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Educational Websites
Check out these great educational
web sites. Mark has selected these sites with you, the busy teacher,
teacher in mind. Many offer teacher freebies. Each has a quick overview and list
of highlights. If you know of any gotta-know-about educational sites,
please e-mail Mark and he'll spread the word.
Table of Contents
(click on a category)
*Teacher
Resources
*Government Resources
*Children's Literature
*Children's
Book Awards
*Free Online Books
*Learning Sites
for Kids
*Links to Other Teachers and Kids
*Author Sites
*Sites for English Language
Learners
*Help for
Parents
*Teacher Resources
"Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a
categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional
growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and
learning." Great Teacher Helpers freebies. Inside clicks
are arranged by subject. She even sells Schrockwear hats!
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
This is Scholastic's Teacher Resource Site. Of
course it tries to sell its books, but it also has some great standards-based
lesson plans for 3rd--5th and 6th--8th teachers.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/
Every 3rd--8th grade teacher should get familiar
with this excellent web source for lesson plans, educational research, and
teaching strategies. You can even ask questions of an expert!
http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Language_Arts
"This is a collection of reviews of great books
for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books
and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and
professional topics." Carol has a great free newsletter.
http://www.carolhurst.com/
This "Guide to Grammar and Writing" is maintained
by Professor Charles Darling and is hosted by Capital Community College in
Hartford, Connecticut. It has easy-to-understand grammatical definitions and
examples. Clever quizzes and PowerPoint presentations, too.
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Houghton-Mifflin's site has The Reading/Language
Arts Center with "resources that include textbook support, Professional
Development, Intervention, Author Spotlight, Wacky Web Tales, and Bilingual
Resources." I like their Bilingual Resources click.
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/index.html
Creative Communication has a nice site with poetry
resources for teachers. Check out the poetry contests and free "Poetic Power"
newsletter.
http://www.poeticpower.com/Teachers.htm
"Web English Teacher presents the best of online
English/Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, WebQuests, videos,
biography, e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom activities." Free
subscription to "Web English Teacher" newsletter. Nice clicks to wonderful
phonics resources. Get your kids to publish on the Web here.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
Nice teacher resource links from the National
Council of Teachers of English. "No matter what grade level you teach, no
matter where your interest in English and language arts falls, as a journal
subscriber, you can now access over 2,500 journal articles with a click of your
mouse."
http://www.ncte.org/
This Yahoo site has terrific links organized by
subject area.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/
Huge education site, organized by subject with a
great search engine. If you can't find it here, you're not looking! You can
subscribe to the weekly free education planet newsletter.
http://www.educationplanet.com/
The Literacy Web. Don Leu's excellent site at
Uconn; great links to many resources in all major areas of literacy. In Don's
words, "The Literacy Web is an extensive collection of the very best resources
we have found on the Internet to support teachers with limited time. Julie [Coiro]
has organized The Literacy Web so that you may quickly explore these resources
by your grade level or by a specific topic area to find the resources you need.
http://www.literacy.uconn.edu
ERIC Clearinghouse. Question-and-answer service through ERIC, related to the
language arts. Maintained by Indiana University. Easy to use.
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec
AskERIC. This site, operated by Syracuse University, offers lesson plans
arranged by topic, an ERIC search site, together with article digests.
http://ericir.syr.edu
ERIC Digests. Extensive ERIC digest system, operated by U.S. Department of
Education. Searchable by topic. Good for quick research overviews.
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/index/
SEDL. Southwest Educational Development Laboratory's site, organized by area of
reading (e.g., decoding, comprehension, letter knowledge, etc.). Contains a
great deal of background on each area.
http://www.sedl.org/reading/framework/
Reading/Literacy Resources for Present and Future Teachers. This marvelous site,
constructed by David Lund at the Southern Utah University, offers useful links
to nearly
every dimension of literacy (e.g., fluency, content literacy, diversity,
comprehension, assessment). Links to articles, printable materials, and key
sites. Frequently updated.
http://www.suu.edu/faculty/lundd/readingsite/readingresources/
ReadingQuest. Raymond Jones' site containing explanations of key strategies for
teaching vocabulary and comprehension. The strategies are universal and well
validated but the examples here have a social studies context. Included are
semantic feature analysis, graphic organizers, reciprocal teaching questioning
the author, question-answer relationships (QARs), KWL, comparison-contrast
charts, story maps, and many more.
