Literacy and Reading
Links
(Last Updated March 6, 2008)
1. Children's Literature
2. Family Literacy
3. Beginning/Primary Reading
4. Biliteracy
5. Phonics Instruction
6. The Reading Wars:
Phonics vs. Whole Language
7. General
Reading/Literacy Articles, Handbooks, and Books
8. Miscellaneous Sites
9. Organizations,
Programs & Projects
10. Testing
11. Link Pages
Children's Literature
Children's
Literature Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Children's
Literature
Resources Cynthia Leitich Smith's Web Site
Children's
Literature Web Guide Links, David K. Brown, Univ. of Calgary
International Children's Digital
Library Full text children's books
Native American
Literary Encounters NABE News Column 1993
Native Americans in
Children's Literature NABE News Column 1995
Story Place Stories and
related activities in English and Spanish for children
10
Quick Ways to Analyze Children's Books for Racism and Sexism
Using
children's literature to promote the language development of minority
students JEILMS article
Family Literacy
Beginning/Primary Reading
A
Child Becomes A Reader PDF Booklet K-3
Preventing Reading
Difficulties in Young Children Catherine E. Snow, M. Susan Burns,
& Peg Griffin, Editors
Supporting
Emergent Literacy among Young American Indian Students ERIC Digest
1990
Biliteracy
Bilingual
Books: Promoting Literacy & Biliteracy in the 2nd-Language &
Mainstream Classroom
Bilingual
Reading Instruction NCELA Information Site
Biliteracy
and Second-Language Learners American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association
Literacy in Two
Languages: Best of Both Worlds 1998 Literacy Instruction
in Multicultural Settings by Kathryn Au (Book Review from NABE
News)
Literacy in
Indigenous Communities L. David van Broekhuizen
Mother
Tongue Literacy and Language Renewal: The Case of Navajo Teresa
McCarty & Galena Dick
Raising
Children's Cultural Voices Rethinking Schools Online
Reading and
English Language Learners by Beth Antunez, Reading Rockets
Road
Map for Effective Biliteracy Instruction Jill Kerper Mora
Phonics
Instruction
False Claims
About Phonemic Awareness Stephen Krashen 2003
Let Them Eat More
Than Phonics Zimmrmann & Brown, Phi Delta Kappan, 4/03
The Reading Wars: Phonics vs.
Whole Language
Captives of the Script: Killing Us Softly with
Phonics Rethinking Schools article
Learning
to Read--"Scientifically" Rethinking Schools, Summer 2001
Margaret
Moustafa's articles on reading
The
Mismanagement of Reading First Success For All Foundation
The
Phonics Revival Research in Review 1988/89
Phonics vs.
Whole Language The Phyllis Schlafly Report
Reading
Wars Redux Chester Finn & Martin Davis, Education Gadfly,
2/1/07
"Reports
of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated" Gerald Coles
Sixty Years of Reading
Research--but Who's Listening? Phi Delta Kappan Article March 1999
Whole Language and the
Great Plummet of 1987-92: An Urban Legend from California Stephan
Krashen What
is Balanced Reading Sebastian Wren
Whole
Language Lives On: The Illusion of Balanced Reading Instruction
Fordham Foundation, Louisa Moats
Review
of Moats' Whole Language High Jinks ASU Education Policy Studies
Laboratory
General Reading/Literacy
Articles, Handbooks, and Books
Articles on Reading and
Writing by Stephen Krashen
The
Case for Bringing Content into the Language Arts Block E.D. Hirsch,
Jr.
