Literacy and English Teaching Links

Early Literacy - A Resource for Teachers : by Saskatchewan Education - Canada, February 2000
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/ela/e_literacy/index.html

Jim Trelease on Reading : This site covers all of Jim Trelease's efforts in
helping children make books into friends, not enemies — with excerpts from his books,
data on his lecture schedule, book reviews, and information on ordering his audios,
videos and books.
http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/default.html
See The Read Aloud Handbook excerpts (chapter by chapter), for information about the whys and wherefores of reading aloud to children.
http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/rah.html

Read•Write•Think : An International Reading Association and National Council of Teachers
of English (USA) sponsored  site that provides high quality resources for Reading and Language
Arts instruction.
http://www.readwritethink.org/index.asp

Literacy Connections : Literacy Connections provides a wealth of information on reading, teaching and tutoring techniques, ESL literacy, and adult literacy.  We recommend resources that are useful for teachers, volunteers, and directors of literacy programs. Topics include the language experience approach, phonics, word study, and the best in children's literature.
http://www.literacyconnections.com/index.html

Literacy Web at the University of Connecticut : Links to online classroom literacy resources and research.
http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/

Learning to Read: Resources for Language Arts and Reading Research (Home Page for John Nemes)
NOT JUST ABOUT READING
http://www.toread.com/

COMPREHENSION sites:
Mosaic of Thought Strategies
http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/

http://www.geocities.com/smilecdg/comprehe.html

http://cpanel.servdns.net/~readingl/Comprehension/index.html

Strategies That Work : Links to website resources for the comprehension strategies.
http://www.mayer.cps.k12.il.us/Strategies_that_Work/STW.htm#Matrix

WRITING sites:
Six Traits + 1
http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/department.asp?d=1
http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/

Susan Nixon's 6 traits site
http://6traits.cyberspaces.net/