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/
Gallileo Internet Resources. Links to many other sources, including ERIC, USDOE,
lesson plans, materials, more. Operated by Univ, System of Ga. Board of Regents.
http://www.usg.edu/galileo/internet/education/education.html
Internet4Classrooms. A a collaborative project developed by Susan Brooks and
Bill Byles, this site contains a multitude of resources for educators at all
grade levels. Includes online texts.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/lang.htm
ABC Teach. This colorful and easy-to-browse website is one of my favorites. I
recommend it to any educator or parent looking for useful and creative materials
and ideas. It offers month-to-month teaching themes, a rain forest unit,
printable Dolch lists, literature materials (e.g., Charlotte's Web), portfolio
resources, book report forms, graphic organizers, and many, many more.
http://www.abcteach.com
School Express. Contains free worksheets, free units, free math online
activities, free stories online, award maker, spell maker, funtime, and many
other activities.
http://www.schoolexpress.com
Public Broadcasting System. Many kid activities related to characters they are
familiar with, such as The Big Red Dog, Bert, Ernie etc. There are also many
interactive writing activities. Included are links to other PBS sites.
http://www.pbs.net
Georgia Learning Connections. A great site for lesson plans, regular and special
education information, and teaching strategies across the curriculum.
http://www.glc.k12.ga.us
Apple Learning Interchange. A great site for lesson plans, regular and special
education information, and teaching strategies across the curriculum.
http://www.ali.apple.com
California Reading and Language Arts Resources. Although focused on the needs of
California teachers, this site contains many useful links of interest to all
literacy educators, including research, resources, standards, and associations.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/reading.html
Enchanted Learning. Offers background information and free printable materials
and pictures on a variety of common topics (e.g., butterflies, dinosaurs,
states, Antarctica, rainforests).
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/Home.html
Early Reading-Technology Project. Offers free downloadable leveled e-books (with
audio) at four levels. Sponsored by the California Technology Assistance Project
(CTAP).
http://www.ertp.santacruz.k12.ca.us/stories/download.htm
Between the Lions. This site is tied to the PBS series of the same name. It
features over 200 games and stories based on the series, divided into 30 web
sites, one for each episode. Each site follows the same phonics/whole language
curriculum as the series.
http://www.pbskids.org/lions
CyberGuides. These are activities and lesson plans centered around popular
children’s literature, grades K-12. Prepared through S.C.O.R.E. (Schools of
California Online Resources in Education)
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
Library in the Sky. Contains over 10,000 links to some of the best educational
resources on the Internet, The Library in the Sky guides teachers, students,
parents, librarians, and members of the community on their journeys through
cyberspace.
http://www.nwrel.org/sky
The Muppets. Lyrics of Muppet songs, puppetry home page. Also includes a link to
Sesame Street Lyrics Archive.
http://home.nc.rr.com/muppetsongs/
Song Lyrics.com. Check out the lyrics to those songs your teens are listening
to! (Plus many others.). Linked to Google as a search engine.
http://www.songlyrics.com/songlyrics/
Campfire sing-along page. Contains an alphabetical listing of campfire song
lyrics.
http://www.achilles.net/~cco/dir-cam.htm
Education World. This site claims a searchable database of 500,000 resources.
Links include: Lesson Planning, News/Eye on School, Curriculum, Books in
Education, Administrators, Education Site Reviews, Financial Planning. Sponsored
by American Fidelity Assurance Company.
http://www.education-world.com/
Alphabet Superhighway. The Alphabet Superhighway is a resource for teachers to
find materials and ideas for teaching almost any part of the elementary or
secondary curriculum; it is a place for students to browse for ideas and
materials for reports and for in depth information on topics of interest, for
classes to build exhibits on problem based projects, for challenges, and for
fun.
http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/index.html
KnowNet. A collection of lesson ideas for Spelling, Writing, English, Reading,
and Vocabulary, especially for grades 5 and 6.
http://www.knownet.net/users/Ackley/lessons.html
Classroom Connect. Online form of a publication designed as “the K-12 educators’
practical guide to using the Internet in the classroom.” Loads of resources.
