Welcome to Reading to Learn: Comprehension Instruction
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Research and Related Reading

Balanced Reading.com
www.balancedreading.com

Preventing Reading Difficulties
Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children
National Research Council Report, 1998

National Reading Panel Report
Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read, 2000

SEDL Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
Provides research and information on the development of reading.

International Reading Association
This site is sponsored by the International Reading Association.

Instructional Strategies Resources
curry.edschool.virginia.edu

Link to Articles for Further Study
www.aea11.k12.ia.us/Schrader/readingcomprehension.html

www.partnershipschools.org
National Network of Partnership Schools at Johns Hopkins University

Reading Online Article
Improving oral fluency (and comprehension) through the creation of talking books

American Educator Spring 2003 Issue
Confirms classic research with many excellent articles.

"Taking Delight in Words"
www.aft.org/american_educator/spring2003/words.html

Children of the Code
www.childrenofthecode.org/cotcintro.htm

Adolescent Literacy
www.all4ed.org/adolescent_literacy/index.html

Reading Next: A Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy, a report to Carnegie Corporation of New York
www.all4ed.org/publications/ReadingNext/index.html

Reading comprehension requires
knowledge of words and the world - article

www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/spring2003/AE_SPRNG.pdf

A focus on vocabulary - article
http://www.prel.org/products/re_/ES0419.htm

Repeated Reading - Ideas for the Classroom
www.teachervision.fen.com/page/3789.html?wtlAC=GS_
2005-08-15,email-h&for_printing=1&detoured=1


Ideas for the Classroom

Early Childhood Reading Help
www.degreetutor/com/library/articles/early-childhood-reading

The Education Oasis Site
www.educationoasis.com/index.htm

Reading Assessments to Download
www.balancedreading.com/assessment.html

Reading Aloud Across the Curriculum
http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/teachstrat/letthewords.htm

Oral Language and Literacy
www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp

Internet Resources for Conducting Readers Theatre
www.readingonline.org/

Graphic Organizers for Teaching Text Structure
www.somers.k12.ny.us/intranet/reading/questions.html

Reading Quest - Making Sense in Social Studies
www.readingquest.org

Songs Inspired by Literature
www.siblproject.org/famous.html

A Curriculum Guide for Reading Mentors
www.justreadflorida.com/docs/manual.pdf

Learning Word Roots - Online Learning
www.funbrain.com/roots/

Lesson Plans for Holes, by Louis Sachar
http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/liveaction/holes/
dig_deeper/page2.html

Reach Every Child - Resources for teachers and students
www.reacheverychild.com/language/english/reading.html

Graphic Organizers
www.graphic.org/


Inventories and Assessments

Reading Inventories
http://departments.weber.edu/teachall/reading/inventories.html

Developing and Assessing Fluency
www.prel.org/products/re_/assessing-fluency.pdf

San Diego Quick Assessment
http://content.scholastic.com/content/collateral_
resources/pdf/b/building_fluency_checkup.pdf


Reading Workshop Sites

Reader's Workshop
www.readersworkshop.org

Books to Support Reading Workshop Lessons
www.old.sandi.net/dingeman/teachers/rw_lessons.htm

Best Practices  - Reader’s Workshop
www.saskschools.ca/curr_content/bestpractice/reader/index.html

Reading Workshop
www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/resources/rcompindex.htm

Reading Workshop: Reading Is a Strategic Thinking Process
www.springfield.k12.il.us/resources/languagearts/index.html

Reader's Theater
www.aaronshep.com/rt/

Teaching Comprehension in Reader's Workshops
www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/langarts/mosaic.htm


Using the Web for Reading and Research

The WebQuest Page
From the Web site of the Educational Technology Department
of San Diego State University, California, USA

"Learning on the Web: A Content Literacy Perspective"
by John E. McEneaney (Reading Online, January 2000)

Internet Public Library - A Reading/Writing Resource
www.ipl.org/

Myths and Fables From Around the World
www.afro.com/children/myths/myths.html

Surfing the Net with Kids
www.surfnetkids.com

 


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