Bookmark this page for future reference. It is a dynamic document and will change constantly. Many of the categories listed below come from the "Report of the National Reading Panel" which was released in April of 2000. Others represent specific aspects of reading and literacy. If you find a resource, either on the Internet, in a book, or some other place that you think will be of value to teachers, and assist them in helping students to be more literate in any area, please let us know. E-mail Dr. Lund at: lundd@suu.edu . We will evaluate the site/book/other source, and if it will be useful to many teachers, we'll include it on this page. When following links on this page, use your browser's back button to return here when there is not a specific link back. HAPPY HUNTING!!

Alphabetabcteach - http://www.abcteach.com Great site with tons of printable material (yes, it's free). Some of the materials even get at higher order thinking skills.

Phonemic Awareness Instruction Phonics Instruction

Forms for assessment Reading Assessment Database for Grades K-2 This site is maintained by the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory and is a database of all of the assessments being used in their service area. It includes information regarding each assessment; including, what is assessed and how the information might be used. 6 Traits +1 Writing scoring rubric This link is to a PDF file of the scoring rubric developed by the NWREL.

Balanced Literacy Curricula This site will always be under construction. It includes or will include strategies and methods for teaching all content areas using the principles if balanced or comprehensive literacy instruction across grades 2 through 7. In addition, it includes a complete description of an individualized spelling program that can be adapted and used in any classroom.

Bloom's Taxonomy & Sample Question Words

DisciplineHelp.com This page is a free resource on discipline and classroom management designed especially for teachers. Information for many different discipline modes matched to specific behaviors is available.

Text Comprehension Instruction

Jan Brett (author) - http://www.janbrett.com Author's site includes lesson plans and reproducible material to supplement them. They can be used to enhance guided reading, shared reading and centers.

Internet4Classrooms - Reading This site has interactive lessons and activities to build students' comprehension.

Teacher Preparation and Comprehension Strategies

Index to Comprehension Strategies - This site contains a list of concise instructions for implementing comprehension strategies into classrooms. The teacher or teacher candidate using this site should feel free to use the strategies and to modify them as necessary for the students in the classroom where they teach.

"From Printed Page to Multimedia: Evolution of a Second-Grade Class Newspaper" - article detailing one teacher's use of a single computer in her classroom.

Cross Curricular

Teachervision.com This site is full of lesson plans, teaching tips, and much more. It includes specific sections on diversity, as well as specific content areas.

Infoplease.com this site has pages and pages of almanacs, atlases, biographies and other tidbits of information.

Science

Earth and Moon Viewer ; a great place to work on astronomy literacy

The Weather Channel Online Educational Resources NASA maintains this site with many online resources for teachers and links to many other quality web site

Math

Figure this! A site containing numerous real life problems for kids to solve. Includes activities of parents to do with their kids at home.

Illuminations: Principles and Standards for School Mathematics Offers rich comprehensive math content, including problems, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards, and much more.

NCES Classroom . The National Center for Educational Statistics site has lots of educational data and ways to use it in real life situations. Students can even submit articles regarding math to "Crunch," the site's ezine.

Social Studies

Freevibe Teachers' guide This site provides teachers with insight into the thoughts and concerns of their students on the subject of drug use.

Health and Nutrition

Kid's Health this site is a great place for children to learn about health and nutrition. It is interactive.

Dictionaries - including translation (back to index at top)

Beolingus Excellent German/English dictionary

www.freedict.com Free translation dictionaries; currently: Afrikaans, Danish, dutch, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, and Swedish.

The Free Dictionary by Farflex A free dictionary service that includes: dictionary, thesaurus, legal and medical dictionaries, acronyms, idioms, an encyclopedia, wikiencyclopedia, and a number of language dictionaries

Dicts.info Free dictionaries project. Includes a number of different dictionaries and thesauruses, including bilingual dictionaries.

About, the Human Internet - http://childrensbooks.about.com/parenting/childrensbooks/cs/culturetradition/index.htm Filled to the brim with reading resources, this site will appeal to teachers and parents alike. Great for anyone interested in learning about other cultures and experiences.

 

Guideposts for Kids - http://www.gp4k.com Christian church website; some good information, but cumbersome to navigate.>

 

James Madison University - http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/multipub? Find multi-cultural resources for teachers, librarians, parents, and students. Also includes bibliographies and links to other sites.

