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     The reading section is focused on reading comprehension and strategies, vocabulary, literature, and other information for the teacher of reading.

Reading Workshop

We have put together an extensive list of picture book titles to use for teaching reading strategies and skills. Do you want to teach questioning or visualization? What about cause and effect or drawing conclusions? Visit this page for easy access to a list of popular picture books that best serves your instructional objective.

This file is under temporary construction. We are rebuilding it with new book titles, activities, and more. In the meantime, we are linking you to our old ETS page. Visit again soon to retrieve the new and improved list. READING WORKSHOP

New! Get a sneak peak at our new Reading Workshop format. We are creating a page for each skill and strategy. Our first page is ready. Visit our Text Connections page now.

Children's Literature Book Nook   

We are building a data bank of children's book reviews. Each month we will select titles to review for quality, content, reading level, and teaching possibilities.

Reading Defined

What is balanced reading? What is phonemic awareness? This is a page of common definitions for reading terms for terms.

Read Aloud Books

One of the most asked questions by teachers, "What are some good books to read aloud to my class?" This is a comprehensive list of popular titles by grade level (K-5). You can also use this list to help set up your classroom library. We recommend you maintain 50% of your books on grade level, 25% of your books one and two years above grade level, and 25% of your books one and two years below grade level for your classroom reading center. The books are selected for excellent writing and illustrations and shelf life.

Recommended Professional Reading List 

We've put our popular reading list in pdf format. Are you looking for a great professional book to read? We've got the best! The list includes books on teaching reading, writing, math, and on classroom management. We've included our favorites as well as new titles. This is a great resource for those who are interested in building a professional library in their school.

Literature Circles 

Jumpstart literature circles in your classroom this year! We've put together a page of resources to help you get started and maintain exciting literature discussions.

Interactive Books for Children

We've searched the World Wide Web for the best interactive children's books and libraries. The resources we put together are great for whole class instruction, computer lab, and computer / reading stations (centers). You will want to bookmark this page on your school computer as an instructional resource.

Reading Websites for Teachers

If we could gather up all of the literacy information in the world and dump it into our website - we would do it, but since that's probably not going to happen... We like to stay on the cutting edge of literacy research, theory, and practice at ETS, so we decided to link you up with the best reading websites for teachers.

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Download Emily Calhoun's book, Teaching Beginning Reading and Writing with the Picture Word Inductive Model for FREE!