Literacy

Developmental Skills

• READING ROCKETS is a national multimedia project that provides information on reading development, teaching strategies, why kids struggle, and what adults can do to help.
  Prerequisite Skills For Reading – (Elementary & Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center)
  What is the Role of Audition in Literacy? – THE ASHA LEADER (September 2005)
  The Language of Spelling – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (March 2005)
  Child-to-Child Discourse: Impact on Literacy Learning – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (January 2009)
  Early Literacy and Language Identification and Intervention: A Team Approach – THE ASHA LEADER (November 2004) 
  EARLY LITERACY SKILLS: Helping all children become successful readers requires early home and school instruction built upon proven research and effective practices, according to a report from the National Early Literacy Panel.
  Learning to Read: Incorporating Song into the Pre-Reading Environment – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (September 2005)
  Preschool Poetry Facilitates Language and Literacy – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (September 2005)

 

Handwriting

• Basic Handwriting for Kids.
  Cursive Handwriting for Kids.
  Printable handwriting practice worksheet maker

 

Learning Issues

• Hyperlexia (Ability to Read at a Precocious Age) and Language Delay – Discusses how some children at an early age are advanced at reading despite having language delays. (Wisconsin Medical Society)
  Dyslexia
  Model of Reading Disability: Oral Language Skills Impact Reading Development – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (February 2007)
  Slow Reading in Dyslexia: Tied to Disorganized Brain Tracts – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (January 2008)
  Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, and Vision – PEDIATRICS: Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics
  The International Dyslexia Assoc.- Promoting Literacy Through Research, Education, and Advocacy.
  The Upside of Dyslexia (The New York Times)

• Language-Based Learning Disability

 

Phonological Awareness and Phonics

• Phonics Worksheets
  
  Rhyming Worksheets (1)
  
  Rhyming Worksheets (2)
  
  Rhyming Worksheets (3)
  
  Enchanted Learning: Rhymes and Word Patterns.
  
  Ultimate Phonics Reading Program.
  Phonological Awareness (1999)

 

Teaching

• Critical Reading Skills: Students Make Progress with Tutors – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (October 2009)
  The Pen is Mightier than the Keyboard – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (October 2009)
  Oral Language Interventions: Effectiveness Surprises Panel of Literacy Experts – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (July 2009)
  Reading Tests for Children with Word-finding Difficulties – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (January 2008)
  Literacy Timeline: Language-based Research Contributes to Reading Pedagogy – THE ASHA LEADER (October 2004)
  Response-to-Intervention: SLPs as Linchpins in Secondary Schools – THE ASHA LEADER (May 2009)
  Reading Fluency: What Every SLP and Teacher Should Know – THE ASHA LEADER (April 2009)
  A is for Apple, B is for Brawl: Why New York’s Reading Wars are so contentious. – NEW YORK MAGAZINE (May 2006)
  Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading – THE INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION: Promoting Literacy Through Research, Education and Advocacy
  A central and trusted source of scientific evidence for what works in education, including reading/writing, language development, and academic achievement.
  Learning by Design: Assessment, Instruction, Process Learning.
  A Resource Guide for Young Readers and Writers.
  PAR Test: Facilitating the Assessment and Management of Reading Difficulties
  Comprehension Instruction: What Makes Sense Now, What Might Make Sense Soon (Reading Online)
  Reading & Writing Project: Assessment Materials (Teachers College)
  Recommended Reading List for Educators (Landmark School Outreach Program)
  Strategic Instruction Model: Learning Strategies
  Grade Level help Pre-k-8th grade
  Review of Visualization and Verbalization
  ReadWorks: The solution to reading comprehension. A research-based and classroom-proven online reading comprehension curriculum for grades K-6, supported by online and in-person teacher training.
  School Specialty – Literacy and Intervention. Extend your instructional reach with their blended-media programs for literacy and reading intervention.
  Abrams Learning Trends: Reading and Language Arts Skills from grades PreK to 5
  Teaching reading the right way – Reading GreatSchools

 

Learning (Literacy) Activities

• QuickSource® is a comprehensive resource tailored to meet educators’ specific needs and the needs of the children in their care. Early childhood teachers can find step-by-step activities, materials lists and outcomes all in one, convenient place. – (Teacher QuickSource)
  Math, Reading Comprehension, Themes, Lesson Plans and Printable Worksheets. (Ed Helper)
  Quality Educational Products where children have fun learning to read! A free public service to motivate children to read with phonics. Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development. (Starfall)
  KEEP AND SHARE makes group sharing easy and secure. Share files, calendars & photos online for free.
  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. (Please scroll down to the website directory.)
  Teacher Created Resources: Educational Materials and Teacher Supplies

 

Online Libraries & Bookstores

• Bookshare- They offer approximately 90,000 digital books, textbooks, teacher-recommended reading, periodicals (newspapers and magazines) and assistive technology tools. Bookshare also provides free membership to individuals with qualifying disabilities.
  Learning Ally–Besides having access to over 60,000 books in audio format, there are some amazing stories of students with dyslexia (and other stories of students who are blind), there is a public policy & advocacy section with some interesting information (but not a lot). They have thousands of textbooks, available at all grade levels and most subjects.
  One More Story–An online library of the best of classic and contemporary children’s literature.
  Reading A-Z.com Online leveled reading program, downloadable books

 

Searching Children’s Fiction Books by Subject/Theme

• Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature
• Children’s Picturebook Database

 

Spelling and Vocabulary

• Houghton Mifflin: Spelling and Vocabulary.
  Barton Reading and Spelling Lessons.
  
  What_Parents_Can_Do_To_Help_With_Spelling
  World English: Commonly Used Words.
  Spell-Links: Spelling and Learning Strategies.

 

Technology

• Care Innovations-Text readers, also called text-to-speech, will read text that is on the computer, which can be documents, emails, web pages, scanned text, etc. Intel Reader- mobile handheld device that images printed text and reads it aloud to the user.
  Live Scribe smart pens
  Free Online Proofreading

 

Writing

• Writing Lab Outreach Project.
  Writing Dynamo: Web-Based Proofreading

 

Literacy and Oral Language

• Word Finding and Oral Reading
  Word Finding Based Oral Reading Errors