PBS
Pbs: Frontline: Conduct an Historical Comparison
A current program encouraging the advancement of literacy in developing countries is compared and contrasted with philanthropic establishment of libraries throughout the world donated by the Andrew Carnegie Foundation.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: The Gambler
Katherine Cecil Thurston's novel, The Gambler, is presented here in English translation in multiple digital formats.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Workshops: Teaching Reading 3 5
This instructional workshop provides eight sessions on teaching reading in intermediate classrooms: "Creating Contexts for Learning," "Fluency and Word Study," "Building Comprehension," "Writing," "New Literacies of the Internet,"...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Soft "C" Words
This video segment from Between the Lions focuses on letter knowledge, showing several words that begin with the letter "c" and, in these examples, the /s/ sound that it makes.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Complete "Red Book Series" Focused on Reading Instruction
This binder provides copies of the original "Red Book Series" titles and links to online resources created for today's classrooms. Educators can access basic research about reading, view videos, download lesson plans, and learn how to...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Reading Basics
Provides a wealth of basic information on how to teach kids to read. Covers print awareness, sounds of speech, phonemic awareness, phonics and decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and lots more.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Summer Camp: Fill Each Day With Possibilities! Play Your Way! Calendar
The summer is full of possibilities and so is your child. Use this calendar to choose activities, games, and videos to enjoy.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Reach
REACH is a self-paced interactive reading program to engage parents and children as at-home reading partners. Designed by classroom reading specialists and aligned with kindergarten through third grade standards, these self-paced...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: What Are the Key Elements of Student Engagement?
As part of their series to help schools understand the federal No Child Left Behind Law, Learning Point Associates describes the four key elements of student engagement - student confidence, teacher involvement, relevant texts, and...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: A Beach Bag Full of Summer Learning Resources
Learning shouldn't stop just because school is out. Here are some ideas to keep students reading, writing and thinking all summer long.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Teacher Toolbox Decoding
What are the guidelines for decoding instruction? Explore this website from Readingrockets.org to find out the answer to this question.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: The Alphabetic Principle
What are predictor's for a child's success in reading? Use this site to learn more how the knowledge of the alphabet and shapes is a factor for reading success.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Sesame Street: Games: Oscar's Rotten Ride
Help Oscar collect trash on the beach, underwater, or in space.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Clementine
Students will learn about the outdoor adventures of Clementine, a character from PBS Kids' series, Plum Landing. Students will look at the cartoon pictures and read the associated texts with them.
Other
Literature Lesson Plan
This lesson plan is for a character study that uses butcher paper, pens, pencils, and copies of assigned book. Students then complete a character study on at least two major characters.
Library of Congress
Library of Congress: Readers to the Rescue
Visusal mad-lib reading game in which students help rescue storybook characters, including Pinocchio, Humpty-Dumpty and Sleeping Beauty and win rewards of animated short films and access to 36 books that can be read online for free.
Other
Literature Circles: Lesson Plans and More
What are the major roles in literature circles? Check out this site to learn more about the individual roles needed to form a literature circle. Includes links to various reading handouts and lessons.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Cyberspace Explorer Christopher Columbus
This lesson supports young scholars' literacy skills by gathering multiple online sources concerning the explorer Christopher Columbus. Activities promote this literacy by attempting to research Columbus from multiple perspectives,...
Other
Phonemic Awareness, Alphabetics and Sight Words
Discover more about phonemic awareness when you visit this informative site. This resource features activities that teach phonemic awareness and activities that teach alphabetics.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Integrating Math and Literacy
This lesson plan provides the elementary teacher with an opportunity to integrate the concept of mathematics with reading literacy. Students use models to learn shapes, practice spelling the names and shapes, and learn to reflect and...
Other
Seattle University: Literature Circles Resource Center
How can you get started with literature circles in your classroom? This site provides information on every aspect of developing your own literature circle instruction.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Phonics and Decoding
This resource provides information and techniques for teaching phonics and decoding, which assist with early literacy.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Lilly, the Wild Cat Storybook ccss.ela
This resource provides a children's storybook for the classroom. Lilly, the Wild Cat, is an original work by Michelle Tocci. The story is about a cat who discovers that being a wild cat is not an easy life.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Decoding and the Jabberwocky's Song
What is reading? Explore this article from to find the answer to this question.