Selected Literacy Links

Comic Strip Writing

The following sites are free resources that may motivate reluctant students to write!! And both are FREE and can be printed.

Make Beliefs Comix

Great tool for getting students to compose/write using comic strips!  It’s FREE and online so it’s available anywhere there’s a computer.

The Comic Creator

The Comic Creator from the fabulous website, ReadWriteThink.

http://prekese.dadeschools.net/BMD/interactivestorybooks.html

Get Ready to Read

This is an early literacy site with webinars and great information.

Adolescent Literacy.org

Visit this new site to find information and strategies for increasing literacy for students in the 4th through the 12th grades.

Google Literacy

New from Google with an international flair.

Free-Reading Online Reading Program

This link is to a free online research-based open-source reading program for Grades K-3. It offers a 40-week reading program and many online materials with which the implement the activities.

Literactive.com

This awesome site is a complement to the Starfall.com that we all know and love.  You must register to use the site but it’s free.  There are online activities that range from interactive nursery rhymes to leveled reading selections, all with accompanying activities.  Anyone need keyboarding, phonemic awareness, sequencing, etc.  Enjoy!!

Jan Brett's Alphabet Tracers

Download traceable letter worksheets in manuscript and cursive.

Compact for Reading

Great activities that can be printed and sent home for reinforcement.

http://www.readingrockets.org/firstyear/

If you don't already have the Reading Rockets site bookmarked, you might just want to now. Anyway, here's a 10-module free course in teaching beginning reading.

http://www.aten.scps.k12.fl.us/resources/Litlinks.html

Great online resources for literacy

http://cela.albany.edu/literacycorner/activities/default.htm

Great ideas that can be made in the classroom.

http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/4BSBppt/sld001.htm

An overview of the 4-Blocks Balanced Literacy method.

http://www.walearning.com/language.htm

videos on language and literacy

http://www.aacintervention.com

Dr. Caroline Musselwhite’s site contains an awesome cache of resources related to teaching non and semi verbal students to read, write and communicate.  Explore this site for all kinds of handouts, presentations, links, etc.

Webbing into Literacy

 Webbing into Literacy.  A full range of nursery rhymes, ideas for ABC books throughout the year, etc.  Great resource.

 http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140--69358--,00.html

  Great resources that can be downloaded, copied, and sent home from Michigan.

 Roy the Zebra

 Great website for literacy activities

Janbrett.com

Free printable literacy activities and online games that is not blocked by Websense...so far.  She has an e-book in PDF format that teachers may download and use for free, plus accompanying activities!