Spring 2002 Literacy Web sites-Dr. Macaul

Over 15,000 resources organized by topic for teachers, parents, and students

http://www.emTech.net

Author Studies

www.scholastic.com

Classroom Management

Kim's corner for classroom management

http://www.angelfire.com/ks/teachme/classmanagement.html#Bulletin

Teaching help

http://www.foothill.net/~moorek/index.html

Building School and Class Websites

http://www.intel.com/education/teachtech/classroom/building/index.htm

Curriculum Mapping

Mapping the big picture: Integrating curriculum & assessment K-12-Heidi Hayes Jacobs

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0871202867/qid%3

D1000845965/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F0%5F1/107-4180604-4974956

Interview with Heidi Hayes Jacobs

http://home.earthlink.net/~carozza/hhj.htm

Homepage of Heidi Hayes Jacobs

http://www.curriculumdesigners.com/

Curriculum map example template

http://www.db.k12.oh.us/curriculum_mapping.htm

Examples using curriculum mapping

http://www.moorhead.k12.mn.us/www/district/teaching_learning/hvisual.htm

http://www.kane.k12.us/ILS%20Alignment.CurricMap.html

Education Standards

http://putwest.boces.org/StSu/Social.html

Internet Proficiency and Teachers

http://cnets.iste.org/

http://kids-learn.org

Literacy Education

World Lecture Hall

Free on-line course materials

http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture

Educator's Literacy Site

http://wilearns.state.wi.us

The Literacy Volunteer Connection

http://www.literacyvolunteer.com

Become an RTEACHER member

http://www.reading.org/publications/rt/rteacherdirections.html

RTEACHER Archives

http://www.reading.org/archives/rteacher.html

www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=rasinski/index.html

Helping struggling readers

http://www.readingonline.org

Author Joan Hoab’s personal website that has games and puzzles to use with her books

www.JoanHolub.com

Metacognitive reading for children

www.rogerfarr.com

A Guide to Promoting Children’s Reading Success

http://books.nap.edu/html/sor/

TeachingBooks promotes the spirit of and enthusiasm for quality children's books by giving educators convenient access to authors, activities and valuable resources via the technology of the Internet.

www.teachingbooks.net

Link to a teacher who is an advocate for children's literacy

www.lsschools.k12.ca.us/lprmd7

Wisconsin literacy education and reading network source. Provides support to teachers an families in teaching the process of reading

http://www.wilearns.com/default.asp

Literature Circles

Good Handout for Literature Circles

http://www.walloon.com/docs/handouts.html

Marjorie Duby, a teacher using literature circles

http://inquiryunlimites.org/lit/litcir/litcir.html

Media Education

http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/

www.justthink.org

Library resources

http://www.ala.org/sitemap.html

Evaluating On-line Materials

Evaluating On-line Resources

http://www.readinga-z.com

Evaluating educational multimedia (Australia)

http://www.doe.tased.edu.au/0278/issue/976

Evaluating Internet research sources

http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm

Five criteria for evaluating web pages-Jim Kapoun

http://www.ala.org/acrl/undwebev.html

Teacher Helpers-Critical evaluation information & demonstration sites

(Kathy Schrock’s guide for educators

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html

Portfolios

http://www.odyssey.on.ca/~elaine.coxon/rubrics.htm

Possible Reading Units

Introduction to American tall tales

http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/Is/4/Ia/4r/talltale/ttintro.htm

American folktales unit

http://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/folkunit.htm

Reading Strategies on ReQuest

http://nimitz.mcs.kent.edu/~dhaher/strat/strat.html

Figures and legends in American folklore

http://infoplease.com/ipa/A0194035.html

Reading Logs and Journals

http://www.cpsboe.k12.oh.us/standard/primary/PRPRLTOC.htm

www.abcteach.com

Formal

http://ths.ttsd.k12.or.us/jdubois/reading_log_nonfiction.html

Younger Students

http://www.marquezcharter.org/ClassPages/Room6/ReadingLog.htm

Middle School Daily Log

http://meret.lacoe.edu/coursecontent/comprehension/html/Daily_Reading.Log.html

Reader's Theatre

Early Literacy

http://www.aaronshep.com

Resource about reader’s theater

http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/carrick/index.html

Resource about reader’s theater

http://www.readingonline.org/editorial/edit_index.asp?HREF=august2000/rkrt.htm

http://www.readerstheatre.ecsd.net/

Internet Resources for Conducting Reader's Theatre

http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?

