Web+Resources

http://state.tn.us/education/ Tennessee Government Department of Education
 * Web Resources for Reading/Language Arts Instruction**

http://reading.uoregon.edu/ This website is about the Big Ideas in Beginning Reading focusing on the five **BIG IDEAS** of early literacy: phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, fluency with text, vocabulary, and comprehension.

http://www.dynamicmeasurement.org/ Dynamic Measurement Group (DMG) is an educational company that is dedicated to supporting success for children and schools. DMG was founded by Roland H. Good, III, and Ruth Kaminski, authors of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS®).

http://www.fcrr.org/ The Florida Center for Reading Research provides technical assistance to schools for the improvement of literacy outcomes in students from pre-K through 12th grade.

http://oregonreadingfirst.uoregon.edu/ The Oregon Reading First website will provide support and professional development to help schools achieve the goals of all children becoming readers by the end of third grade.

http://www.readingrockets.org/ Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help.

http://www.texasreading.org/utcrla/default.asp The Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts (VGC) is committed to providing leadership to state, national, and international educators in effective reading and mathematics instruction through its diversified research, technical assistance, and professional development projects.

http://englishcompanion.com/ English Companion is a resource for teachers looking for current professional books, workshops and materials.

http://www.teachersclubhouse.com/ Teacher's Clubhouse is a site for downloading elementary teaching resources.

http://www.carlscorner.us.com/ Carl's Corner has been created to provide resources and materials for classroom teachers, reading and resource specialists, speech therapists, parents and students in the area of language arts.

http://thinkfinity.org/ Think Finity is sponsored by the Verizon Foundation. Verizon partners with the country's most knowledgeable, trustworthy and innovative leaders in education and literacy. The lessons and resources found on this site are up-to-date, fascinating and fun – and they’re easy to use inside or outside the classroom.

http://readinglady.com/ Readinglady.com provides support to teachers throughout the country. Teachers are able to network and share ideas. There are many free resources housed here, along with discussion groups.

http://kbumreading.com/ Kbumreading is full of resources for Reading and Writing strategies as well as ideas for Literacy Centers.

http://www.bookcloseouts.com/default.asp?N=0 Book Closeouts provide trade books at a discounted price.

http://www.storylineonline.net/index2.html Storyline is an on-line streaming video program featuring Screen Actors Guild members reading chidrens books out loud.

http://www.tustin.k12.ca.us/cyberseminar/paragraph.htm This page was created for all students who find themselves at a loss for words when they are asked to write a sentence or a paragraph.

http://tumblebooks.com/ TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teaches elementary through middle school children the joys of reading in a format they'll love.

http://www.reading.org/ Visit the International Reading Association site for announcements, ideas and information.

http://www.famlit.org The Family Literacy website provides scientifically based tools and resources for teachers and parents//.//