Region 2 Digital Library
Literacy Resources
Four Block/Literacy Resources
INTELLITOOLS ACTIVITIES (GROUP CREATED) ||
TALKING UTILITIES || BOARDMAKER INTERACTIVE STORYBOARDS
|| LINKS
POWERPOINT TEMPLATES
Powerpoint Examples
- POWERPOINT BOOK TEMPLATE (this will open up as a blank document - be sure to save it as your book title)
- Story Book template
Paint - HOW TO USE PAINT (WORD DOC)
- SOUND FILES SOURCE - FIND SOUNDS: http://www.findsounds.com/
- (remember to search for wav files only & to save them in the same folder as your powerpoint so it knows where to find them...)
Songs sites
http://www.ultimatecampresource.com/site/camp-activities/camp-songs.html
http://www.nancymusic.com/Stickyplay.htm
TALKING UTILITIES
- POWERTALK DOWNLOAD HERE
- website for more information: http://fullmeasure.co.uk/powertalk/
Boardmaker Story Links
Interactive Stories: http://prekese.dadeschools.net/BMD/interactivestorybooks.html
Nursery Rhymes: http://prekese.dadeschools.net/BMD/nurseryrhymes.html
Shared Reading: http://prekese.dadeschools.net/BMD/bellsharedreading.html
INTELLITOOLS ACTIVITIES
How to Make a Book in Classroom Suite - WORD HANDOUT
ACTIVITIES WE CREATED!!!
learningmagicinc - great source of Intellitools Activities! http://www.learningmagicinc.com/itoolsGoodies.html
Hoover's New Wheels Classroom Suite Activity
Bremen Town Musicians
Bumblebees
Mouse in the House
The Hat
The Story of a Blue Bird
Three Little Pigs
Three Little Pigs Song
Let's Make Brownies
Links
On-line Animated Books http://www.storylineonline.net/ Screen Actors Guild Foundation reading children’s books aloud.
http://www.raz-kids.com Some free samples of interactive books or 30-day free trial; subscription fee for full collection.
http://www.mightybook.com Highlights each word as it reads the story. This site has over 200 animated stories and poems; several free samples are available. Subscriptions are $24.95 for a home or $29.99 for a class or $199.99 for an entire school.
http://atv.disney.go.com/playhouse/stories/ Highlights phrases and provides some interactive choices.
http://www.storyplace.org/eel/other.asp Animated stories; part of text must be read by the student.
http://www.storybookonline.net Includes some stories for children to write additional parts.
http://www.nickjr.com/home/just_for_me_stories.jhtml Animated stories read by actors.
http://sillybooks.net Highlights word by word as it reads; has kids’ books by kids.
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/littlekids/downloads/ebooks/index.html PowerPoint books to download and listen to from
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD.
http://www.baltimorecityschools.org/boardmaker/adapted_library.asp
http://schools.nycenet.edu/D75/literacy/adaptedbooks/default.htm
Browser Books - great collection of on-computer books, by level and subject
http://www.houstonlibrary.org/kids/index.html: Click on Tumblebooks library on right side of page
http://atv.disney.go.com/playhouse/stories/ Highlights phrases and provides some interactive choices.
http://www.weread.org/kids/index.asp
AMAZING FOUR BLOCK SCHOOL SITE
-look at the Let's Mull It Over areas are great teacher PPT's to review the concepts of Four Blocks!
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/read/
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Related assistive-technology resources are available on the SET-BC website