Reader's Theatre/Language Arts home page for teachers

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rcswallow/

Reader's Theatre: A reading resource, a teaching tool, a performance vehicle,

and a chance to play with language!

http://scriptsforschools.com/

Reader's Theatre Scripts and Plays

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/9893/readerstheater.htm

The Reader's Theatre with Sam Sebesta

http://teachervision.com/tv/resources/specialist/ssebesta2.html

Reader's Theatre script of the month

http://www.lisablau.com/scriptmonth.html

Zoom Playhouse

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/zoom/playhouse/

Social Studies Resources

http://www.ncss.org

http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/eric_chess.htm

http://www.csun.edu/%7ehcedu013/index.html

Skewl sites that provide teacher resources, reference areas, lesson plans, student activities, and creative teaching ideas for Social Studies, Science, etc.

http://skewlsites.com/siteind.htm

Statewide Projects

CLRN, TechSETS, C-SMART, TICAL

http://catp6.k12.ca.us/partners.html

Videos for Children

http://www.ala.org/pio/presskits/midwinterawards2001/videos.html

http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc.webcast.htm

Writing Prompts

http://kidslangarts.about.com/library/daily.blprompts.htm

http://writerexchange.about.com/library/prompts/blprompt46.htm

http://writerexchange.about.com/library/prompts.blweekly.htm

Poetry Resources

Writer in electronic residence grades 1-12 (WIER) Trevor Owen

http://www.edu.yorku.ca/wierhome/

Evaluating Reading programs

http://www.reading.org/advocacy/standards/standards_instructions.html

Document from the International Reading Association established for evaluating advanced programs for reading professionals and to help shape literacy instruction.

Performance-Based Reading Assessment

CRESST site performance-based assessment

www.cse.ucla.edu/CRESST/pages/related.htm

Parent Resources in Literacy

Activities for Children

www.eduplace.com/rdg/index

Booklists for Children of Various Ages

www.cbcbooks.org/pub/sev13

Award winning books

http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html

http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html

Children with Special Needs

www.ed.gov.pubs/RoadtoRead/appendix_c

www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/speech

Encouraging Kids to read

www.creativeteachingsite.com/read1

www.readmeabook/com/paredu

www.story-house.com/read/_read1

Homework Assistance

www.cahenmsu.edu/pubs/

www.Idonlon.org/cc/dinfo/4

Literature Sites Menu

www.snybuf.edu/~beaverjf/internet/language-art

Making Better Readers

www.childfun.con/parents/reader

www.edgov/pubs/parents/reading

www.Idonlon.org/cc/dinfo/4

Parent Sites Menu

www.libertynet.org/lion/forum.parent

Children's Resources in Literacy

Access to Current Events

http://www.fayette.k12.ky.us/instructtech/news

Children's Publishing Sites

http://www.writingconference.com/writer's.htm

http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/

http://hometown.aol.com/nappic/index.html

http://www.cricketmag.com/cgi-bin/cricket.cgi?tpl=index

http://www.stonesoup.com/

http://www.mystworld.com/youngwriter/index.html

http://www.mrsmcgowan.com/winterpoems/index.html

Example of class poems from a wide variety of styles

One Hundred Picture Books Everyone Should Know

http://www.javanoid.com/

Online Magazines for Children

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/1411/34566

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Teacher Resources in Literacy 11-15-2001

Author Studies

www.scholastic.com

 

Classroom Management

Kim's corner for classroom management

http://www.angelfire.com/ks/teachme/classmanagement.html#Bulletin

Teaching help

http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/classroomManagement.html

 

Curriculum Mapping

Mapping the big picture: Integrating curriculum & assessment K-12-Heidi Hayes Jacobs

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0871202867/qid%3

D1000845965/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F0%5F1/107-4180604-4974956

Interview with Heidi Hayes Jacobs

http://home.earthlink.net/~carozza/hhj.htm

Homepage of Heidi Hayes Jacobs

http://www.curriculumdesigners.com/

Curriculum map example template

http://www.db.k12.oh.us/curriculum_mapping.htm

Examples using curriculum mapping

http://www.moorhead.k12.mn.us/www/district/teaching_learning/hvisual.htm

http://www.kane.k12.us/ILS%20Alignment.CurricMap.html

 

Education Standards

http://putwest.boces.org/StSu/Social.html

 

Internet Proficiency and Teachers

http://cnets.iste.org/

http://kids-learn.org

Online community with a global audience, somewhere to have education technology discussions on-line

www.tappedin.org

 

Literacy Education

Educator's Literacy Site

http://wilearns.state.wi.us

The Literacy Volunteer Connection

http://www.literacyvolunteer.com

Become an RTEACHER member

http://www.reading.org/publications/rt/rteacherdirections.html

RTEACHER Archives

http://www.reading.org/archives/rteacher.html

www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=rasinski/index.html

Helping struggling readers

http://www.readingonline.org

 

