Our Ziptales website provides online web-based interactive resources to assist in the development of literacy and ICT skills. Designed for students of ages 6-12, this online site can be used with individual readers, groups or your whole class. Its features also makes it appealing to reluctant readers.
Features:
- a core reading library of 200 stories in 12 different genre categories; from scary stories, true stories, adventures, myths and so on.
- stories at 3 readability levels with optional voiceover and with short online comprehension (cloze or multiple choice) at the end of each story, where the reader instantly knows his/her score.
- a range of literacy-based interactive modules to complement the core library.
- a 'staffroom': full summaries of all the stories with word counts, Lexile measures, word counts, themes, suggestions for use, readability levels, photocopiable worksheets etc.
- Where Do I Start? A short online pre-test to determine students' starting level.
Other features also include:
- ABC for early literacy
- interactive readers
- Puzzle Palace - a fully interactive puzzle library for thinking and problem solving skills. (Yrs 1-3)
- SAM - Standardised Literacy Assessment Measure for Years 3, 5 & 7. (Australian) Online assessment for individual literacy level. Results emailed with analysis of each answer.
For as little as 0.65c-$2 per student you can make an anuual subscription to this online website and use a full range of literacy material to help develop literacy skills. A subscription licence covers the use of the Ziptales website at your school and in teachers' and students' homes.
To take out a FREE 30 day trial, and use it with your students and other teachers FREE phone us on 0800 293 648 or email us: orders@curriculumconcepts.co.nz (Please state your school.)
To see more about the site you can also do the free discovery tour of our Ziptales website (takes approx. 5-7 minutes to do this tour) www.ziptales.co.nz
Or watch the YouTube clip as other teachers talk about this online resource.
