LibGuides: Grade 1: Language: Reading

Suggested Databases

Oxford Owl Reading This link opens in a new window
Britannica Elementary School Edition This link opens in a new window
General encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary and thesaurus covering a wide range of topics. Information is presented using text, audio, videos and images. Each article also contains links to explore more on the topic
Sora (OverDrive) This link opens in a new window
Open a world of reading with the UCDSB collection of eBooks, audiobooks and read alongs from OverDrive. Your virtual book library all in one! Download the Sora app to your phone or device - its easy to read!

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Author Web-sites

Paulette Bourgeois
Website of Paulette Bourgeoise, author of the Franklin series of books
Robert Munsch
Official Website of Robert Musch
Jan Brett
Official Website of Jan Brett
David Weisner
Official Website of author/illustrator David Weisner
Mo Willems
Official Website of author and illustrator Mo Willems

Read to Me

Storyline Online This link opens in a new window
For students in Kindergarten to Gr. 6, this beautiful e-book website gives access to narrated storybooks (online story-times/read alouds) for children. Narration is provided by famous Hollywood stars! Activities are available.
Provided by the Entertainment Industry Foundation.
Indigenous Storybooks This link opens in a new window
EN/FR/Multilingual open-licensed stories from Little Cree Books. Available online, audio & downloadable pdf.
Unite for Literacy This link opens in a new window
Free digital library of picturebooks. Includes ability to have the books read out loud in multiple languages. Ideal for English and French learners.

Clifford Interactive Storybooks
Use these online interactive Clifford stories to help raise student phenomenological awareness.

VLC Bookmark

Logins for all VLC databases are found on the back of the VLC Bookmark.

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Top Picks

Starfall
Language activities, games, and videos will help students with grammar, sentence structure, spelling, and and more.
Reading Games
Online games from Toy Theater help students practice their reading skills.
Sesame Street - Reading Adventures
Play and learn with your favourite Sesame Street cast with this vocabulary initiative developed by Sesame Workshop in partnership with PNC Grow Up Great.
Sesame Street - Story Book Builder
"Early readers will love building their own story book with Elmo, Abby Cadabby, or Cookie Monster! A perfect tool for helping identify feelings and emotions, word and letter recognition, and letter sounds."
Teach Your Monster To Read
"Create a monster and take it on an adventure through a magical world. Travel to exciting places, meet fun characters, play games and win prizes as your monster learns the first steps of reading. Minigames help children to develop speed and accuracy of letter recognition."

Beginning Reading Skills

Consonant Chart Phonics chart of consonants and their sounds.

Learn to read with phonics

We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781423133087
Publication Date: 2010-09-14
Too Many Books by Gilles Tibo
ISBN: 9780439967532
Publication Date: 2004
Souperchicken by Mary Jane Auch; Herm Auch (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780823417049
Publication Date: 2003-01-01

I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763655983
Publication Date: 2011-09-27
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
ISBN: 9780007263899

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Check out these books about reading!

The Story Book Knight

Reading Beauty

You Can Read

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