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Internet Integration That

Improves Reading

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires that instruction be based on scientifically based research. But how do teachers know where to find research-based strategies and resources to support classroom instruction? What have researchers discovered about how to successfully teach children to read? What Internet resources be incorporated into Reading instruction?

The Research

NCLB and Reading: Reading First (formula grant program) - http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/nclbreference/
page_pg5.html
Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read (National Reading Panel - 2000) - http://www.nationalreadingpanel.org/Publications/
researchread.htm ...review of over 100,000 studies to analyze research in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension.
(book order form - #16)
The Partnership for Reading: Bringing Scientific Evidence to Learning - http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/pfr/search.cgi

Internet Resources

Phonemic Awareness

AlphaBites - http://www.alphabet-soup.net/alphabite.html
Learning Planet.com - http://www.learningplanet.com/act/fl/aact/index.asp
PBS’s Between the Lions - http://pbskids.org/lions/games/
BBC Crankaphone - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/
cvc/crank/index.shtml
GameGoo - http://www.cogcon.com/gamegoo/gooeyhome.html
Phonemic Awareness - http://members.tripod.com/~ESL4Kids/phonics.html

Phonics

BBC ’s Digby Mole (beginning sounds, end sounds, rhymes) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dgi.shtml
ikonwthat.com - http://www.iknowthat.com
Starfall – http://www.starfall.com
Clifford's Sound Match - http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/flash/phonics/
index.htm
BBC Words and Pictures - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/
index.shtml

Fluency

Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow By - http://www.storiestogrowby.com/
Readers Theatre Resources for Teachers and Students - http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/langrt.htm
Poetry for Kids - http://www.poetry4kids.com/index.php
Fables and Fairy Tales - http://www.ivyjoy.com/fables/index.shtml

Vocabulary

Education Place: Wacky Web Tales and Fake Out! -http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/
Kid Crosswords and Other Puzzles -http://www.kidcrosswords.com
Merriam Webster’s Word Central (grades 4-8 and up) -http://www.wordcentral.com/
Fake Out - http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout/
Annie's Rhyme Time - http://teacher.scholastic.com/annie/index.asp
Vocabulary University - http://www.vocabulary.com/

Text Comprehension

Strategies for Reading Comprehension - http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/strat/
4 Blocks Literacy Framework: Graphic Organizers - http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/fourblocks/
graphic_organizers.htm
Graphic Organizers - http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html
SCORE: Graphic Organizers - http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm
Reading Sources
- Windows to the Universe: Mythology - http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/
  mythology.html&edu=elem
- eBooks: Project Gutenberg - http://www.promo.net/pg/

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