SCRA Links

Solano County Schools:

• International Reading Association, www.reading.org

• California Reading Association

• Solano County Office of Education 

Web Page Resource:

• Castles.com - Web site Hosting

Reading Links:

• Ralph Fletcher
  

• SCOE Reading Corner

• Kid Scoop

• CA Department of Education
  

• CA Dept of Education Recommended K-12 Reading List:

• Reading Recovery
• Reading Online - Electronic Journal of the International Reading Association
• www.sacbee.com/nie -The Sacramento Bee has many lessons, programs, and contests for the classroom.
  

• www.cal-nie.org - The Newspaper in Education Association website with curriculum guides, a newsletter and more.  
• Newspapers in Education Week - The Reporter or The Sacramento Bee or The California Newspaper in Education Assoc. 
• To order Lori Oszkus’ book go to: http://www.trcabc.com/reciprocalteaching.html
• Sacramento Reading Association:  www.sacramentoreads.org

• Dr. Seuss Links - Read Across America  or Random House Seussville or The Dr. Seuss web page.

• Teen Read Week, “Take Time to Read”

• National Children’s Book Week

• American Library Association (ALA)

• TV Turn-Off Week

• Scholastic Books - for book information, teaching lesson plans, annotated books, bibliographies of authors.

• National Staff Development Council (NSDC) is a nonprofit professional association that promotes staff development and school improvement as ways to ensure student success. Information about NSDC's booklet "Standards for Staff Development (Revised): Advancing Student Learning Through Staff Development" can be found on the organization's website.

• Monroe County Public Library Booklists of Children's Literature

• Education Week - American Educator's Online Newspaper of Record

• CIERA - Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement

• Book It - National Reading Incentive Program

• Weekly Reader - Weekly Reader Galaxy

• Internet Public Library

• Superkids - Educational Software Review

• America's Literacy Directory  is an online directory of adult and children's literacy programs in the U.S. This is a service of the National Institute for Literacy and partners.

• Abebooks - the world's largest online marketplace for used, rare, and out-of-print books. Abebooks connects those who buy books with those who sell them, providing abundant selection at affordable prices.

A Tale of Two Schools:

This website is about a PBS special about 2 schools in the South struggling to teach reading. It is a promotion for Project Read and Reading Mastery.

Other Links Concerning Reading Development and Teaching:

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory -Provides research on literacy development and reading

Between the Lions - Stories and applications that supplement the excellent and award winning TV show. Teaches early decoding with input from Marilyn Adams.  http://pbskids.org/lions/

Sopris West - Literacy site that includes instructional strategies, information on learning strategies and more links.  http://sopriswest.com/

Sonoma County Office of Education Reading Corner - Resources, research and new ideas for teaching reading by Dr. Kevin Feldman, Director of Reading, SCOE.

Sites for Teachers - 306 sites for teachers-lesson plans, activities and more. http://www.sitesforteachers.com/

Great Sites for Teacher Resources - 129 teacher websites including descriptions, prepared by Highland Elementary School in Vallejo- Computer Lab Director, Joyce Johnson.

Rand Reading Study Group - Provides recently published report on reading comprehension and reading for understanding.  http://www.rand.org/multi/achievementforall/reading/

Literacy Access Online -  Literacy Access Online, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, invites you to learn new methods to help your child learn to read and enjoy the process of reading.    These teaching methods are research-based and have been proven to work.  The site provides a wide variety of stories to read with your child. You can also explore the option of reading from the web and complete interactive reading and writing activities. Within this site you will also find wonderful resources available for your child in the areas of reading, writing, motivation and assistive technology.  http://www.literacyaccessonline.com/

Houghton Mifflin Reading - Houghton Mifflin has just launched a new California web site to address some of the questions and needs of California teachers using Houghton Mifflin Reading. Among other things on the site, you will find additional spelling lists, activities, and printable resources.  We will be putting out a regular newsletter as well. http://www.eduplace.com/state/ca/

Regional Educational Laboratory  - Focus on Fluency.  http://www.prel.org/programs/rel/fluency.asp