Myon is an online enhanced library. They offer a variety of titles, including graphic novels which are very popular. Students get better at reading if they read. And they will read if they can have choice and if they can pick the books that they like. Students can pick any they want and the books will be on the students reading level. After reading the student then rates the book. Student earn badges for reading, rating, and taking quizzes on the books they read. You can access Myon from home at http://myon.com

 

 

 

To use NEWSELA, the parent will need to create an account and add the child as a student OR the student can use their class account. This is a great resource for non-fiction reading. There are daily articles from 40-plus news publications—from Associated Press to Washington Post. They are rewritten at five different reading levels. Multiple-choice questions also accompany each leveled article.

 

 

Quickstart Guide for parents 

Imagine Learning is available to some of our students. The login for those students is at http://houstonisd.imaginelearning.net/ile?studentlogin. In order to use this program at home, you must have the free software Silverlight installed and it will not work with Google Chrome. 

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Author Links Mary Pope Osborne--Magic Tree House books Eric Carle--Very Hungry Caterpillar Jan Brett--The Mitten Beverly Cleary--Ramona stories Barbara Park--Junie B. Jones series Roald Dahl--Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tomie DePaola--Stega Nona Judy Blume--Superfudge Peggy Parish--Amelia Bedelia books Marc Brown--Arthur stories Theodore Geisel (Dr. Suess) Ezra Jack Keats--The Snowy Day Robert Munsch--Stephanie's Ponytail and other stories Seymour Simon--Science books galore Chris Van Allsburg--Polar Express Laura Ingalls Wilder--Little House books David A. Adler--Cam Jansen series Robert Sabuda--The popup king! Laura Numeroff--If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Margaret Wise Brown--Goodnight Moon Mike Thaler--Black Lagoon series Cynthia Rylant--Henry and Mudge series Ron Roy--A-Z Mysteries books Learning About the Author Various Reading and Writing Websites Homework Hub Reading Skills Read, Write, Think Seussville Main Idea Main Idea Reading Games for Younger Students Online Reading Comprehension Tests