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Kidsreadshttp://www.kidsreads.com/index.asp Kidsreads provides a safe place for kids to find reviews of the newest titles, interviews with popular authors, and special features on great books. They also offer advice and materials for starting book discussion groups and links to other literature information. State Book Award Competitions for Students http://www.carr.org/read/stateAwardbks.htm Each year, young people in many states are encouraged to read titles from selected reading lists and then vote for their favorite books. Search this site to find available programs in your state.
Reading Group Guides http://www.readinggroupguides.com/ If watching your students get excited about literature has inspired you to dive deeper into reading, then this is the place for you. This site provides an online community for adult reading groups including resources and book suggestions. (There are links for kids and teens, too.)
The Voice as an Instrument http://www.storyarts.org/articles/voice.html This article by experienced storyteller Heather Forest explores the many ways in which you can use your voice to punctuate storytelling or reading aloud to students. She also includes advice on how to “tune up” your own vocal instrument.
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Read Write Think http://www.readwritethink.org/ This fabulous site provides tested lesson plans, links to standards, and web-based activities to spice up your reading and language arts classes.
The Literacy Web at the University of Connecticut http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/index.htm If you are looking for classroom literacy resources including lesson plans and webquests designated for specific grade levels, this is the site for you. Be sure to check out the classroom video clips in the CTELL project, too.
The WebQuest Page WebQuests are an excellent way to incorporate technology into Phase 3 of the SEM-R. Whether you or your students will be creating them, this authoritative website is the place to start. Be sure to check out the “WebQuest about WebQuests” under the Reading and Training Materials Link.
GEM - Gateway to Educational Materials The Gateway to Educational Materials is an effort to provide educators with easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. You can browse by subject area, grade level, or search the site using keywords.
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: Language Arts Resources http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/cfapps/free/displaysubject.cfm?sid=5 This searchable website organizes primary documents, online tools, and teaching resources from 35 federal agencies to help teachers access these free resources easily. Check back often as the links are updated frequently.
Teaching Tolerance http://www.tolerance.org/teach/index.jsp This website offers practical resources and innovative ideas for teachers and parents that promote and support diversity and tolerance for people's differences in every walk of life.
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NICHD Publications on Reading http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubskey.cfm?from=nrp The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) offers a wide variety of research-based materials, including the report of The National Reading Panel. Many publications are available to both view (and print) on-line, and to order in paper copy.
Official DIBELS Home Page Log on to this free site to access the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS), useful reading assessments including oral reading fluency passages developed at the University of Oregon.
The Nation's Report Card - Reading http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/reading/ Explore this site to access the latest NAEP data on reading. The test, also known as the Nation's Report Card, is given each year by the National Center for Education Statistics. At this site, you can track long-term trends in reading, examine the performance of students in your state, and read sample questions from the test.
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