http://www.classroom.com
New York Times. Presents a daily article from the New York Times, complete with
classroom activities, plus this date in history, a crossword puzzle, and a
current events quiz. Also offers online software and e-mail access to reporters.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning
Teaching with Folklore. Resources page for teaching folklore (myths, legends,
tales, fables, religious lore). Developed by Gary Holzgang, a teacher at
Hemmingford Elementary School, New Frontiers School Board, Quebec. Offers lesson
plans, resources, search function, contact information, more.
http://www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/folklore/index.htm
Aaron Shepard’s Home Page. Devoted to reader’s theater. Includes advice on
creating classroom scripts from children’s literature and also a number of
downloadable scripts ready to use. Also offers contact information and a means
of sharing scripts.
http://www.aaronshep.com/rt
KinderKorner. Great site for early childhood teachers, created by Victoria
Smith! It is packed with resources, plus she shows pictures of how she gets her
classroom ready for the beginning of school. [Contributed by Susan Knell]
www.kinderkorner.com
Reading Rockets. Gives lots of information for both parents and teachers.
Operated by WETA, a PBS station in Maryland. [Contributed by Susan Knell]
www.readingrockets.org
Nancy Keane's Booktalks. Good site for ideas and tips about giving booktalks.
[Contributed by Susan Knell]
www.nancykeane.com/booktalks
Florida Literacy and Reading Excellence (FlaRE). Professional development site
focusing on best practice. Excellent online resources and background
information. Connected with Florida's federal Reading Excellence and Reading
First initiatives and operated by the University of Central Florida.
http://ucfed.ucf.edu/flare/indexhome.htm
TeacherFiles.com. Offers free clip art, plus " innovative lessons and resources
for teachers." A creative site operated by Virginia teacher Shayni Tokarczyk.
http://www.teacherfiles.com/index.html
Reading Rainbow. There are two key sites associated with this popular series.
Both offer descriptions and suggested activities by title.
http://www.canlearn.com/READINGR/rr-alt.html
http://gpn.unl.edu/rainbow/
*Government Sites
U. S. Department of Education. Lots of links to agencies, documents, research,
grants.
http://www.ed.gov/
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE!). Offers hundreds of
educational resources supported by by U.S. Federal government agencies in
various subjects including the arts, educational technology, foreign languages,
health and safety, language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, etc.
http://www.ed.gov/free
USDE’s National Center for Education Statistics. Lots of online research
summaries, especially those involving demographics.
http://nces.ed.gov/
USDE’s Office of Educational Research and Instruction. Contains a variety of
sources offering research findings in literacy and other areas.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/SAI/
Thomas. Allows you to locate and track legislation on literacy (and other
matters) in the U.S. House and Senate. Search capability by bill number and by
key word/s. Also contains links to Congressional Record, Committee activity,
roll call votes. Full text of key historical documents available, including U.S.
Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Federalist Papers. (Named for Thomas
Jefferson.)
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Reading Report Card. Report of the most recent National Assessment of
Educational Progress, with access to long-term trend results.
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nrelease.html
*Children's Literature
Internet School Library Media Center. A beautifully designed site with links to
author sites, awards, commercial publishers, organizations, special education,
core content subjects, technology, and more. Housed at James Madison University
and administered by Inez Ramsey.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/
The Children’s Literature Web Guide. An attempt to gather together and
categorize the growing number of Internet resources related to books for
children and young Adults. Much of the information that you can find through
these pages is provided by others: fans, schools, libraries, and commercial
enterprises involved in the book world.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html
Children's Literature Activities for the Classroom. This site offers teachers
the opportunity to retrieve literature by grade level. Lesson plans are
provided, along with other links to be used when teaching with trade books. I
did notice that when several book titles were clicked on, the link was
unavailable. The following stories are some that I browsed through when checking
out this useful site: The Grouchy Ladybug; A River Ran Wild; Sarah, Plain and
Tall (this one offers printable worksheets); and Island of the Blue Dolphins.
http://members.aol.com/Mgoudie/ChildrensLit.html
Educational Publishers and Software Distributors Directory. Alphabetized links
to most publishers, including information about author visits and publisher
associations.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/commerc.htm
TeachingBooks.net. Combines many great features: multimedia components,
discussion guides to more than 1,000 books, author study, links to children's
literature sites.
http://www.teachingbooks.net
SmartWriters.com. (Launched April 1, 2002) Variety of resources for writers and
educators alike: searchable book review database and author/illustrator school
visits directory.
