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RESOURCE
& RESEARCH:
International Reading
Association
Linked here are IRA online resources perfect for use in the home
or the classroom. They’ve been put together by experienced
educators (or, in the case of Choices booklists, by experienced
kids), and they’re designed to make your teaching task a little
easier and a lot more effective.
Frequently Asked Questions about Reading Instruction
This site from the Florida Center for Reading Research contains answers to frequently asked questions about reading instruction. The FCCR home page also contains numerous instructional and web resources for teachers.
Alabama Reading
Association
The Alabama Reading Association (ARA) is a professional organization
for educators and others interested in improving literacy and promoting
reading.
National Institute for Literacy
Bringing technology to the literacy field through LINCS, a state-of-the-art
Internet-based information and communication system. LINCS operates
through a network of partners nationwide to provide a single point
of access to a broad array of literacy-related information and public
discussion lists as well as technology training opportunities. The
site also features Putting
Reading First (58 page document).
National
Reading Panel
This Web site is updated regularly with information about NRP publications
and materials, as well as upcoming speaking engagements by Panel
members. This site is also an archive, featuring the congressional
charge to the NRP, biographies of NRP members, meeting minutes,
and other historical information. The site also features an unabridged
version of Putting Reading First.
ReadWriteThink
ReadWriteThink, established in April of 2002, is a partnership between
the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council
of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation.
NCTE and IRA are working together to provide educators and students
with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading
and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content.
CHILDREN'S
LITERATURE SITES
Nancy Keane's
Booktalks
This site contains a database of resources for children’s
literature.
Bookhive
This site categorizes and reviews children’s trade books.
BookHive is designed for children ages birth through twelve, their
parents, teachers or anyone interested in reading about children's
books. Providing reader's advisory service, this site contains hundreds
of recommended book reviews in a variety of reading levels and interest
areas.
Mrs.
Henriksen's Poetry Pages
This site contains a large database of children's poems.
SCORE
Language Arts
This site contains an activity back of literature response ideas,
writing and journaling rubrics.
READER'S
THEATER LINKS
Reading Lady
Click Reader’s Theater at the bottom of the menu list on the
left of home page, then click scripts. Several scripts available
for free.
Lois Walker's
Take Part Homepage
This site contains
scripts to purchase (rather expensive).
Story Cart
This site contains scripts to purchase (inexpensive).
Benchmark Education
Benchmark publishing company site. Click on fluency and then on
Reader’s Theater. There are individual scripts and collections
of scripts (6 copies per set) to purchase.
Playbooks
This site contains scripts to purchase. These scripts include parts
at different reading levels within the same script.
Children's
Creative Theater
This web site is designed to introduce the visitor to the world
of children's theater. There is a short Thanksgiving
script with several parts that you can use for free.
Reader's Theater for Teachers
This page contains a list of free Reader's Theater activities appropriate
for Elementary School children.
GRAPHIC
ORGANIZER LINKS
SCORE Graphic Organizers
This site contains a matrix of user friendly graphic organizers.
Teacher-Vision Graphic Organizers
This site contains numerous, printable graphic organizers.
Education
Place Graphic Organizers
This site sponsored by Houghton Mifflin
contains printable
graphic organizers.
Write
Design Online
This site is designed more for upper grades with
more in-depth instructions and graphic organizers related
to 5 specific reading skills.
Enchanted
Learning Graphic Organizers
This site contains numerous graphic organizers, but users must subscribe
to download them.
MISCELLANEOUS LITERACY SITES
Starfall
This is an excellent source for take home books and online interactive
reading activities for children.
Reading A-Z
This is an excellent and inexpensive source for leveled readers,
especially decodable texts. It offers thousands of printable teacher
materials to teach guided reading, phonemic awareness, reading comprehension,
reading fluency, alphabet, and vocabulary.
Dr. Jean: Songs and Activities for Young Children
This site contains activities, ideas, links to other websites offered.
Teaching Heart
This site has a link to printable resources for reading comprehension
and reader’s theater scripts.
Language through Literacy
This site is designed with literacy lesson plans for children with
disabilities.
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