Check out our Glossary of Reading Terms! 

At-a-Glance Best Reading Practices

Authors and Illustrator's Index

Children's and Teen's Book Publishers

Great Books for Girls (Recommended by teachers and girls.)

25 Terrific Books for Boys (Recommended by teachers and boys.)

Predictable Books Types of predictable books and a bibliography.

Guided Reading

Guided Reading Reading Level Comparison Chart

Book Award Lists

Book Awards »

Bookmarks and Printables

What Good Readers Do Bookmark. PDF file.

Poetry Terms Bookmark. Elementary. PDF file.

"Fall Into a Good Book" certificate. 2 on one sheet. PDF file.

Reading Contract. 2 on one sheet. Elementary. PDF file.

Reading Contract. 1 full sheet with gold border. Upper elem./middle/high. PDF file.

"Reading the Rainbow" fill-in. B & W. PDF file.

"Reading the Rainbow" fill-in. Color. PDF file.

"Read 'em Cowboy" fill-in. B & W. PDF file.

Activities

"Questions, Questions, Questions." Handout. Students write questions as they read an assigned text. Word Document or PDF file.

"Questioning the Text." 3 critical thinking activities using the newspaper. Word Document or PDF file.

Terrific Reading Sites for Teachers

ABC Centers
All America Reads
Big Ideas in Beginning Reading
Book Talks Quick and Simple (Nancy Keane)
Books That Build Phonemic Awareness
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Children's Book Council
Children's and Young Adult's Book Authors' Birthdays (Kathy Schrock)
Childrens' Literature Resources (Cynthia Leitich Smith)
The Children's Literature Web Guide
Children's Picture Book Database (Miami University)
CIERA: Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
Citation Styles for Research Papers
A Compact for Reading & School-Home Links
Comprehensive Literacy Model
Copyright and Fair Use
Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the WWW
Creative Writing for Teens
CRISS
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
Early Literacy (Resources for Teachers and Parents)
English Literature: Early 17th Century
English Pronunciation
EServer: Accessible Writing
EServer: Fiction Collection
Five in a Row
Four Blocks Literacy Center (Teachers.Net)
Geoffrey Chaucer
Get Ready to Read!
K-12 Literature: Lesson Plans and Activities
Learning to Read: Resources for Language Arts and Reading Research
Literacy Stations
Literary Connections
Literary Criticism (Internet Public Library)
Literacy Matters
A Literary Index: Internet Resources in Literature
Literary Resources on the Net
Literature: What Makes a Good Story?
Literature Lesson Plans from Discovery School
Luminarium: Anthology of Middle English Literature
Luminarium: 16th Century Renaissance English Literature
Making Meaning in Literature
Marilee's Picture Book Links
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Odyssey Online
Picture Books for Older Readers (Bibliography)
Project Gutenberg
Planet Esme
Read/Write/Think
Reading and Your Child
Reading Lady
Reading Online (IRA)
Reading Rockets
Reading Strategies We Use
Story Arts Online
Teachers @ Random: Teacher's Guides & More
Teaching With Books Homepage (Scholastic)
Web English Teacher