http://www.SmartWriters.com
Jim Trelease. Though a bit commercial, this site, by the read-aloud master,
offers some unusual links (e.g., parenting, publishers, author sites, "kid-safe"
sites) and other features. Worth a visit.
http://www.trelease-on-reading.com
Vandergrift's Children's Literature Page. Great site for children's literature,
created by Kay E. Vandergrift of Rutgers University. [Contributed by Susan
Knell]
http://scils.rutgers.edu/%7Ekvander/ChildrenLit/index.html
*Children’s Book Awards
Choices. Lists books having received one of the following distinctions:
Children's Choice, Young Adults' Choice, or Teachers' Choices. In my experience,
these books are more likely to connect with young people than Newbery or
Caldecott Award winners. Deep-link within the IRA site:
http://www.ira.org/choices/
University of Calgary’s Awards Links. Links to most major children’s book
awards, including many of the specific links that follow in this section.
Canadian, British, New Zealand, and Australian awards too.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/awards.html
Newbery Medal. Operated by the American Library Association. Extensive
information on current and past winners, honor books, history of the award,
selection process.
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html
Caldecott Medal. Operated by the American Library Association. Extensive
information on current and past winners, honor books, history of the award,
selection process.
http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html
Coretta Scott King Award. This award “honors African American authors and
illustrators for outstanding contributions to children's and young adult
literature that promote understanding and appreciation of the culture and
contribution of all people to the realization of the American Dream.” Offers
information on the history of the award, criteria and selection, its present and
past winners. Operated by the Amer. Library Asso.
http://www.ala.org/srrt/csking/
Hans Christian Andersen Medal. Established in 1956 by the International Board on
Books for Young People. Currently awarded every two years to one author and one
illustrator in recognition of his or her entire body of work.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/ibby.html
Phoenix Award. Given each year by the Children’s Literature Association to an
English-language book that was first published twenty years earlier but that did
not receive a major award at the time of its publication.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/phoenix.html
Georgia Children’s Book Awards. Does your state recognize children’s literature
that
has been selected by local educators or children? Do a search and find out!
http://www.coe.uga.edu/gachildlit/awards/index.html
*Free Online Books
The Intersect Digital Library. Features an extensive "library of 'supported
text' books incorporating resources and study strategies that help students
learn more from what they read." Contains not only online texts with various
support features but lesson plans and help for creating your own supported
texts. This is Lynne Anderson-Inman's superb site at the University of Oregon.
Be sure to note the Diary of Opal Whiteley.
http://intersect.uoregon.edu
Project Gutenberg. Thousands of public domain online texts of famous works.
“Fine literature digitally re-published.”
http://promo.net/pg/
Internet Public Library. The IPL offers the full texts of many classics.
Children’s literature, mostly in the public domain, is also included. Many
interesting features for kids.
http://www.ipl.org
The English Server. This site is housed at the University of Washington. Makes
available many literary texts online, as well as literary commentary. "Literacy
and Education" link is useful.
http://www.eserver.org
Reading A-Z. Offers downloadable books for guided reading and phonics. Each book
has lesson plans and worksheets and the benchmark books have running record
forms.
http://www.readinga-z.com
Hiyah.com. Online classic stories read aloud by well-known performers while text
is displayed. Contains a featured story of the week and a few archived titles.
http://www.hiyah.com/
Fable Library. Offers a number of engaging, downloadable fables (new ones, not
the classics), mostly at beginning reading levels. Also contains a "Make Your
Own Fable" feature, enabling children to create their own fables and submit them
to the site.
http://www.fablevision.com/place/library/index.html
Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents.
Contains a searchable database of "more than 6,000 in print books that deserve
to be read by Spanish-speaking children and adolescents (or those who wish to
learn Spanish)." Headings and descriptions are bilingual. Updated weekly.
