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American Library Association /Association for Library Services to Children Resources http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/resources.htm Provides many practical resources to support librarians and educators in their work with children. Includes links to Born to Read information, recommended booklists, and links to online children's literature and reading web sites. Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/ The CCBC part of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is a noncirculating examination, study and research library for adults with an interest in children's and young adult literature. The CCBC receives review copies of almost all new trade books published annually for children and young adults. From this site you can access bibliographies on a variety of topics, such as Books for Beginning Readers and Forty Books about Writers and Writing, book reviews, webcasts of speeches at the CCBC, and other resources for teachers and librarians. The CCBC's Intellectual Freedom Information Services provides assistance to librarians and teachers across Wisconsin if they are facing a potential book challenge. ECB Surf Report http://www.ecb.org/surf/index.htm These web sites have been identified by Wisconsin’s Educational Communications Board staff as supporting educational goals in the classroom and are appropriate for use by students. EDSITEment: National Endowment for the Humanities and National Trust for the Humanities [|http://edsitement.neh.gov] This site brings some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities together as an online humanities resource which can be used in the classroom. Included are lesson plans and reviewed web sites on history and social studies, literature and language arts, foreign language, and arts and culture. This site is part of MarcoPolo. The Educator’s Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org/ Housed on the campus of Syracuse, this site provides access to over two thousand lesson plans, links to online education information, and a question / response archive. This site also links you to the new ERIC. Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) http://www.thegateway.org/ GEM is a consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources from activities and lesson plans to online projects to assessment items. Members of the consortium are federal, state, university, non-profit and commercial Internet sites. IDEAS (Interactive Dialogue with Educators from Across the State) http://www.ideas.wisconsin.edu/index.cfm PK-16 educators from Wisconsin work in teams to identify, evaluate, catalog, and align to the state education standards resources that are already on the Internet such as lesson plans and reference materials. These resources are then made available from the IDEAS search engine. International Children's Digital Library http://www.icdlbooks.org/ Provides Internet access to books from around the world. The collection currently contains over 750 books in 21 languages and can be searched by title, author, illustrator, language or publication date. One of the special things about this collection is the "simple search" function, which provides interesting and kid-friendly categories such as color, characters (kid, real animal, imaginary animal), length (short, medium and long as well as picture book or chapter book) and more. The location search is a nice way to integrate children's literature into geography; students can click to spin a globe and find books from a particular continent. International Reading Association http://www.reading.org/ One of the first stops on your quest to enrich your knowledge of literacy theory including access to “Choices” best books. Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators: Literature and Language Arts http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/arts/artlit.html Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning. Links to booklists, online poetry, research skills, reader’s theater scripts, and much more can be accessed from this site. The Literacy Center [|www.literacycenter.net] Clean flashcard-like activities in the play and learn section introduce each upper-and lowercase letter and other concepts. ReadWriteThink http://www.readwritethink.org/ Language arts teachers should become familiar with this site. Part of the MarcoPolo suite of databases and sponsored by the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English, this site provides educators and students with access to high quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content. The site features standards-based lesson plans, web resources, classroom activities, teaching techniques, and online interactive resources Reading A-Z http://www.readinga-z.com/ Printable books and lesson plans to teach guided reading, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, and reading comprehension Reading A-Z offers thousands of printable teacher materials to teach guided reading, phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, reading fluency, alphabet, and vocabulary. The teaching resources include professionally developed downloadable leveled books, lesson plans, worksheets, and reading assessments. This is a commercial site. However, you can print 30 of their sample books for free. Reading is Fundamental http://www.rif.org/ http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/ The educator’s section is designed especially for teachers, childcare providers, librarians, and other professionals—to support you in your efforts to help children become lifelong readers. Links to read along with stories, reading activities, booklists, professional articles, and lesson plans are available. The Reading Planet is designed for kids. Reading Rockets http://www.readingrockets.org/ Developed through a federal grant and includes strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn to read. Resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in working with struggling readers who require additional help in reading and comprehension skills development. Features an online screening tool. ReadPlease 2003 http://www.readplease.com/ A text-to-speech software which is easy to use, just copy and paste any text into the software screen. SCORE: CyberGuides http://www.score.k12.ca.us/ The mission of this site is to provide California teachers with links to over 3,000 quality Internet resources, teacher-developed lesson plans, student activities and other classroom resources. They also hope to promote information literacy. Although the lessons are aligned to California standards, all teachers will find this site useful. Content is divided into four areas: history/social studies, language arts, mathematics, and science and is searchable by grade level. The cyberguides found in the Language Arts section link students to information on specific titles. 6 + 1 Trait Writing http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/department.php?d=1 Developed by NWREL (North West Regional Educational Laboratory), this site supports the 6 + 1 Trait Writing program and includes background information, research, and lesson plans organized around the writing traits and grade levels. Writing prompts are also available from this site. The Write Source http://www.thewritesource.com/ This commercial site can serve as a starting point for personal or journal writing. The topics are organized by grade level and include writing prompts, activities, and related links to support the Write Source Language programs. Big6 Research Paper Organizer http://www.sasaustin.org/library/paperOrganizerUS.php This site allows students to complete research steps online or using a PDF form. For more on the Big6 go to: [|http://www.big6.com] Basic Steps in the Research Process: Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Research Guide http://www.crlsresearchguide.org/ A well-organized research tutorial with hyperlinks to information on developing a thesis statement, note-taking, citing, plagiarism and more. Online Research Guide: School District of Springfield Township http://www.sdst.org/rguide/ This online research manual is designed to help students develop and complete research projects. It leads students to answer questions such as what is a research project? Where do I start? How do I cite a source? How do I take notes? What are the steps in online searching? and much more. OWL: Online Writing Lab at Purdue University [|http://owl.english.purdue.edu] This fine example of a writing lab site includes interactive worksheets to help with English spelling, punctuation and usage. Also, visitors can print handouts on a variety of writing topics, including organizing a paper, proofreading suggestions, and ways to correctly cite. StoneSoup http://www.stonesoup.com/ This is a magazine by young writers and artists. The web site includes a sample issue, stories, and art. The magazine accepts submissions by students through age 13. Instant Poetry Forms http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm These fill-in-the blank online forms take the fear of a blank page and writer’s block away. Check out the mini-lesson plans for classroom uses. BBC Schools http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml Check out a variety of reading activities, including Jim’s Crankophone where students distinguish sound. BookHive http://www.bookhive.org/ Students can create their own stories using the “bee” clipart provided. Once completed the cartoons can be printed out. This is a product of the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County. Clifford and other PBS programs http://pbskids.org/ Clifford’s interactive storybooks site will have each line of the story read to the viewer in a very realistic voice. Students can also play games and practice thinking and phonics skills. Links to other PBS programming for children is also available from this site. Get Ready to Read http://www.getreadytoread.org/ GRTR! is an early literacy program designed to help parents and early child care providers ensure that young children are equipped with the fundamental skills necessary for learning to read. The site contains screening tools, online activities and resources for building young children's pre-reading skills. GRTR! is an initiative of the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Seussville http://www.seussville.com/ The all things Dr. Seuss site. Children can play a variety of Seuss-inspired games in the playground area. Sesame Street http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/ The Sesame Street site has games, stories, art, music, and information for parents and caregivers. Storyline Online http://www.storylineonline.net/ This site sponsored by Screen Actor’s Guild provides an opportunity for students to hear actors read picture books. Storyplace: The Children’s Digital Library [|http://www.storyplace.org] This site has several animated stories for preschool and elementary students with printable activities for each story. This is a product of the Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County.