• Making Words?
  Making Words?A Guided Spelling Instructional Strategy Compiled by Debra Carlin largely from the work of Patricia and James Cunningham
  in Literacy > Spelling with cunningham literacy reading spelling
• Meeting the Literacy Development Needs of Adolescent ELLs Through Content Area Reading Pt. I
  Focus on Motivation and Engagement Julie Meltzer & Edmund T. Hamann, Education and Alliance: Brown University
  in English as a New Language > Secondary Only with brown engagement hamann literacy motivation multzer
• Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature, K–6
  In Mentor Texts, Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli show teachers how to help students become confident, accomplished writers, using literature as their foundation. The book is organized around the characteristics of good writing—focus, content, organization, style, and conventions
  Stenhouse books and videos help K-12 teachers deepen their professional knowledge and build their students' skills as readers, writers, and thinkers.
  based classroom coaches development flu groups leaders literacy management site staff stenhouse study teacher teachers training
  in Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Literacy > Writing with cappelli dorfman literacy mentor writing
• Month To Month Suggestions for Independent Computer Activites for Center Time
  Designed by Susan Brooks and Bill Byles, Internet4Classrooms is a bountiful compilation of interactive online activities for students to practice a wide variety of literacy, math, and other grade-specific skills. The website provided leads to the kindergarten site. From this site, it is possible to access all of the grade levels up to 8th grade using the purple arrows at the top of the page. Students are highly motivated by the interactive nature of the activities provided. Rec. by Erica Gruber
  in Teacher Resources > Videos Virtual Fieldtrips & Interactive Sites with emergent interactive kinder literacy math by 7 users
• More Than Guided Reading
  Finding the Right Instructional Mix, K–3In More Than Guided Reading, Cathy shares her journey as she moved from focusing on guided reading as the center of her reading program to placing children at the heart of literacy learning—not only providing more time for students to discover their reading lives, but also shaping instruction to meet the needs of the diverse learners in her classroom. Online preview for ASCD members
  Stenhouse books and videos help K-12 teachers deepen their professional knowledge and build their students' skills as readers, writers, and thinkers.
  based classroom coaches development flu groups leaders literacy management site staff stenhouse study teacher teachers training
  in Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Literacy with focus guided literacy reading
• More Tools for Teaching Content Literacy:
  In Tools for Teaching Content Literacy Janet Allen put a wealth of research-based instructional tools at teachers' fingertips to help students make connections with informational resources and to read critically. More Tools for Teaching Content Literacy extends this treasure trove with 25 new instructional strategies -
  in Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Literacy with allen janet literacy reading strategies writing
• Motheread/Fatheread: A Family Literacy Program
  Lydia Bassett, Program Officer for Humanities Washington explains how this program uses quality children's literature to help parents read effectively with their children, improve parenting and literacy skills, and increase family communication.
  in Parents with bilingual fatheread literacy motheread parents spanish
• Older Struggling English Learners
  This is an excerpt from the book Closing the Achievement Gap: How to Reach Limited-Formal-Schooling and Long-Term English Learners by Yvonne S. Freeman, David E Freeman with Sandra Mercuri
  in English as a New Language > Secondary Only with esl learners literacy older underschooled
• One Child at a Time: Making the Most of Your Time with Struggling Readers, K-6
  View entire book online. Pat Johnson provides a framework she has used with hundreds of students in scores of classrooms to help teachers understand and assist individual children. The four-step process outlined in the book enables teachers to focus carefully on specific behaviors and needs, analyze them with theoretical and practical lenses, design targeted instruction, and then assess and refine the teaching in conferences with the child.
  Stenhouse books and videos help K-12 teachers deepen their professional knowledge and build their students' skills as readers, writers, and thinkers.
  based classroom coaches development flu groups leaders literacy management site staff stenhouse study teacher teachers training
  in Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Literacy with esl johnson literacy pat
• Practical Fluency: Classroom Perspectives, Grades K-6
  Review entire book online.Max and Gayle Brand have worked together with students and colleagues over many years to discover the most effective whole-class, small-group, and individual strategies and activities for building both reading and writing fluency. They link all this work to the most current research on fluency, taking readers into the daily routines of their classrooms. ASCD rec.
