Unite for Literacy
The next website that I think is a great literacy website is Unite for Literacy (https://www.uniteforliteracy.com). This website is very simple and goes straight into the books. There is no need to create an account or the need to log in to access the materials. The website has many, many books to choose from. The levels of the books vary, so there will be books available for a variety of leveled readers. There is also an option for the text to be read aloud. This is a good option to have especially for those who are interested in the book but could be struggling with their literacy. There is also an option to read “About the Book”, when you click on this, it will take you to where the images from the book are from and a variety of sources that pertain to the book that you are about to read or have already read. The navigation of the site is very easy. You can search for a specific topic or browse the various categories of books the website has. This is a great website for literacy.
A little bit of a background about this literacy website, their main goal is to allow for more children to have access to many books that help to celebrate their languages and their varying cultures. They hope by doing this, they are allowing the children to have a ‘lifelong love of reading.’
The online library that the website has includes about 400 original picture books, with many also written in Spanish and audio narrations in about more than 40 different languages. This is a great feature especially for students who speak other languages and are interested in reading these varieties of books.
After exploring the various categories of books, I stumbled upon a book with the title having to do with living on an island, and as soon as it turned to the first page, Guam was mentioned in the story. I happen to think it is a great literacy win for our students, locally, because they are able to see the island they live on, included in a story is always nice. Although the pictures they used, in my opinion, were not taken on Guam, it was still a nice short story to read.
Overall, this is a great literacy website for when you want your students to do some reading for fun, where they do not need to remember to log in with a username and password. The students can easily go to the website and choose a book they are interested in reading.
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