Enhancing Education Through Technology

Title II Part D - Corinth Partnership - New York State

(Corinth CSD, Glens Falls CSD, Granville CSD, Johnsburg CSD , Warrensburg CSD,

St. Clements, Saratoga Catholic, St. Mary's/St. Alphonsus)

 
Literacy Research and Articles DIBELS Assessment Support Instructional Resources and Links    Professional Organizations

Instructional Resources and Links

This section includes links to many classroom ready activities, lesson plans and additional resources tied to the DIBELS measures and the five Components of Reading. 

Phonemic Awareness (Targeting the DIBELS PSF and ISF)

Scholastic Online Workshop in Phonemic Awareness

Here is a site combining text and video to summarize the theory of phonemic awareness and provide a range of activities!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/profdev/summerbookclubs/preK1/

 

LD Online: Phonemic Awareness

A useful site with both practical activities and the supporting theory

http://ldonline.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/cld_hownow.html

 

PALS Instructional Resources

Be sure to visit these two sites with over 30 activities targeting all aspects of phonemic awareness!

http://pals.virginia.edu/Virginia/Activities/SubcategoryDetails.cfm?type=subcategory&id=7

http://pals.virginia.edu/Virginia/Activities/SubcategoryDetails.cfm?type=subcategory&id=3

 

General Phonemic Awareness Activities

This site combines many different phonemic awareness activities and provides a wide range of quick tips!

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/ela/e_literacy/awareness.html

 

Strategies for Teaching Phonemic Awareness

This site contains a variety of activities targeting all aspects of phonemic awareness!

http://www.literatureforliterature.ecsd.net/strategies.htm

 

Phonics - (Targeting the NWF and ORF)

Teaching Phonics with Scholastic

This site is loaded with the theory and practice of teaching phonics!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/bestpractices/phonics.htm

 

Songs For Teaching

This link takes you to many songs to teach consonant sounds! Happy singing!

http://www.songsforteaching.com/phonics.htm

 

Lesson Plan: Flip Book

Here is a lesson plan to create a flip for initial and final consonant sounds!

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LASoundsWDrSuess1.htm

 

The Lesson Planet’s Phonics Resources and Activities

This site contains links to over 100 activities targeting a wide range of phonics skills!

http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/Language_Arts/Phonics

 

Ed Helper Phonics Worksheets

Here is a site where you can create isolated phonics worksheets for students to practice. Then, bring out the connected text to practice reading in context, where it is most important!

http://www.edhelper.com/phonics/Phonics.htm

 

Fluency (Targeting the ORF)

Teaching Fluency with Scholastic

This site is loaded with the theory and practice of teaching vocabulary!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/bestpractices/fluency.htm

 

PALS Instructional Resources

Be sure to visit this page chock full of fluency activities!

http://pals.virginia.edu/Virginia/Activities/SubcategoryDetails.cfm?type=subcategory&id=10

 

Activities to Develop Fluent Readers

Visit this site, hosted by Lingua Links, for a great deal of helpful fluency information and activities!

http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/literacy/ImplementALiteracyProgram/UsingActivitiesToDevelopFluent.htm

 

Improving Reading Fluency in Young Readers

This site has not only activities, but information on theory and assessment as well!

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/units/fluency.htm

 

PBS Fluent Reading

Follow this link to resources, articles, lesson plans and activities on the teaching of fluency!

http://www.pbs.org/launchingreaders/fluentreading/overview.html

 

Vocabulary

 

Teaching Vocabulary with Scholastic

This site is loaded with the theory and practice of teaching vocabulary!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/bestpractices/vocabulary.htm

 

PALS Instructional Resources

Wow! This site contains many lessons and activities for teaching and reinforcing vocabulary!

http://pals.virginia.edu/Virginia/Activities/SubcategoryDetails.cfm?type=subcategory&id=17

 

Superkids Vocabulary Builders

This site contains kid-friendly ways to build vocabulary!

http://superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/

 

Spelling and Vocabulary Plans

This site combines spelling and vocabulary activities and posts over 30 possibilities!

http://www.teachersdesk.org/spell_plans.html

 

Funbrain

Get your students on the computer for these fun activities!

http://www.funbrain.com/funbrain/vocab/

 

Vocabulary Instruction Activities

Another site that compiles many resources together!

http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/compre.htm#vocab

  

Comprehension  

Teaching Comprehension with Scholastic

This site is loaded with the theory and practice of teaching comprehension!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/bestpractices/comprehension.htm

