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.
Florida Department of Education
This site provides FCAT and other educational information for teachers, parents, and students.
Sunshine State Standards
This website provides the standards for reading and literature that are being 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.
The Children’s Literature Web Guide
This site offers links to award-winning book lists, authors on the web, stories on the web, resources and much, much more.
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.
Fourth Grade Reading
This site offers help with reading and comprehension at the fourth grade level.
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 latest 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.”
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.
Public Domain HTI Modern English Collection
This site contains an extensive list of literature such as Aesop's Fables, The Jungle Book, and Little Women.
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.
Teacher resource web sites
A to Z Teacher Stuff
This site provides a listing of well-known children’s books with hyperlinks to sites that contain lesson plans for using the book.
A.Word.A.Day
This site lists a new word and its definition each day.
Cyberguides
Cyberguides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature.
Discovery Channel School
This site features lesson plans, discussions, a school store, and additional web links for educators.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Explore the ancient world cultures of Egypt, India, China and many more on this website.
Learning to Read
This site contains resources for language arts and reading research.
Scholastic: Across the Curriculum
This site offers an array of features and theme units for any grade level by content area.
Sites for Teachers
This site provides links to teacher resources and educational materials available on the net.
Whales: A Thematic Web Unit
This site provides an extensive thematic unit on whales, integrated across the content areas.