 

Teachervision.com This site is full of lesson plans, teaching tips, and much more. It includes specific sections on diversity, as well as specific content areas.

General Information

Center for Early Literacy Information - Focused source for information about reading and writing in the primary grades.

Activities

101 Activities to do with Your Toddler - http://www.personal.engin.umich.edu/~airdrake/toddler/list.htm A plethora of activities you can use at home or in the Kindergarten.

Funschool.com - http://funschool.kaboose.com/ This site is set up for kids P-6. It's primarily made up of games that make learning fun.

Gus Town - http://www.gustown.com Great site for preschoolers and early elementary students. Good site for parents and kids together, but kids can easily navigate many portions. Has a museum to display children's art work and a place to submit creative writing.

Idea Box, Early Childhood Education & Activity Resources - http://theideabox.com Lots of activities for teaching the alphabet, phonics, and phonemic awareness.

 

Kiddyhouse.com - http://www.kiddyhouse.com Resource for parents, kids and teachers. Includes a discussion board, and has free worksheets, clip art, and lesson plans.

 

Mr. Roger's Neighborhood Online - http://www.pbs.org/rogers This site requires no explanation.

 

Net Mom's Internet Safehouse- http://www.netmom.com/ikyp/samples/hoslist.shtml Great place for preschoolers and their parents. Lots of activities to get young children excited about reading.

 

Nuttin' but Kids - http://www.nuttinbutkids.com Site contains themed information for PreK-5 children. Check a theme and find songs, finger plays, books, and lesson plans for your students.

 

PBS Kids - http://pbskids.org Lots of early literacy activities and great information to help parents deal with young children's literacy; includes Between the Lions.

 

Preschool - http://www.preschool Site for kids and teachers which includes coloring activities, pictures, reading, worksheets, crafts, story time corner, and karaoke/sing along songs. Reading Sites for Kids - http://www.manning.k12.ia.us/elementary/teachers/kester/reading_sites_for_kids.html

“Supporting Emergent Literacy: Developing story language, phonemic awareness, and phonics.” This website
is a online workshop. It is divided into 4 sessions: Oral language activities that support literacy
acquisition, Defining phonemic awareness and activities that support it, Defining phonics and activities
that support it, and a wrap-up.

Teaching Ideas

Early Childhood Educator - http://edpsych.com/TeTip3.html Site contains teaching tips and discusses how to let children be creative thinkers.

 

Early Literacy Technology Project - http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/littlekids/suggested_software.htm Site evaluates early literacy software. Good place for teachers to find out about appropriate software.

 

Jan Brett (author) - http://www.janbrett.com Author's site includes lesson plans and reproducible material to supplement them. They can be used to enhance guided reading, shared reading and centers.

 

Preschool Rainbow - http://www.preschoolrainbow.org This site is billed as the place "where early childhood teachers find ideas." Thematically arranged curricula, games, etc.

 

Parent Information

 

Joys of Parenthood - http://www.randomhouse.com Site with good information on raising kids, including a nice selection on how to "raise a reader."

 

Parent Street - http://www.parentstreet.com This site contains a list of 84 more sites for teachers. It also includes classroom activities, curriculum aids, lesson plans, and teaching supplies.

 

Reading is Fundamental - http://www.rif.org/ Get involved with one of the nation's best-known reading initiatives by visiting the RIF site. It includes practical assistance to RIF volunteers. RIF has a program for early readers, it's called Care to Read. It's designed to get child care providers involved in early literacy.

 

Ezines and Journals (back to index at top)

The Weekly Reader - http://www.weeklyreader.com Internet version of a long standing and respected school magazine.

 

Reading Online - http://www.readingonline.org/ Discover articles on current reading issues and related discussions. You'll also find research summaries, international perspectives, and online conversations. This is the online journal of the International Reading Association.

Education Week on the Web This is an online, weekly news magazine regarding current issues in education.

From Now On   This is the online Technology Journal

Familyeducation.com This site has tips for dealing with kids from pre-school age through 12th grade.

 

A Compact for Reading & School-Home Links This site, developed by the federal government, provides information on how communities and schools can work together to raise the literacy of communities. It includes activities to help create home-school partnerships.

Costume Supercenter.com This site provides resources for families and teachers to use their imagination for learning anything--history, science, etc. It includes lesson plans and activities that parents can do at home.