Sponsored by California State University, San Marcos.
http://www.csusm.edu/csb/intro_eng.html
The Velveteen Rabbit. Online version of this classic. (Text only.)
http://www.writepage.com/velvet.htm
IPL Youth Division. A large number of picture books, stories and poetry online,
some in Spanish and French. Offers author links too. Operated by the Internet
Public Library.
http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/youth/youth.out.pl?sub=rzn0000
Aesop's Fables. Collection of online texts, including not only Aesop's fables
but some from other sources as well. Some have audio versions available. Life of
Aesop and information about the fable genre.
http://www.AesopFables.com/
The Real Mother Goose. Complete online texts of the rhymes. Introduction by May
Hill Arbuthnot. Beautifully illustrated.
http://trmg.designwest.com/
*Learning Sites for Kids
WordPlays. Interactive word games of all kinds and at many levels, such as
Boggler, Crossword Challenge, Words In Word, Jumble, Anagram, Word Morph and
Crossword Helper. Contains online dictionary. Created and maintained by one
dedicated individual, Richard DeSimine.
http://www.wordplays.com/
Wacky Web Tales. Children can write their own funny tales by picking a title and
filling in the blanks with nouns and verbs. (Based on Mad-Libs.) The tales
geared for grade 3+.
http://www.eduplace.com/tales
Fun Brain. Full of games for children of all ages and tends to be especially fun
for school-age children. There are also teacher and parent resources available
on this site.
http://www.funbrain.com
Giggle Poetry. This website encompasses a whole realm of poetry and activities
to do with poetry. The website was created by Bruce Lansky, and he gives
students opportunities to rate poems, submit poems, ask a poet questions, read
interviews, and learn how to write poetry. The site also includes links to
poetryteachers.com and fictionteachers.com.
http://www.gigglepoetry.com
KidsReads.com. An excellent site for hands-on use by kids. It is easy to
navigate and there is little advertising. This site features: video interviews
with authors, sneak previews of new books, opportunities to write to authors, a
question of the week, student responses to questions about literature, online
trivia quizzes about books, word scrambles with book ties, a bookshelf featuring
entire books online, information about many authors, and links to other
literature sites.
http://www.kidsreads.com
The Write Site. This Ohio site offers tips to middle schoolers on writing well.
It has a journalistic focus and provides plenty of background on newspaper
publishing and related topics.
http://www.writesite.org
Kid's Search Tools. An Internet search tool for children. Search sites are
screened for children’s safety.
http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm
Kidspicks. American Library Association’s top 10 web sites, according to
children.
http://www.ala.org/kidspick
Bibliomania. Lots of online public domain books.
http://www.bibliomania.com
Jolly Roger. Lots of teen classics online, chat room available for students to
chat about books they have read.
http://www.jollyroger.com/treasureisland.html
State Information. Gives information about all 50 states, including a bio and
picture of the governor, the state flower, capital, links, etc. Just replace
“ga” in this address with the two-letter postal abbreviation of the state you
wish to research.
http://www.state.ga.us
CyberPuppy Software. Offers a way to construct a journal for those who may not
be motivated to do so. Provides email prompts and a student’s responses to them
are housed in the form of an electronic journal that can be viewed on a
customized web page. A password is assigned and it’s all free.
http://www.CyberPuppy.com
Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL). Offers advice to secondary and
college students on grammar, writing in various disciplines, Internet research,
more. Good resource for ESL writers.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu
Ask Jeeves. Pose any factual question and let “Jeeves,” a virtual manservant,
look up the answer. This site is linked to several major search engines. It
provides not only the answer but lots of related information. Results can be a
bit complex, but upper elementary students should be able to sift through them.
http://www.askjeeves.com
Yahooligans. Page full of links for kids – some educational, others just for
fun. Excellent kid-friendly search engine.
http://www.yahooligans.com/
*Links to Other Teachers and Kids
Children’s Stomping Ground. Contains links to several sites for people
interested in starting pen pal correspondence, either by email or snail mail.
Operated by the Blackett Family in the U.K.
http://www.oink.demon.co.uk/kids.htm
Teaching.com. Intercultural email classroom connections; allows you to link up
with other teachers so that your students can exchange email.
http://www.iecc.org/
Web66. Links schools which have their own web sites. Web66 goals are: (1) to
help K-12 educators learn how to set up their own Internet servers; (2) to link
K-12 web servers and the educators and students at those schools; and (3) to
help K-12 educators find and use K-12 appropriate resources on the web.
http://web66.coled.umn.edu/schools.html
American School Directory. Links to over 70,000 schools with web sites. Contains
a search engine "School Reports" options. The “Education Connection” provides
links to other web sites of interest to teachers, parents, and students.
