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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 4th 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 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.”

Lit2Go
Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 (audiobook) format. You can: