Clallam County Literacy Council - Youth Literacy

 

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Welcome kids and parents!!


Dear Parents,
We recommend that you explore these sites with your children and decide which are best suited to your child's interests and levels. Enjoy the site!

Clallam County Literacy Council
 

 

Check with your local library for fun summer reading programs!
 

SEE YOU THERE!
 

Bookworm Club

 

You can be a member of the CCLC Bookworm Club for free!
All you need to do is read books. What fun!
 

Fun Writing

 

An Alphabet
By Edward Lear


A
A was once an apple pie,
Pidy
Widy
Tidy
Pidy
Nice insidy
Apple Pie!


B
B was once a little bear,
Beary!
Wary!
Hairy!
Beary!
Taky cary!
Little Bear!
 

C
C was once a little cake,
Caky
Baky
Maky
Caky
Taky Caky,
Little Cake!
 

D
D was once a little doll,
Dolly
Molly
Polly
Nolly
Nursy Dolly
Little Doll!
 

E
E was once a little eel,
Eely,
Weely
Peely
Eely
Twirly, Tweedy
Little Eel!
 

F
F was once a little fish,
Fishy
Wishy
Squishy
Fishy
In a Dishy
Little Fish!
 

G
G was once a little goose,
Goosy
Moosy
Boosy
Goosey
Waddly-woosy
Little Goose!
 

H
H was once a little hen,
Henny
Chenny
Tenny
Henny
Eggsy-any
Little Hen?
 

I
I was once a bottle of ink,
Inky
Dinky
Thinky
Inky
Black Minky
Bottle of Ink!
 

J
J was once a jar of jam,
Jammy
Mammy
Clammy
Jammy
Sweety-Swammy
Jar of Jam!
 

K
K was once a little kite,
Kity
Whity
Flighty
Kity
Out of sighty-
Little Kite!
 

L
L was once a little lark,
Larky!
Marky!
Harky!
Larky!
In the Parky,
Little Lark!
 

M
M was once a little mouse,
Mousey
Bousey
Sousy
Mousy
In the Housy
Little Mouse!
 

N
N was once a little needle,
Needly
Tweedly
Threedly
Needly
Wisky-wheedly
Little Needle!
 

O
O was once a little owl,
Owly
Prowly
Howly
Owly
Browny fowly
Little Owl!
 

P
P was once a little pump,
Pumpy
Slumpy
Flumpy
Pumpy
Dumpy, Thumpy
Little Pump!
 

Q
Q was once a little quail,
Quaily
Faily
Daily
Quaily
Stumpy-taily
Little Quail!
 

R
R was once a little rose,
Rosy
Posy
Nosy
Rosy
Bows-y - grows-y
Little Rose!
 

S
S was once a little shrimp,
Shrimpy
Nimpy
Flimpy
Shrimpy
Jumpy-jimpy
Little Shrimp!
 

T
T was once a little thrush,
Thrushy!
Hushy!
Bushy!
Thrushy!
Flitty-Flushy
Little Thrush!
 

U
U was once a little urn,
Urny
Burny
Turny
Urny
Bubbly-burny
Little Urn!
 

V
V was once a little vine,
Viny
Winy
Twiny
Viny
Twisty-twiny
Little Vine!
 

W
W was once a whale,
Whaly
Scaly
Shaly
Whaly
Tumbly-taily
Mighty Whale!
 

X
X was once a great king Xerxes,
Xerxy
Perxy
Turxy
Xerxy
Linxy Lurxy
Great King Xerxes!
 

Y
Y was once a little yew,
Yewdy
Fewdy
Crudy
Yewdy
Growdy, grewdy,
Little Yew!
 

Z
Z was once a piece of zinc,
Tinky
Winky
Blinky
Tinky
Tinkly Minky
Piece of Zinc!
 

 

Book Reviews

Please send in reviews of good books you have read and that you think others would like to read. Include your first name and your grade level.

Note to teachers: We would like have book reviews from the students in your class. Please forward them to contact@ClallamReads.org

Please submit your book reviews!
 

Literacy Games and Activities

LEARNING CAN BE FUN – Try these fun sites!

 

 

Fun for Rainy Days

This website has an online rhyming dictionary. http://www.rhymezone.com/

Find games, stories, coloring pages and music for your favorite PBS Kids programs. http://pbskids.org/

Captain Underpants Fans and their parents will enjoy Dav Pilkey’s website. http://www.pilkey.com/

Pirata.com is a site where kids can read other kids stories and write. There are 15,000 pages of reading, writing and activities. Check it out http://www.pitara.com/

Read/Write/Think shows you how to write an acrostic poem. http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/

Giggle Poetry has lots of poems and activities related to poetry. http://www.gigglepoetry.com/index.aspx

Ken Nesbitt writes funny poems that everybody loves if they are kids. But don’t take my word for it check out his website, rate his poems and read what other kids have to say about them.
http://www.poetry4kids.com/index.php

Story Soup Kids is for kids who like to write a story, read a book, or do a craft. http://www.childstoryhour.com/
 

After exploring some of these sites don’t forget to leave some time to read a good book.