I moved my class website to Google Sites because Weebly was being blocked.
The new address is: https://bit.ly/mrduyck
The new address is: https://bit.ly/mrduyck
Find Great Books
Look for books:
What should I read next?
Here's a site with recommendations based on books you already like: http://whatshouldireadnext.com/index.php
Find books recommended by kids at http://c-t-l.org/kids-recommend.
Search books by reading level and subject at https://fab.lexile.com.
Copy the title and author and paste them into Amazon.com, then use "Look Inside" to see a few pages of the book.
Google the title of the book and the words "book review" for more information about the book.
Check out books:
from our classroom library: https://classroom.booksource.com
(Or get the "Classroom Organizer by Booksource" app.)
from the Sparta Middle School Library Catalog: https://destiny.kentisd.org
from your local public library. They can get almost any book you want:
- Sparta Carnegie Township Library: www.sparta.llcoop.org
- Kent District Library: www.KDL.org
- Grand Rapids Public Library: www.grpl.org
Find the reading level of a book:
Click the link that follows and use the "quick book search" in the upper right corner of the page that opens: https://fab.lexile.com
Click here for a Lexile level to reading level conversion chart.
Download free classic books at www.gutenberg.org.
See books people read in high school at www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/high-school-reading-list.
More sites about books:
o bookspot.com
o www.ala.org/yalsa
o www.ala.org/yalsa/professionaltools/yabookshelf#ultimate
o www.nytimes.com/pages/books/review (This site is written for adults.)
o www.digitalbooktalk.net/browse-books/
o www.schooltube.com/channel/scholastic_booktalks/
o www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/65-book-videos-build-excitement-summer-reading
o Newbery award-winning books: www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal
o Teens’ Top Ten (books voted on by actual teens) at http://www.ala.org/yalsa/teenstopten
o "Ultimate Reading List" at Teenreads.com
These links were updated and working on 8-7-2019.
Look for books:
What should I read next?
Here's a site with recommendations based on books you already like: http://whatshouldireadnext.com/index.php
Find books recommended by kids at http://c-t-l.org/kids-recommend.
Search books by reading level and subject at https://fab.lexile.com.
Copy the title and author and paste them into Amazon.com, then use "Look Inside" to see a few pages of the book.
Google the title of the book and the words "book review" for more information about the book.
Check out books:
from our classroom library: https://classroom.booksource.com
(Or get the "Classroom Organizer by Booksource" app.)
from the Sparta Middle School Library Catalog: https://destiny.kentisd.org
from your local public library. They can get almost any book you want:
- Sparta Carnegie Township Library: www.sparta.llcoop.org
- Kent District Library: www.KDL.org
- Grand Rapids Public Library: www.grpl.org
Find the reading level of a book:
Click the link that follows and use the "quick book search" in the upper right corner of the page that opens: https://fab.lexile.com
Click here for a Lexile level to reading level conversion chart.
Download free classic books at www.gutenberg.org.
See books people read in high school at www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/high-school-reading-list.
More sites about books:
o bookspot.com
o www.ala.org/yalsa
o www.ala.org/yalsa/professionaltools/yabookshelf#ultimate
o www.nytimes.com/pages/books/review (This site is written for adults.)
o www.digitalbooktalk.net/browse-books/
o www.schooltube.com/channel/scholastic_booktalks/
o www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/65-book-videos-build-excitement-summer-reading
o Newbery award-winning books: www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal
o Teens’ Top Ten (books voted on by actual teens) at http://www.ala.org/yalsa/teenstopten
o "Ultimate Reading List" at Teenreads.com
These links were updated and working on 8-7-2019.