Book]__ Great website to work on reading comprehension strategies with kids.

[|CommonLit] Free instructional materials to support literacy for grades 5-12. Teachers can assign and monitor progress.

[|Protocol for Accomodations in Reading (PAR)]