E-books and Digital Text:
Kent District Library - search for audio books or e-books and check out online with your library car
MEL (Michigan Electronic Library) - Search Kids or Teens
Tarheel Reader - collection of PowerPoint online books
East of the Web - collection of short stories, organized by genre (read aloud with text-to-speech)
Poetry4Kids - collection of poems and activities (read aloud with text-to-speech)
Gutenberg.org - free online access to out-of-copyright literature (read aloud with text-to-speech)
Bookshare - data base of digital books free for students with disability
Learning A-Z - interactive book and reading supports for children (subscription-based)
Audio Books:
Story Online - stories read by members of the screen actor's guild
StoryNory - online audio books, read by professional actors
Unite for Literacy - over 100 children's books with various language options
Digitalbook.io - Public Domain audio books
Loyal Books (Books Should Be Free) - public domain audio and e-books
Lit2Go - online collection of mp3 stories and poems
Librivox - collection of books recorded by volunteers
Learning Ally -Subscriptions available, for students with an identified reading disability or schools
Audible - subscription/fee based commercial audio books
Playaways - MP3 books available for commercial purchase
Text Readers:
Read&Write - Chrome Extension (Office 365 also available) (request a free educator premium license)
Select and Speak - Chrome Extension
Universal Reader - Premier Technologies software, free to schools and families within Kent ISD
WordTalk - free text-reader for Word with talking dictionary and mp3 converter
NaturalReader - free text-reader available online (premium voices available for an extra fee)
PowerTalk - free text-reader for PowerPoint
Sites with Scaled or Tiered Reading Levels:
CommonLit - Short stories, nonfiction, poems, news - includes built-in text reader and font adjustments
Ben's Guide- guide to US government by grade level
Starchild- space and astonomy
The Brain - the brain and it's behavior
Newsela - Current Events
Tween Tribune - Current Events
Breaking News English - Current Events
Readworks - Articles, informational text and literature
Books That Grow - Subscription based content in all subject areas
Wikipedia- use the "Simple English" link available in the language choices on the left. Converts text to 'simpler' format.
Sites that Help Determine Readability of Text:
Juicy Studio - input a URL or website location and the readbility will be calculated
Using English - Cut and paste into this site for Readability stats.
Vocabulary, Dictionary and Thesaurus tools:
Visual Thesaurus- a very visual thesaurus
Mirriam Webster Visual Dictionary - online visual support
Snappy Words -online visual dictionary thesaurus
VisuWords - online visual dictionary/thesaurus
WordSmyth- look up words on any webpage, create quizzes, make a glossary, create a crossword puzzle. etc.
Vocabahead - vocabulary word videos
Wordia - video vocabulary hosted on YouTube
Harcourt Talking Dictionary - pictures and audio for elementary students
Many Things - vocabulary with pictures, video pronunciation and games
Spelling:
Spelling City -customizable online spelling that makes practice fun
ICT games - customizable online spelling practice
Spell A Picture - Pictoral spelling program
Woodlands School Site - free online games for spelling, language, written expression skills, etc.
Kent District Library - search for audio books or e-books and check out online with your library car
MEL (Michigan Electronic Library) - Search Kids or Teens
Tarheel Reader - collection of PowerPoint online books
East of the Web - collection of short stories, organized by genre (read aloud with text-to-speech)
Poetry4Kids - collection of poems and activities (read aloud with text-to-speech)
Gutenberg.org - free online access to out-of-copyright literature (read aloud with text-to-speech)
Bookshare - data base of digital books free for students with disability
Learning A-Z - interactive book and reading supports for children (subscription-based)
Audio Books:
Story Online - stories read by members of the screen actor's guild
StoryNory - online audio books, read by professional actors
Unite for Literacy - over 100 children's books with various language options
Digitalbook.io - Public Domain audio books
Loyal Books (Books Should Be Free) - public domain audio and e-books
Lit2Go - online collection of mp3 stories and poems
Librivox - collection of books recorded by volunteers
Learning Ally -Subscriptions available, for students with an identified reading disability or schools
Audible - subscription/fee based commercial audio books
Playaways - MP3 books available for commercial purchase
Text Readers:
Read&Write - Chrome Extension (Office 365 also available) (request a free educator premium license)
Select and Speak - Chrome Extension
Universal Reader - Premier Technologies software, free to schools and families within Kent ISD
WordTalk - free text-reader for Word with talking dictionary and mp3 converter
NaturalReader - free text-reader available online (premium voices available for an extra fee)
PowerTalk - free text-reader for PowerPoint
Sites with Scaled or Tiered Reading Levels:
CommonLit - Short stories, nonfiction, poems, news - includes built-in text reader and font adjustments
Ben's Guide- guide to US government by grade level
Starchild- space and astonomy
The Brain - the brain and it's behavior
Newsela - Current Events
Tween Tribune - Current Events
Breaking News English - Current Events
Readworks - Articles, informational text and literature
Books That Grow - Subscription based content in all subject areas
Wikipedia- use the "Simple English" link available in the language choices on the left. Converts text to 'simpler' format.
Sites that Help Determine Readability of Text:
Juicy Studio - input a URL or website location and the readbility will be calculated
Using English - Cut and paste into this site for Readability stats.
Vocabulary, Dictionary and Thesaurus tools:
Visual Thesaurus- a very visual thesaurus
Mirriam Webster Visual Dictionary - online visual support
Snappy Words -online visual dictionary thesaurus
VisuWords - online visual dictionary/thesaurus
WordSmyth- look up words on any webpage, create quizzes, make a glossary, create a crossword puzzle. etc.
Vocabahead - vocabulary word videos
Wordia - video vocabulary hosted on YouTube
Harcourt Talking Dictionary - pictures and audio for elementary students
Many Things - vocabulary with pictures, video pronunciation and games
Spelling:
Spelling City -customizable online spelling that makes practice fun
ICT games - customizable online spelling practice
Spell A Picture - Pictoral spelling program
Woodlands School Site - free online games for spelling, language, written expression skills, etc.