Reading+Resources

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 * [|Stories On-line](On-line streaming video program with actors reading books - lesson activities included)
 * [|PowerPoints for Teaching Reading and Phonics]
 * [|Reading Activities at Home](Helpful tips for motivating kids to make a habit of reading; activity calendars include fun ideas for indoor and outdoor reading activities; stories, nursery rhymes, activities)
 * [|Digital Book Talk] (Search by title, author, genre, content or level)[[image:http://www.cam.k12.il.us/ms/6th/gillettc/ReadingManiacs.gif width="150" height="106" align="right"]]
 * [|You Tube Booktalks](Videos of a variety of booktalks)
 * [|Boys Read](Site devoted to help boys develop a lifelong love of reading)
 * Read Write Think- (Provides educators and students with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content.)
 * [|Teaching Reading K-2: A Library of Classroom Practices](Annenberg Learning Videos; video library for K-2 teachers; 12 half-hour video programs, one half-hour overview video; draws on real classrooms and literacy research, this video workshop addresses critical topics in teaching reading for K-2 teachers)
 * [|Teaching Reading 3-5 Workshop] (The Annenberg Learning Videos; video workshop for grade 3-5 teachers; presents strategies on how to help students transition from "learning to read" to "reading to learn.")
 * [|Read Naturally Blog]
 * [|Free Reading]

__**Reading Strategies**__

 * __[|Reading Comprehension Strategies]__

**__Vocabulary__**

 * __Vocab 2.0__(Collection of technology resources to help with vocabulary instruction)
 * [|Word Games](Kids Konnect - 27 word games)
 * [|Vocabulary and Spelling City] (Import classes' spelling and vocabulary lists to create activities; popular spelling lists available; games like //Unscramble, Alphabetize// and //Speedy Speller// are just a few of the activities; tutorials that explain how to use the site and give ideas for implementing activities in the classroom)

__**Phonics**__
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 * [|Starfall] (Interactive and downloadable materials for teachers and parents to use as a supplement to support reading and phonics development for children in kindergarten and first grade; materials at four levels: //Starfall ABC//'s which addresses alphabet and sound recognition; //Learn to Read// materials which focus on blending and chunking sounds; //It's Fun to Read// materials which begin to offer variety in the types of materials presented; and //I'm Reading,// the most advanced level which offers selections with high frequency words to promote reading success)
 * [|Lesson - Good Fit Book]

**__Creative Writing__** ( Download, embed and print newspaper headlines and talking creatures)
 * [|Newspaper Headlines +++]
 * [|Storybird] (Create, share, print, read and collaborate at this easy to use creative writing site)
 * [|Diamante poems]
 * [|Story maps]
 * [|Acrostic Poems]

__**Writing Ideas**__
> __**Six Traits of Writing**__
 * **__[|Writing - Emphasizing the Process]__**
 * **__[|Concertina and Single-Bound Books]__**(How to make two different types of books for students to publish their works)
 * **[|Links for Making Books in the Classroom]** (Over 25 links for making classroom books)
 * **__[|Elementary Resources] __**
 * __[|Posters]__(Download and print)
 * [|Teaching Writing]
 * [|Writing Prompts]
 * [|Six Traits PowerPoints]
 * [|PowerPoints for Teaching Writing Concepts]

__**Graphic Organizers**__
 * __[|Graphic Organizers 1]__**(**** Graphic Organizers to help student sort their ideas for writing) **


 * [|Glossary of Rhetorical Terms] (University of Kentucky - Glossary plus examples)
 * Citation Resources Wiki(Online citation creators, plagiarism resources, and information)

Text Protocol - Judith Gray (2005) Differentiated Instruction:Grouping for Reading Success - Dr. Vicki Gibson []

Research-based methods of reading instruction, Grades K-3 - Vaughn (2004) Group sizes and time alloted to intervention: Effects for students with reading difficulties Instructional grouping for reading for students with LD: Implications for practice Differentiation in practice: A resource guide for differentiating curriculum (Tomlinson) The differentiated classroom: Responding to the needs of all learners (Tomlinson) Looking inside classrooms: Reflecting on the "how" as well as the "what" in effective reading instruction (Taylor) [|www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/classroom.html] [|www.readingrockets.org/articles/c93] [|www.safeandcivilschools.com] [|www.pacificnwpublish.com] [|www.gha-pd.com] [|www.fcrr.org] [|www.tea.org] [|www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/1/cu2.html] [|www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/differentiate/planning/] [|www.readingrockets.org/articles/c64] []