| Resource/organization |
Contact info/Web address |
Details |
| Book Adventure |
Visit
Web site
|
Free motivational reading program for children
in grades K-8. Reviews help children pick a book to read.
After reading it, children can take a quiz online and
win prizes after several quizzes are completed. Site includes
a section for parents and teachers to help them get involved,
too. |
| Children's Book Committee |
Bank Street College
610 W 112th St.
New York, NY 10025
(212) 875-4540
Fax (212) 875-4759
E-mail: bookcom@bnkst.edu
Visit
Web site
|
List is a great reference, $8.
Ask for 2002 Children's Books of the Year.
The best books for children up to 14 years of age. |
| Education place
|
Visit
Web site
|
Every week the folks at Education Place
offer another set of Fake Outs for K-2, 3-5, sixth grade
and up to help build vocabulary by having children select
a term from a group and then identify the correct definition
from a list of meanings. |
| Great Books Foundation, Junior |
1-800-222-5870
Visit
Web site |
Promote literature and its
study. |
| Illustrated Vocabulary |
Visit
Web site |
In several languages |
| National Writing Project |
University of California
2105 Bancroft #1042
Berkeley, CA 94720-1042
(510) 642-0963
Fax (510) 642-4545
E-mail: nwp@writingproject.org
Visit
Web site
|
Aims to improve the teaching of writing. |
Partnership for Reading
|
National Institute for Literacy
1775 I Street NW, Suite 730
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 233-2025
reading@nifl.gov
Visit
Web site |
Find information on reading for grades up
to three. |
Phonological Awareness Resources & Links
|
Visit
Web site |
Site contains information about phonological
awareness tests, resources and links for academics, parents
and educators. |
ReadingLesson.com
|
Mountcastle Company
One Annabel Lane
Suite 214
San Ramon, CA 94583
(925) 830-8655
Visit
Web site
|
Teach your child to read before kindergarten. |
| Reading is Fundamental,
Inc. |
1825 Connecticut Ave.
NW, Suite 400
Washington D.C. 20009
(202) 287-3220
1-877-RIF-READ
E-mail: contactus@rif.org
Visit Web
site
|
Information available
at some cost. Help with slow readers. |
Reading Recovery
|
1929 Kenny Rd., Suite 100
Columbus, OH 43210-1069
(614) 292-7111
Fax (614) 292-4404
Visit
Web site |
Check out this program targeting at-risk
first graders. |
Reading Rockets
|
Visit
Web site |
Help kids learn to read with practical advice,
important research findings, best book suggestions and
more. |
| Red Flag Reading Screening |
Visit
Web site |
|
| Teachers and Writers Collaborative |
5 Union Square West
New York, NY 10003-3306
(212) 691-6590
1-888-BOOKS-TW
Fax (212) 675-0171
E-mail: info@twc.org
Visit Web
site
|
|
Topics in Early Reading Coherence
|
SEDL
4700 Mueller Blvd.
Austin, TX 78723
1-800-476-6861
Visit
Web site |
|
VoyCabulary.com
|
Visit
Web site |
Enter the URL you want help with, and this
site will add a click-on dictionary to nearly all the
words and even offer a thesaurus. Vital for students who
need help with vocabulary. Also offers medical and legal
vocabulary. Impressive. |
