Reading

=Reading=

Curriculum

 * Open Court [|user Web page], [|Facebook page], [|Unit Openers], [|first day of school ideas], [|tips and technology],

Learning to Read

 * [|International Reading Association] (include in my professional development). Notes from IRA pubs.
 * [|Reading Rockets] (probably a premier Web site for introducing reading concepts, strategies, how to help struggling readers, etc.)
 * [|Summary of what how kids learn to read from Reading Rockets]; ,
 * L[|onger gov't publication - On the Road to Reading, especially designed for tutors]
 * [|National Institute for Literacy] - This is a federal agency which provides leadership and research on literacy issues, including the improvement of reading instruction for children through adults. Partners with [|National Reading Panel]to disseminate research on reading strategies.
 * [|Get Ready to Read]-- this is a Web site funded by grants to build early literacy skills in preschool children.
 * Reading different genres
 * ASCD - [|Reading (search link)]
 * Notes on Reading and Teaching Reading

Strategies

 * [|Dialogic Reading] - Gradually shift role of children as listeners to storytellers while reading same book repeatedly.Adults ask questions, add information, prompt to do better descriptions. Types of prompts - completion, recall, open-ended (what is happening in picture), Wh questions, distancing (relate to experiences outside book). Use praise, encouragement, shortly expand answers,

Online Learning

 * [|http://www.raz-kids.com/ (]$60 per classroom as of 6/09 - Robin Salzer (opencourtreadingprogram@yahoogroups.com) - I taught 4/5 struggling readers this year and all loved it. There are many points really worth the investment: 1) the leveled reading; 2) quizzes after each story; 3) the connection to readinga-z.com (also subscription based) enables you to print the books and other resources that are included; 4) it also has recorded versions of most of their books highlighting in natural chunks thus modeling good fluency; 5) motivational component that kids can earn points; 6) students can access all summer if they have access to the internet.

Miscellaneous

 * [|National Center for Family Literacy]
 * [|signedstories.com] - Stories read verbally, pictures, and in sign language