Literacy Links

Following is a list of links that we have found helpful in researching early literacy - both for current research and for classroom strategies and ideas. They are in no particular order. If you have another site to recommend to us to complement our list, please send the address to Carol at cvaage@accessweb.com

http://www.wfu.edu/~cunningh/fourblocks/ Dorothy Cunningham's Four Blocks Literacy Model

http://www.sedl.org/reading/rad/states.html Reading Assessment Database - includes Yopp's Phoneme test

http://www.csus.edu/ier/reading.html CSU Institution for Education Reform; Building a Powerful Reading Program: From Research to Practise

http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~ike99/lesley.html Early Literacy Development; About the Early Literacy Component; Eisenhower Project in Early Literacy with Dr. Lesley Morrow

http://www.learningfirst.org/readingaction.html Every Child Reading: An Action Plan; A Learning First Alliance Action Paper.

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/notes/10/reader.html San Diego County Office of Education; Notes from research: Everyone a Reader; Learning to Read; Reading to Learn

http://www.auburn.edu/~murraba/insight.html Gaining Alphabetic Insight: Is Phoneme Manipulation Skill or Identity Knowledge Causal? Bruce A. Murray, Auburn University Journal of Educational Psychology, 1998

http://www.kconnect.com/ttt-experts.html Carol Gossett's Kindergarten Connection

http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/nichd.html National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Research supporting America Reads Challenge

http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/patti/k-1/k-1.html Patti's Electronic Classroom; a valuable resource for teachers

http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/digests/d119.html Phonemic Awareness: An Important Early Step in Learning to Read. Prepared by: Roger Sensenbaugh ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication Digest

http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/digests/d93.html Phonics in Whole Language Classrooms, Prepared by: Constance Weaver. ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication Digest #93

http://www.ets.uidaho.edu/cdhd/emerlit/emerhome.htm Emergent Literacy Project

http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/Database/index.html Literacy Database; National Literacy Trust Database and Information Service; summaries of key initiatives, summaries and areas.

http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/whole.html Whole Language Reading Instruction

http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/arts/artlit.html An amazing list of language arts resources for teachers.

http://www.cell-exll.com/ Foundation for California Early Literacy Learning

http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/ela/e_literacy/ Saskatchewan Early Literacy Resource for Teachers

http://www.ciera.org/ CIERA: The Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement - reports available to download.

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/reading/li100.htm North Central Regional Educational Laboratory: Critical Issue: Addressing the Literacy Needs of Emergent and Early Readers

http://www.ume.maine.edu/~cel/ Reading Recovery in Maine

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm Rimes and Rhymes - A Rhyme a Week

http://www.rigby.com/classroom/balancedlit.htm What is Balanced Literacy?

http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachstrat/balanced.htm Balanced Literacy by Dorothy Strickland 

http://teachersplanet.com/subjects/ballit.shtml Implementing Balanced Literacy

http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/ Professional Development on Balanced Literacy

http://www.thekcrew.net/balancedliteracy.html The K Crew has been doing Balanced Literacy since 1996.

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http://www.eric-carle.com/ Eric Carle's Home Page

http://www.janbrett.com/ Jan Brett's Home Page

http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/ Seussville

http://www.robertmunsch.com/ Robert Munsch's Home Page

http://www.anansi.org/webwalker/webasi.htm Anansi Web Sites

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html Rebus Nursery Rhymes