Students can also take virtual field trips to NSF, NASA, IBM, and more.
http://www.asd.com
Africa Online. Information about Africa, posted writings of African children,
interactive games and activities, and keypal links.
http://lagos.africaonline.com/site/africa/kids.jsp
*Author Sites
IPL Author Page. This site allows you to read Biographies of other authors or
check out Author Links with links to some of your favorite Authors/Illustrators.
http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/youth/AskAuthor
Lloyd Alexander
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/4802/
Tedd Arnold http://www.geocities.com/~teddarnold/
Avi http://www.avi-writer.com/
Natalie Babbitt http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/babbitt.htm
T. A. Barron http://www.tabarron.com/
L. Frank Baum http://www.literarytraveler.com/spring/west/baum.htm
Judy Blume http://www.judyblume.com/
Jan Brett http://www.janbrett.com/
Marc Brown http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/arthur/
Eve Bunting http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/bunting.htm
Eric Carle http://www.eric-carle.com/
Nancy Carlson http://www.nancycarlson.com
Lewis Carroll http://www.lewiscarroll.org/carroll.html
Beverly Cleary http://www.beverlycleary.com/
Brian Cleary http://www.briancleary.com
Susan Cooper www.thelostland.com
Sharon Creech http://www.sharoncreech.com/
Christopher Paul Curtis http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/curtis.htm
Karen Cushman http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/author/cushman/
Debbie Dadey http://www.baileykids.com/authors.htm
Roald Dahl http://www.roalddahl.com/index2.htm
Teri Daniels http://www.TeriDanielsBooks.com/
Marguerite deAngeli
http://www.lapeer.lib.mi.us/Library/Exhibits/MdA/Index.html
Tomie DePaola http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/depaola.htm
Sylvia Engdahl http://www.sylviaengdahl.com/
Paul Fleischman
http://www.paulfleischman.com/authors/viewclob.asp?key=1&aid=290
Sid Fleischman http://www.carr.org/authco/fleischman.htm
Mem Fox http://www.memfox.net/
Paula Fox http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/pfox.html
Jean Fritz http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/fritz.htm
Charles Ghigna www.CharlesGhigna.com
("Father Goose")
Patricia Reilly Giff
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/giff.html
Virginia Hamilton http://www.virginiahamilton.com/
Barbara Haworth-Attard http://www.barbarahaworthattard.com/
Karen Hesse
http://teacher.scholastic.com/authorsandbooks/authors/hesse/bio.htm
Kate Greenaway http://www.speel.demon.co.uk/artists2/greenway.htm
Anna Grossnickle Hines http://www.aghines.com
Will Hobbs http://www.willhobbsauthor.com/
Deborah Hopkinson http://people.whitman.edu/~hopkinda/
Erick Ingraham http://www.erickingraham.com/
Brian Jacques http://www.redwall.org/dave/jacques.html
Marcia Thornton Jones http://www.baileykids.com/authors.htm
Charles Jordan http://www.charles-jordan.com/
Ezra Jack Keats http://www.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/keats/biography.html
E.L. Konigsburg
http://teacher.scholastic.com/authorsandbooks/authors/konigs/bio.htm
Brian Lies http://www.brianlies.com/
Madeleine L'Engle http://www.madeleinelengle.com/
Lois Lenski
http://www.mlb.ilstu.edu/ressubj/speccol/lenski/Welcome.html
Laura Leuck http://users.erols.com/aleuck/
Arnold Lobel http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/arnoldlobel.htm
Lois Lowry http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/Lowry.html
Bill Martin, Jr. http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/billmartin.htm
Susan Rowan Masters http://www.madbbs.com/~srmasters/
Nancy McArthur http://junior.apk.net/~mcarthur/
Suse McDonald http://www.create4kids.com/
Walter Dean Myers http://scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/myers.html
A. A. Milne http://www.pooh-corner.com/biomilne.html
Robert Munsch http://www.robertmunsch.com/
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor/Naylor.html
Scott O'Dell http://www.scottodell.com/
Janie Lynn Panagopoulos http://www.JLPanagopoulos.com/
Linda Sue Park http://www.lindasuepark.com/
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent http://www.dorothyhinshawpatent.com/
Katherine Patterson http://www.terabithia.com/
Gary Paulsen http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/
Richard Peck http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/peck.html
Tamora Pierce http://www.sff.net/people/Tamora.Pierce/
Dav Pilkey http://www.pilkey.com/
Patricia Polacco http://www.patriciapolacco.com/
Beatrix Potter http://www.peterrabbit.co.uk/templates/bphome.cfm
Jack Prelutsky
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_home.htm
Robert Quackenbush http://www.rquackenbush.com
J.K. Rowling http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/author/
