FCAT Reading Web Sites
In this section, you will find a variety of web sites that provide extensive information about FCAT and other related topics. These websites have been grouped under the following categories:
FCAT web sites
FCAT 8th Grade Reading: A Staff Development Tool
This site provides information about the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test and the Sunshine State Standards. It also provides interactive teaching strategies, practice tests, rubric scoring practice, and teacher resources.
FCAT 10th Grade Reading: A Staff Development Tool
This site provides information about the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test and the Sunshine State Standards. It also provides interactive teaching strategies, practice tests, rubric scoring practice, and teacher resources.
FCAT Homepage
This site offers links to background information, test results, sample tests,
FAQ's, contacts and teacher resources.
Sunshine State Standards
This website provides a search engine for the Reading/Language Arts standards addressed by FCAT.
Children’s literature web sites
Authors
and Illustrators on the Web
This site contains links to an abundance of children's writers and illustrators.
The websites listed here include authors' personal websites and websites maintained
by fans, scholars, and readers.
Berenstain Bear
Country
This site contains lots of activities for learning and fun, interactive readings,
crossword puzzles, and in-depth character descriptions of Stan & Jan Berenstain's
popular bear family.
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature
Site
This site contains book reviews of children's literature, lessons, themes in
all the content areas and professional resources.
CyberKids
This is a free on-line magazine for kids by kids.
Dav Pilkey
This site contains information about children's author Dav Pilkey, along activities
for teachers and fun pages for students that can be printed-out and used in
the classroom.
Eric Carle
This site provides background information on popular children's author Eric
Carle. Teachers can also access a bulletin board where teachers and parents
using Eric Carle's
books in creative ways can submit their ideas for others to use.
The Internet Public Library
This site serves as a collection and showcase for the various ways in which
people are using the Internet to tell and share stories.
Jan Brett
This site contains a wealth of information on children's author Jan Brett, along
with activities based on her books, and worksheets that can be printed out for
teacher use. Students can also e-mail Jan Brett and preview her lastest books.
Judy Blume
This site offers background information about children's author Judy Blume and
the many stories she has written. Insights and tips on writing are also provided,
as well as a special "kids page."
Lit2Go
Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can:
- Download the files to your Mp3 player and listen on the go,
- Listen to the Mp3 files on your computer,
- View the text on a webpage and read along as you listen,
- Print out the stories and poems to make your own book.
Marc Brown's
Arthur Site
This site provides background information about children's author Marc Brown,
as well as games, activities, reproducible worksheets, and teacher guides.
The On-Line Books Page
This site offers a search of on-line books through titles, authors, and subjects.
Project Gutenberg
This site contains an extensive list of electronic texts with guidelines for
their use and distribution.
RHL School Reading Comprehension
This site features stories and poems to read with weekly worksheets free for
parents and teachers to copy for their kids.
Spiderman
This site provides reading activities, worksheets, and games based on the popular
comic book hero Spiderman.