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This page is about balanced literacy, reading research, systematic reading instruction, whole language, reading instruction and recriprocal teaching techniques

http://www.toread.com/

Reading Rover- A FREE tool for teachers! Created by leaders in brain research, BrainConnection's Reading Rover is a set of useful measuring tools to help educators and parents evaluate phonemic awareness and language and reading skills in children

http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/?main=rr/rr

Read Write Think – Lessons and Resources for ELA

http://www.readwritethink.org/

Dave’s ESL Cafe

http://www.eslcafe.com/

Learning Planet – Fee now, but can try for 10 days

http://www.learningplanet.com/index.asp

Personal – Educational Press – Create free quizzes, worksheets, etc.

http://www.educationalpress.org/educationalpress/Index.asp

Graphic Organizers

Teach-Nology – Graphic Organizers

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/

Graphic Organizers

http://www.region15.org/curriculum/graphicorg.html

Graphic Organizers

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm

More Graphic Organizers

http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/

Interactive Activities/Games

Harcourt Learning Site (Use Password Farr and choose state)

Great for Language Arts and Reading

http://www.harcourtschool.com/index.html

Houghton Mifflin – English – Lots of Activities and Games for Reading and Writing

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/index.html

Everyday Spelling – Writing Prompts

http://www.everydayspelling.com/workout/prompts/promptsndx.html

Scholastic – Online Activities

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/

Read, Write, Think – List of Interactive Activities

http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp

Little Explorers – Picture Dictionary

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html

PBS Games – Between the Lions

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/

Pitara – Grammar Games

http://www.pitara.com/activities/wordplay/

Fun Educational Games for Kids

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooeylo.html

Switcheroozoo – Writing Prompts

http://www.switcheroozoo.com/zoo.htm

I Know That (free and $)

http://www.iknowthat.com

Working with Words

http://www.oswego.org/testprep/ela4/wwwords1.html

Create your own play

http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/1a/11a.html

Spin and Spell – Spelling Game

http://www.spinandspell.com/game.swf

Starfall - Engage your student with interactive phonnic based activities

http://www.starfall.com/

Game Go0 is home for fun, stick-with-you educational games that helps students develop early reading and language skills,identified as important language arts building blocks in state curriculum standards

http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

Primary Games.com

http://www.primarygames.com/reading.htm

Dositey.com – More ELA Games

http://www.dositey.com/homek2.htm

Things to Read and Write About

Lower Grades – Writing – Houghton Mifflin Site

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/brightideas/index.html

Fact Frenzy – Reading for Important Facts

http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/factfrenzy/index.html

Giggle Poetry

http://www.meadowbrookpress.com/Poetry/

Internet Story Hour

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/storyhour/

Carol Hurst Literature Site

http://www.carolhurst.com/index.html

Jan Brett’s Home Page

http://janbrett.com/

Mighty Book

http://www.mightybook.com/home.htm

Book Reviews by Kids

http://www3.sympatico.ca/alanbrown/kids.html

Book Reviews By and For Kids

http://www.spaghettibookclub.com/

Publish Your Own Stories

http://www.edbydesign.com/storyteller/index.html

Something to Write About - Pictures

http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm

Interactive & Online Books, Stories and Activities

Classic children’s story illustrated and narrated

http://www.hiyah.com/

Story Place

http://www.storyplace.org/

Children’s Storybook

http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html

Children’s Stories - This site is filled with fairy tales, nursery rhymes, interactive stories and holiday stories. The stories can be read to the listener. You can also submit your own stories

http://www.childrenstory.com/

Children’s eLibrary – Free 30 day trial

http://www.childrenselibrary.com/welcomeback.php

Clifford books you can read

http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/

Online Stories

http://web.bsu.edu/00smtancock/EDRDG430/430stories.html

Mother Goose

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/storyhour/goose/

Fable Library

http://www.fablevision.com/place/library/index.html

Goodnight Stories