Louis Sachar http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/rc/rc_ab_lsa.html
Richard Scarry http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/scarry.htm
Jon Scieszka http://www.chucklebait.com/index.htm
Maurice Sendak
http://www.edupaperback.org/authorbios/Sendak_Maurice.html
Dr. Seuss http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/
http://www.seuss.org/seuss/seuss.home.html
Neal Shusterman http://www.storyman.com/
Jerry Spinelli
http://teacher.scholastic.com/authorsandbooks/authors/spinelli/bio.htm
William Steig http://www.williamsteig.com/
R.L. Stine http://www.scholastic.com/goosebumps/books/stine/index.htm
Phoebe Stone http://www.phoebestone.com/
Nikki Tate http://www.stablemates.net/
J. R. R. Tolkien http://www.tolkien.co.uk/index_nf.htm
Chris Van Allsburg http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/author/cva/index.html
Jules Verne http://jv.gilead.org.il/
Carole Boston Weatherford
http://hometown.aol.com/weathfd/caroleweatherford.html
David Wiesner http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/authors/wiesner/
Laura Ingalls Wilder http://www.vvv.com/~jenslegg/
http://webpages.marshall.edu/~irby1/laura.htmlx
Laurence Yep http://scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/yep.html
*Sites for English Language Learners
Literacy.org. Links the International Literacy Institute (ILI), UNESCO, and the
National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL) housed at the University of
Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. It provides links to international
literacy sites especially useful to developing countries. The aim is to provide
leadership in research and training in the field of international literacy and
development.
http://ncal.literacy.upenn.edu/
Internet TESL Journal. This well-designed forum offers materials that one can
download as well as articles, teaching techniques, lesson plans, and links to
issues of interest to ESL teachers. It includes electronic discussion lists and
news groups.
http://iteslj.org/
Teacher Information Network. This site houses a teacher chat room with focus on
ESL issues. Identifies and reviews teacher sites. Links to USDOE and state DOEs.
http://www.teacher.com
Literacy Assistance Center. The LAC provides information on resources and links
to literacy on the Net. It is useful to teachers and students alike. Its web
site links and e-mail contacts can connect teachers and students around the
world.
http://www.lacnyc.org
J. Roby Kidd Resource Centre, International Council for Adult Education. This
site contains titles of journals, magazines, and newsletters from all over the
world. It offers responses to queries received by e-mail, fax, or telephone.
Subject bibliographies are available. French, Spanish, and English versions are
offered.
http://www.web.net./icae/english/resocntr.htm
English-to-Go. Classroom-ready esl activities, based on articles that have
appeared in Reuters; new lessons posted weekly, with complete lesson plans.
http://www.english-to-go.com
*Help for Parents
Tips for Parents. American Library Association’s tip page. Provides tips for
parents about how to raise a reader and provides a list of over 700 web sites
for children and the adults who care about them. The web sites are organized by
subject
http://www.ala.org/parentspage
iVillage. Broadly based parenting site. Children’s literature newsletter,
oriented toward parents. Provides a list of recommended books for your preschool
aged child.
http://www.parentsoup.com/preschool/
Helping Your Child Learn to Read. Site operated by the U.S. Department of
Education. This online book focuses primarily on what you can do to help
children up to 10 years of age learn to read and enjoy reading.
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Reading/index.html
Helping Your Child Use the Library. Site operated by the U.S. Department of
Education. This online book will give you a short rundown on facts, as well as
many simple, fun activities for you and your child to do together.
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Library/index.html
Parents’ Guide Book. Contains a complete guide to how to protect your children
on the Internet. Also offers information to teachers, teacher educators, law
enforcement, etc.
http://www.familyguidebook.com
Preschool Zone. This website contains ideas and links to ideas to fun and
educational things to do "keep your child busy."
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Village/6727
National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL). A " nonprofit organization
supporting family literacy services for families across the United States
through training, programming, research, advocacy and dissemination." Located in
Louisville. Good links.
http://www.famlit.org/
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