Fluency Activity using Sitton's 1200 Word List

Bernie Poole's Teacher Education Site at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown - this site has links to tutorials, lesson plans for all subjects, etc. It is a very good site.

Reading Online - International Reading Association's online journal. Great references for current research, ideas, and general knowledge regarding reading.

NCATE Resume Guide - If you've ever wondered what an education resume ought to look like according to a recognized education body, you might want to check this out.

Learning To Read : Resources for Language Arts and Reading Research. Resource for ideas, research articles, strategy summaries, etc.

Ask ERIC - http://ericir.syr.edu/ Abstracts from 1300 ERIC (Educational Research Internet Clearinghouse) digests are available online. A menu of services offered on the Internet not only introduces you to ERIC documents, but also leads to other databases on education.

K-12WORLD This site offers hundreds of peer-approved links to quality educational sites and resources which may be useful to K-12 educators and students. The vast resources available at this site will help maximize the time you spend on the Internet.

Language and Literacy Project - http://www.uis.edu/~cook/langlit This site provides reviews of education, home reference, and links resources in language arts, reading, and emergent reading.

 

Learning to Read - http://www.toread.com/ Improve reading instruction by studying both the reading process and teaching techniques found on this site. Interactive lessons and many other resources are included.

 

Pro Teacher - http://www.proteacher.com Site has lots of writing activity plans for lessons, resume help, a reference guide, and classroom management ideas. There is also a bulletin board for exchanging ideas with other teachers.

 

The Reading Lady - http://readinglady.com Good site with a newsletter, author studies, discussion forums, etc.

 

Supercharge Your Reading Instruction Using the Internet - http://www.supercharge.org/reading/students.htm This site is an index to kid safe sites on topics ranging from poetry to Japan to free teacher resources on the web.

 

Teachervision.com This site is full of lesson plans, teaching tips, and much more. It includes specific sections on diversity, as well as specific content areas.

Educators Resource Center This site has news and resources available through the Public Schools of North Carolina.

Read Write Think This site is a joint venture of the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English. There are lessons for teachers, pages of information for students, and a calendar for everyone.

Teachnology This site has loads of worksheets and comprehension lessons for reading teachers--all for free

Remember when you use clip art and graphics from the internet to look at the site carefully to make sure they are free. Also check to see if there are requirements regarding listing where the graphics come from as a stipulation for using them and follow the instructions in this regard. It is important that copyright laws are correctly observed.

The Animation Library This site contains thousands of free animations to use in your web pages and other documents, brought to you by Netscape. You will have to put up with some advertisements.

BellsNWhistles.com This site claims to have everything you need for designing web pages; including, Java scripts, animations, clip art, etc. And it says that everything on the site is FREE!

http://www.onlineclasses.org/2012/11/30/professional-free-web-graphics/ This site has links to many websites where free graphics can be found. Be aware that it has advertisements, as well; and it is part of a larger site. The information on the left-hand site discusses use of graphics and copyright laws dealing with it. It may take some time to get through, but will be worth it..

Best of the Web - Animation. This site is a helpful resource for researching animation on the Internet. Thanks to one of our readers, Joyce, for bringing this site to my attention.

The Lesson Plan Page This site needs no explanation

Lesson Planet - Lesson Plans for Teachers; A search engine for teachers that provides teacher-reviewed online resources including more than 150,000 online lesson plans.

Read Write Think This site is a joint venture of the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English. There are lessons for teachers, pages of information for students, and a calendar for everyone.

Education World - http://www.educationworld.com Education site that includes many lesson plans, including word study activities and activities for a "Read In" day.

 

EdHelper.com - http://www.edhelper.com This site is more for the teachers to go to. They can find any type of lesson plan that they are looking for it is great for teachers.

 

Encarta Encyclopedia Schoolhouse - http://www.encarta.msn.com Cross curriculum lesson plans for grades k-12. Most cover more than one content area in each plan.

 

School Bell (Language Arts) - http://www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Language_Arts Great resource site for teachers; includes lesson plans, virtual field trips, scavenger hunts, games and much more. Even has its own search engine.

 

The Teacher's Corner - http://theteacherscorner.net Lesson plans and ideas for teachers across the curriculum. You can even contribute your own great ideas.

Lesson Plans Government site for lesson plans of all kinds.

Lesson Ideas A forum for great ideas for teaching in all subject areas maintained by teachnet, fairly easy to navigate.