Literature Circles

Good Handout for Literature Circles

http://www.walloon.com/docs/handouts.html

 

Media Education

http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/

www.justthink.org

 

Portfolios

http://www.odyssey.on.ca/~elaine.coxon/rubrics.htm

 

Possible Reading Units

Introduction to American tall tales

http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/academics/Is/4/Ia/4r/talltale/ttintro.htm

American folktales unit

http://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/folkunit.htm

Figures and legends in American folklore

http://infoplease.com/ipa/A0194035.html

 

Reading Logs and Journals

http://www.cpsboe.k12.oh.us/standard/primary/PRPRLTOC.htm

www.abcteach.com

Formal

http://ths.ttsd.k12.or.us/jdubois/reading_log_nonfiction.html

Younger Students

http://www.marquezcharter.org/ClassPages/Room6/ReadingLog.htm

Middle School Daily Log

http://meret.lacoe.edu/coursecontent/comprehension/html/Daily_Reading.Log.html

 

Reader's Theatre

http://www.aaronshep.com

Early Literacy

http://www.readerstheatre.ecsd.net/

Internet Resources for Conducting Reader's Theatre

http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?

Reader's Theatre/Language Arts home page for teachers

http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/rcswallow/

Reader's Theatre: A reading resource, a teaching tool, a performance vehicle,

and a chance to play with language!

http://scriptsforschools.com/

Reader's Theatre Scripts and Plays

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/9893/readerstheater.htm

The Reader's Theatre with Sam Sebesta

http://teachervision.com/tv/resources/specialist/ssebesta2.html

Reader's Theatre script of the month

http://www.lisablau.com/scriptmonth.html

Zoom Playhouse

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/zoom/playhouse/

 

Social Studies Resources

http://www.ncss.org

http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/eric_chess.htm

http://www.csun.edu/%7ehcedu013/index.html

 

Statewide Projects

CLRN, TechSETS, C-SMART, TICAL

http://catp6.k12.ca.us/partners.html

 

Videos for Children

http://www.ala.org/pio/presskits/midwinterawards2001/videos.html

http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc.webcast.htm

 

Writing Prompts

http://kidslangarts.about.com/library/daily.blprompts.htm

http://writerexchange.about.com/library/prompts/blprompt46.htm

http://writerexchange.about.com/library/prompts.blweekly.htm

 

Parent Resources in Literacy

Activities for Children

www.eduplace.com/rdg/index

 

Booklists for Children of Various Ages

Award winning books

http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html

http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html

 

Children with Special Needs

www.ed.gov.pubs/RoadtoRead/appendix_c

www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/speech

www.penparents.org

 

Encouraging Kids to read

www.creativeteachingsite.com/read1

www.readmeabook/com/paredu

www.story-house.com/read/_read1

 

Homework Assistance

www.cahenmsu.edu/pubs/

www.Idonlon.org/cc/dinfo/4

 

Literature Sites Menu

www.snybuf.edu/~beaverjf/internet/language-art

 

Making Better Readers

www.childfun.con/parents/reader

www.edgov/pubs/parents/reading

www.Idonlon.org/cc/dinfo/4

 

Parent Sites Menu

www.libertynet.org/lion/forum.parent

 

Children's Resources in Literacy

Access to Current Events

http://www.fayette.k12.ky.us/instructtech/news

Children's Publishing Sites

http://www.writingconference.com/writer's.htm

http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/~MidLink/

http://hometown.aol.com/nappic/index.html

http://www.cricketmag.com/cgi-bin/cricket.cgi?tpl=index

http://www.stonesoup.com/

http://www.mystworld.com/youngwriter/index.html

 

One Hundred Picture Books Everyone Should Know

http://www.javanoid.com/

 

Online Magazines for Children

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/1411/34566

Book club for kids with a small teacher’s guide and space for students to respond to the book online

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/bookclub/

 

Teacher, Parent, and Child resources for improving literacy

Units and other resources using computers in the classroom

http://ali.apple.com/ns/i/

Focuses on giving kids information and educational tools for all ages of kids and sections for parents and teachers

http://www.homeworkspot.com

 

Sites for Use with Primary Grades

This is a site for ages 4-11 to use for school projects. Material should be useful, interesting and appropriate for that age group.

http://www.ipl.org/youth

This is the parent and teacher section for the previous children’s site.

http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/youth/youth.out.pl?sub=tcn0000

This web site contains a list of activities for all areas, including literature. It is for PK-2 exclusively and has many good activities for children.

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/kindergarten_links.htm

Reading activities for the primary grades.

http://pbskids.org/

Elementary age stories

www.hiyah.com

Reading activities for primary grades

www.scholastic.com