  Stenhouse books and videos help K-12 teachers deepen their professional knowledge and build their students' skills as readers, writers, and thinkers.
  based classroom coaches development flu groups leaders literacy management site staff stenhouse study teacher teachers training
  in Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Literacy with book fluency literacy read-aloud reading
• Preschool Academy:  A portal to online resources for preschool students, teachers, and parents.
  A one-stop portal to online resources for preschool students, parents, and teachers maintained by Davney Dell.
  in Literacy > EMERGENT LITERACY with games literacy printables videos
• Reading Doesn't Matter Anymore...:
  David Booth outlines twelve simple steps to help teachers and parents alike revolutionize the way they view – and encourage – children's reading in all kinds of genres and formats.
  Stenhouse books and videos help K-12 teachers deepen their professional knowledge and build their students' skills as readers, writers, and thinkers.
  based classroom coaches development flu groups leaders literacy management site staff stenhouse study teacher teachers training
  in Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Literacy with booth comprehension david literacy reading
• Reading Is Fundamental: See the Spanish Version also
  ¡Leamos en familia!RIF provides free reading resources to families, children, and educators. These resources include activities, tips, articles, contests, interviews, and games. Recommended by Lucy G'Fellers
  (actual description)
  actual keyword list
  in Parents with contests family games literacy reading tips
• Reading Rockets : Reading and English Language Learners
  By: Beth Antunez (2002) This article looks at how you can play to the strengths and shore up the weaknesses of English Language Learners in each of the Reading First content areas.
  in Ed. Research and Theories > Bilingual and ESL research with literacy reading research
• Reading Rockets : Reading Glossary
  Don't know a morpheme from a phoneme? Find out what these and other words mean in this glossary of commonly used terms related to reading, literacy, and reading instruction.
  in Glossaries with glossary literacy
• ReadingLady.com
  Carl, Cherry. Developed by a retired Language Arts teacher, this website is full of resources and materials to assist children in developing skills and strategies to become independent readers. This website includes everything including board games, book recommendations, and zip files for alphabet and word sorts. Rec. by Kris Kiesel.
  ReadingLady.com Teaching Resources
  author blocks comprehension downloads four guided m mail math poetry readers reading readinglady ring six studies theater trait
  in Literacy with games literacy reading skills strategies
• ReadingQuest Strategies: Raft Papers
  This site explains RAFT: Role of the Writer, Audience, Format, and Topic and gives an interesting example. See links for other great reading strategies.
  in Assessment with assessment literacy raft strategies tasks
• ReadWriteThink
  This site has many options for activities, including graphic organizers and templates. This site was developed by the International Reading Association. •This site has a wealth of information! •The main categories (tabs) are: Lessons, Standards, Web Resources, and Student Materials “Student Resource” Section: Activities/Templates—There are 49 for grades K-2 and some include ABC match (beginning consonant sounds, short vowels, long vowels), Venn diagram, “letter writer”, story maps, time line, acrostic poems•Words repeat when the speaker icon is clicked•The menu for activities is very helpful because it has a brief description of the activity with a thumbnail sketch. Rec. by Kristi Mulheim
  in Literacy with emergent literacy phonics reading by 5 users
• Real Life Literacy
  Connect your students to the real world with the new book Real Life Literacy by Kathy Paterson 25 lessons with reproducible pages help you provide direct instruction on essential tasks such as writing messages, deciphering labels, completing forms, understanding instructions, reading schedules, and more. Browse the entire book online!
  Stenhouse books and videos help K-12 teachers deepen their professional knowledge and build their students' skills as readers, writers, and thinkers.
  based classroom coaches development flu groups leaders literacy management site staff stenhouse study teacher teachers training
  in Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Literacy with kathy literacy paterson reading real-world writing
• Repeated Interactive Read-Alouds in Preschool and Kindergarten
  From Reading Rockets By: Cheryl K. Iannucci (2007) Research has demonstrated that the most effective read-alouds are those where children are actively involved asking and answering questions and making predictions, rather than passively listening. This article describes in detail a technique for a three-step interactive read-aloud using sophisticated storybooks.
  in Literacy > EMERGENT LITERACY with aloud emergent literacy questions read

« Previous Next »
literacy from all users