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READING WEBSITES FOR TEACHERS
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This
is a comprehensive list of some of the best websites on the Internet
for supporting the teaching of reading. You can rate
each site by clicking on the ratings stars.
Center for the Improvement of Early Reading
Achievement
If you need the latest
research and information on reading - this is the place to go.
Reading A - Z
This site has hundreds of
books that you can download for use in your classroom. It's not
free, but it's worth the price. Each book comes with lesson
activities and a multiple choice quiz. You can download 30 of
their books for free.
The
Partnership for Reading
This is a government site
with research articles and information on teaching reading.
Text mapping
Textmapping is a
graphic organizer technique for teaching children to navigate
through nonfiction text. Teaching eVentures recommends this powerful strategy
for teaching nonfiction in your classroom. It's a visual,
interactive teaching technique. Texas teachers will find this
strategy highly useful for preparing students for the compare /
contrast passages on the TAKS test.
Book Adventure
Book Adventure is a
motivational tool to get children reading. There are free
quizzes for over 7000 children's books.
Children's Stories
& Passages
There are printable stories
and passages on this site that can be used in the classroom.
Novel
Studies
The novel studies on this
site primarily for intermediate and secondary classrooms.
Story Arts
Storytelling, lesson plans,
story library and more can be found here.
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Mosaic Reading
Strategies Database
A database of lessons for
teaching strategies that good readers use.
Children's Book
Council
Find out about the newest
books and more at the Children's Book Council site.
Reading
Rockets
This is a great site for
reading teachers. They now have dozens of author interviews on
video!\
Balanced Reading
This site is for the balanced
reading teacher. They provide research based resources.
Reading Quest
This site is a resource for
integrating reading and social studies.
Nancy Polette
Nancy Polette offers well
thought out book lists, literature units and more.
Literature
Circles
This site is the foundation
for learning about literature circles. Also visit our
Literature
Circles page.
Teaching Heart
There's a lot more than
reading here. It's a nice resource for the busy teacher.
Read Write Think
This is a great resource
sponsored by NCTE is for
both reading and writing. There are hundreds of lesson plans and
amazing interactive tools that are great for use in the computer
lab and student projects.
Team Newingham
This is more than a
classroom website because this site is loaded with great
resources for teachers. The instructional posters available on
this site are worth bookmarking it alone!
Reading Online
Online reading journal from
the International Reading Association.
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