Reading begins with a strong foundation of vocabulary knowledge. Begin by discovering some words that have shades of meaning. Use the chart to the right to create a list of words with the same denotation but a variety of connotation. If you are curious as to what denotation and connotation mean, look them up in a dictionary.
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1. NEWSELA This is a great website to track and level you or your students' reading skills. You select the level and topics. Enjoy reading several nonfiction topics to improve your reading skills.
2. READTHEORY This website automatically levels your reading after every reading quiz. If you do well on a reading test, it moves you up to the next level. Reading tests ask anywhere from one question to thirteen questions. Good luck and earn lots of points for each question answered correctly.
3. BOOK ADVENTURE A great free resource for improving students' reading skills! Choose from over 8,000 books and have students take a quiz online.
4. EREADINGWORKSHEETS Use this resource to find a variety of worksheets that focus on theme, irony, point of view, and many more. Answer keys are included.
5. FREE ONLINE READING Read classic novels for free online. Check it out!