Drop
Everything and Read--But How American Educator 2006
The Challenges of
Learning to Teach Reading Louisa Moats,1999
How Spelling Supports Reading Louisa
Moats, American Educator 2005-06
Ideas that Work: How
to help every child become a reader U.S. Dept. of Ed. The Importance of
Reading NABE News Columns 1998
Literacy and School
Success NABE News column 2001
LiteracyCenter.Net Early
childhood literacy activities in English, Spanish, Dutch and French
On the Road To
Reading: A Guide to Community Partners America Reads Challenge Other people's words: The
cycle of low literacy Bilingual Research Journal book review
Preventing
Reading Failure Joseph K. Torgesen, American Educator 2004
Putting
Reading First Dec. 2002 SEDL Newsletter
Ten Myths of
Reading Instruction Sebastian Wren The Importance
of Phonemic Awareness in Learning to Read Negotiating La
Frontera: Reading and the Migrant Student Making Every
Teacher a Reading Teacher
Reading
Online An electronic journal of the International Reading Association
A Reading Strategies Program
for Native American Students Barbara J. Walker 1990
Read With Me: A Guide for
Student Volunteers Starting Early Childhood Literacy Programs 1997
Start Early, Finish
Strong: How to Help Every Child Become a Reader
Stories
for Language Revitalization in Nahuatl and Chichimeca Norbert Francis
& Rafael Andrade
Teaching Reading from an
Interactive Perspective Nada AbiSamra
Teaching
Reading to American Indian/Alaska Native Students 2001 ERIC Digest
Teaching Vocabulary
Linda Diamond & Linda Gutlohn, 2006
Topics in Early Reading
SEDL (Balanced Approch, 3 Cueing Systems, Phonics Rules, etc.)
When Literacy
Empowers: Navajo Language in Print Bilingual Research Journal
1999 Book Review
Miscellaneous Sites
America Reads Resources & Research
Read
Across America NEA's Reading Site
History
of Reading International Reading Association
Scholastic Has PreK-12
teaching ideas
Organizations, Programs & Projects Accelerated
Reading Jim Trelease on Accelerated Reading
Children of the Code A
Social-Education Project and a PBS Television Documentary Series
Children's
Literacy Initiative "Helping teachers deliver effective literacy
instruction"
Clearinghouse on
Reading,
English, and Communication Indiana University-Free Phonics & Reading
for Information Courses
International Dyslexia Association Phonics
group focusing on helping children with reading disabilities International Reading Association
Publishes The Reading Teacher and Reading Research Quarterly
National
Center on English Learning and Achievement
National Council of Teachers of
English
National Inquiry into the
Teaching of Literacy Australia
National Institute for
Literacy
National Literacy Trust
Building a Literate United Kingdom
National
Reading Panel NRP
Babes in the Woods:
The Wanderings of the National Reading Panel PDK article by Joanne
Yatvin 2002
The
National Reading Panel: A Comprehensive Guide to Commonly Cited
Criticisms
Teaching
Children to Read National Reading Panel
Teaching Children to Read: The Fragile Link Between
Science and Federal Education Policy
National Right to Read Foundation
"Improving literacy through phonics and good literature"
No
Child Left Behind Act Critique of the reading part of this act by
Allington, Krashen, etc.
Partnership for
Reading US Govt. site promoting "evidence based" reading approaches
Reading is
Fundamental RIF - Promotes the free distribution of books to children
Reading Recovery Council
Reading
Recovery: An Evaluation of Benefits and Costs Grossen & Coulter
Reading
Recovery: What do School Districts Get for Their Money?
A Review of the Research Melissa Farrall
Research on
Reading Recovery
San Diego Unified School
District Reading Recovery Project
Reading Reform Foundation United
Kingdom group promoting phonics
Riggs Institute
Promotes a reading approach based on the work of Samuel Orton and Romalda
Spaulding
Success for All Foundation
Success
for
All: A
summary of Evaluations 1998 ERIC Digest
Testing
The
Perfect Literacy Test Ken Goodman on DIBELS
Other Literacy Link Pages
American Indian Reading
and Literacy Links
Elementary
Reading Websites North Central Association
Incorporating
Media Into the Curriculum K-12 Literacy Links & Resources
Learning to Read Resources on Language Arts
and Reading Research
Literacy
Links, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
The Literacy Webb U. of
Connecticut
Reading &
Literacy Resources National Education Association
Secondary
Literacy: Classroom Literacy Strategies/Resources
Teaching Reading From An Interactive Perspective, Nada AbiSamra
Whole
Language vs. Phonetic Reading Instruction links by Chia-Hui Lin
Other Link Pages
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