Here are some reading links that may prove to be very useful to you in your classroom. These links are to aid in the teaching of reading.
Lesson Plan Ideas
1) www.mysterynet.com/learn/
This site offers ideas for lesson plans for teaching language arts in the classroom using mystery based literature.
2) www.angelfire.com/ks/teachme/teachertalk.html
This site offers ideas on how to teach writing, language arts, reading and much more.
3) www.knownet.net/users/Ackley/reading_plans.html
This site gives actual lesson plans that would be very useful in teaching reading ideas.
4) www.lessonplanspage.com/
This is a very good site that offers numerous lesson plans for a variety of subjects including the language arts and reading.
5) www.atozteacherstuff.com/lessons/index.shtml
This is a good site that offers lesson plan examples for any and all subject areas in a variety of age levels.
6) www.teachers.net/lessons/search.html
This site offers more lesson plan ideas dealing with many subject and age areas.
Children's Literature
7) www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/index.html
This site gives a teacher an opportunity to search for more materials associated with children's literature.
8) www.carolhurst.com/
This is a good site containing reviews on children's books; also on this site are ideas of integration of other subjects into the language arts.
Adaptations for Special Learners
9) scrtec.org/track/tracks/f04906.html
This site offers many tips and ideas of how to deal with the needs of diverse learners.
10) www.bced.gov.bc.ca/specialed/iep/
This site gives one philosophy on how to deal with and adapt to special learners.
11) interact.uoregon.edu/wrrc/inclusionhome.html
This site is one that offers topics on inclusion as a way to adapt to special learners, it gives many links to other pages as well.
12) www.balancepublishing.com/
This is a site that gives advice on how to get students interested in topics in class.
Visual Media
13) www.inspiration.com/inspclass.html
This site offers ideas and materials on how to compare things in graph form.
14) www.worksheetfactory.com/
This is a site that has a free download of a program that lets you make your own worksheets for a classroom.
15) www.home-school.com/Mall/Language.html
This site offers many programs, CD's, videos, etc. for use in a classroom setting in the language arts.
16) www.topmarks.co.uk/
This site offers many free educational tools in every subject and age area.
17) infoline.officehiway.com/teacher_resources.htm
This site offers free software to teachers for use in the classroom.