 

PALS Instructional Resources

- Be sure to visit this site with over 20 activities targeting all aspects of comprehension!

http://pals.virginia.edu/Virginia/Activities/SubcategoryDetails.cfm?type=subcategory&id=13

 

Teaching Heart Comprehension

Be prepared to stay for a while at this site filled with teacher-friendly resources!

http://www.teachingheart.net/comprehe.html

 

Reading Lady Comprehension

This site is filled with useful information and helpful activities and templates!

http://www.readinglady.com/Comprehension/index.html

 

Graphic Organizers as a Comprehension Tool

Here is a site full of various graphic organizers to aid your students’ understanding before, during and after reading!

http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000554.shtml

 

Letter Naming Fluency

Alphabet Recognition

http://pals.virginia.edu/Virginia/Activities/SubcategoryDetails.cfm?type=subcategory&id=2

 

Mrs. Alphabet Letter of the Week

While this site focuses on introducing one letter per week, it provides 26 ways to help facilitate letter recognition!

http://mrsalphabet.com/letteroftheweek.html

 

Building Blocks to Reading

Here is a site that provides a fun multisensory activity for learning each letter of the alphabet!

http://mrsalphabet.com/letteroftheweek.html

  

General Links to Teacher Lesson Plans

Looking for a website where you can search for various lessons, both literacy and content areas? Here are some of the most referenced!

ReadWriteThink

A WONDERFUL ELA resource for all grade levels spanning all areas of literacy. Each lesson is based on an article from The Reading Teacher and includes the bridge from theory to practice! You have to visit this one!

www.readwritethink.org

Others not to miss:

Teachers.net    http://www.teachers.net/lessons/

Teacher Vision  www.teachervision.com

Teachnet    www.theachnet.com

The Lesson Plans Page    www.lessonplanspage.com

The Lesson Planet   www.lessonplanet.com

A to Z Teacher Stuff  http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/

Scholastic Lesson Plans   http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/

Lesson Planet   http://www.lessonplanet.com/

Education World  http://www.educationworld.com/index.shtml

Pro Teacher   http://www.proteacher.com/

Discovery Lesson Plans  http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/k-5.html

 

Other Great Teacher Resource Sites - Here is a compilation of useful teacher websites and teacher resource pages to bookmark and navigate for many early literacy resources and practical tips!

Teaching Heart

This is a beautiful website designed for teachers of the primary grades. It contains many useful links for literacy as well as others than span the curriculum.

http://www.teachingheart.net/

 

Reading A – Z

This is a wonderful site full of leveled printable books and much more!

http://www.readinga-z.com/index.php

Here are the links to many celebrated children’s authors’ pages with practical ways to utilize them within your classroom!

Dr. Seuss  http://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/seuss.htm  A compilation of links!

Eric Carle   http://www.eric-carle.com/  The Official Site!

Lois Lowry  http://www.booksense.com/people/archive/lowry.jsp  An interview by Booksense!

Betsy Byars  http://www.betsybyars.com/  The Official Site!

Jan Brett  http://www.janbrett.com/   The Official Site!

Jennifer Armstrong  http://www.jennifer-armstrong.com/flash/ The Official Site!

KinderKorner

Here is a useful link for preK – Grade 2 teachers!

http://www.kinderkorner.com/

 

The Reading Lady

Lots of useful resources and articles wait for you at this site!

http://readinglady.com/

 

The K-3 Reading Rug

This site is loaded with a variety of useful literacy resources!

http://www.geocities.com/teachingwithheart/readingrug.html

 

Teacher Helpers

Looking for everything in one easy-to-navigate place? Here is a page full of links to teacher websites, themed units and a variety of resource pages!

http://www.teacherhelpers.homestead.com/

 

The Virtual Vine

Here is a great site for preK – 2 teachers with literacy resources, as well as across the curriculum!

http://www.thevirtualvine.com/

 

The Mailbox

Be sure to visit The Mailbox for information on teacher magazines and free samples!

http://www.theeducationcenter.com/cgi-bin/tec/guest.jsp

 

Literacy Links: Teacher and Parent Resources in Reading

Can’t get enough links? Click here to access IRA’s picks!

http://www.reading.org/resources/community/links_lit_tp.html

 

Site Developers: 

Stephanie Affinito, Bright Beginnings Early Literacy Consulting

David R. Ashdown, Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES

 

   

 

                              


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