Renaissance Learning/Accelerated Reader Quiz Store: This site can be used to assist in leveling books by searching for the title of the book you are interested in; then click on the title of the book once you have located it. This brings up a screen with reading and interest level information. You don't have to by the quiz.

Perma-Bound Books: This site also has book level information, including Scholastic Lexiles. Search for the book, then click on the title for more information.

The Lexile Framework for Reading : This site, developed by Scholastic Books, describes in detail the Lexile framework for leveling books and matching books to readers.

Approximate level comparisons: This page has a table comparing several major leveling methods for children's literature, as well as established threshold reading rates for corresponding text levels.

Guided Reading Leveling System Grades K-2

Children's Literature Comprehensive Database This site has a very good list of literature and often includes a variety of levels for each book, including lexiles, grade level, and interest level.

Amazon.com's list of book award winners (Caldecott, Newberry, etc. - includes 2001 winners)

American Library Association (ALA) - http://www.ala.org/parents/ At this site, you'll discover the ALA's recommendations for the best children's and teen's books. You'll also find tips for parents and links to many other reading web sites. ALA is home of the Newberry and Caldecott awards for children's literature.

Barnes and Noble - http://barnesandnoble.com As any other bookstore, this is a place to look for literature you might use in your classes. It is not free!

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - http://www.carolhurst.com/index.html This site is a great resource for teachers.

Children's Literature - Electronic Journals and Book Reviews - http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown This list also includes multicultural and Native American literature lists.

Internet Public Library - http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/ The only thing missing from this site is the comfy sofa to curl up in and read. This site really is just what it sounds like. Great resource!

 

Young Adult Library Service Association - http://www.ala.org/yalsa Get book lists, resources, and links to other sites for teachers and students of young adult literature (ages 12-18).

 

Reading Between the Lions - http://pbskids.org/lions Great site maintained by the public broadcasting service which has activities related to books and literature.

 

Reading, Books, Authors Sites--Kids Place--Newark Library - http://www.npl.org/Pages/KidsPlace/index.html This site has information on books, authors, and kid's reading clubs.

 

Robert Munsch (author) - http://www.robertmunsch.com This author lets students e-mail him and he will answer, often with a poem.

 

Scholastic - http://www.scholastic.com Lesson plans, reproducibles, authors and books, online activities, parent help, information about books (including leveling information) all put together by their premier publisher of affordable books for kids.

Motvation (back to index at top)

Kids - Reading - http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/kids-re.htm This site, maintained by Jacob Richman is a list of sites designed to help kids get excited by reading.

River Interactive Learning - http://www.riverdeep.net Site contains a living library, museum exhibits, and tours. Activities across the curriculum for grades k-12 provide a useful method to keep children engaged with learning.

America Reads - http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/ Highlighting the Presidential Reading Initiative, this site offers strategies for meeting the national goal of ensuring that every child can read well by the end of the third grade. Anyone of the many sites on ed.gov offer a myriad of information. The Ready, Set, Read for Families link has some great stuff.

 

U.S. Department of Education - http://www.ed.gov/ This is a huge site. To avoid getting lost, try checking out Teacher's Guide to the Department of Education. Then, check out the research materials and library resources found here.

 

Click here to find out Utah's state standards. You can also click here for lesson plan ideas and more. A source I refer to often. Utah State Office of Education - http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/ Yes, this is our State Office of Education site. Click here for the latest information regarding what's happening in education in Utah.

 

"Politics and Phonics" an article from the Nevada Appeal, a newspaper that began in 1865. It has some interesting claims about the genesis of the "No Child Left Behind Legislation," including the source of some of the tests and materials--many of them come from an old Bush friend, Harold McGraw III, of McGraw-Hill publishing fame.

 

Education Week's summary of the "No Child Left Behind" legislation.

Professional Reading Organizations (back to index at top)

International Reading Association

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) - http://www.ncte.org/ Exchange strategies with other educators at this site. You can access information about grants, professional development, and standards. Not a great resource for lesson plans, but this site includes links and information about where to get help with early reading.

National Education Association (NEA) - http://www.nea.org Once here, click on teaching. You'll find a great Internet resource page here. Click on it. It has everything from teaching links on nearly every subject to dozens of research links. Plus, this site offers the latest in the educational movement across the country.

National Reading Conference

Utah Council of the International Reading Association