1. Elementary Level English Language Arts:
Sustained Silent Reading. Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW page]. Available from
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/ela/ela_ssr.html
A short
straightforward page describing the goals of the Sustained Silent Reading
curriculum and listing suggestions for its successful
implementation
in the classroom.
2. ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English,
and Communication. ERIC/REC, Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW site]. Available
from http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/
A comprehensive
educators' resource that includes lesson plans, book
reviews, books
lists, literacy projects, as well as access points to the
ERIC database
and information clearinghouses. A search in the link to ERIC Digests on the
subject of "recreational reading" gives 195 links to scholarly
articles from education journals.
3. Frontier College Reading Circles.
Frontier College. Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW page]. Available from
http://www.frontiercollege.ca/english/programs/children/circle.htm
An informative
site that describes the concept of Reading Circles for
children's
enjoyment of books, with step-by-step guide to forming and
running a
Reading Circle in a local community.
4. PBS TeacherSource--Arts and Literature.
PBS Online. Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW site]. Available from
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/arts_lit.htm
PBS
TeacherSource offers lesson plans, links, and materials for teachers based on
educational television shows on PBS. This section focuses on shows about
literature and the arts.
5. Read Across America, An NEA Project.
National Education Association. Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW] site. Available
from http://www.nea.org/readacross/index.html
Informational
web site for the National Education Association's "Read
Across
America" program, an event celebrating the birthday of children's author
Dr. Seuss. Information can be found on how to participate in the program
(including how to obtain Cat-in-the-Hat hats wholesale) whose goal is to have
every child reading with an adult on March 2 of every year
6. Readers and Writers. PEN American
Center. Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW
site]. Available from http://www.pen.org/readers/index.html
Readers and
Writers is a program which sends authors to schools and libraries to speak to
young readers. Site includes program information, event calendar, map, and
contact information.
7. Reading Rainbow - The Official Web Site.
Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW site]. Available from http://gpn.unl.edu/rainbow/
Web site of the
popular PBS children's educational series "Reading
Rainbow". Separate areas for kids, teachers,
librarians, and parents. The teachers' area includes information on how to
obtain and use Reading Rainbow materials for classroom instruction
8. UTNetCAT. The University of Texas at
Austin. Accessed 2 March 2001. [database online]. Available from
http://dpweb1.dp.utexas.edu/lib/utnetcat/
"UTNetCAT,
the Web-browsable online catalog of the University of Texas at Austin, accesses
almost seven million items, including books, journals, Internet resources,
microfilm, maps, music scores, audio and video recordings, manuscripts, and
more."
9. Western Libraries. Western Washington
University. Accessed 2 March 2001. [database online]. Available from
http://lis.wwu.edu/screens/opacmenu.html
A search in
this library catalog for the subject "Books and Reading Children"
returns 192 items of relevance.
10. Just Add Kids. U.S. Department of
Education, 1996. Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW site]. Available from http://www.ed.gov/Family/JustAddKids/
From their
title page: "A Resource Directory of Learning Partners, Reading Sites, and
Other Literacy Organizations that Serve Children and Their Families". This
site has a descriptive list of literacy programs available through various
public agencies with contact information and links to each one
11. Awesome Library--Elementary Literature.
Awesome Library,1996-2001. Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW page]. Available from
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/English/Literature/Elementary_Literature.html
A list of links
that includes children's stories, fairy tales, myths and
legends online.
Also of interest to teachers are links to projects, lesson plans, papers, and
book reviews for different reading levels.
12. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
Brittanica.com Inc., 1999-2000. Accessed 2 March 2001. [database online].
Available from http://www.britannica.com
An online
encyclopedia that reproduces material from the print edition of the
Enclyclopedia Brittanica.
13. Book Adventure. Book Adventure, 2000.
Accessed 20 February 2001. [WWW site]. Available from
http://www.bookadventure.org/
Book Adventure
encourages children to read by allowing them to choose books from a list of
4000 titles, take short reading comprehension quizzes about the books online,
and receive points toward prizes for their reading. Different areas of the site
are for kids, parents, and teachers.
14. Reading Is Fundamental Home Page.
Reading Is Fundamental, Inc., 2000. Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW site].
Available from http://www.rif.org/
This is the
home page of the grassroots volunteer organization RIF, which donates books to
children, especially focusing on kids age 0-11 who are disadvantaged or
learning disabled. The site describes RIF and its programs and includes a list
of links to other organizations involved in encouraging literacy and lifelong
reading.
15. Hotbot. Lycos, Inc., 2001. Accessed 2
March 2001. [search engine]. Available from http://hotbot.lycos.com/
Hotbot is a
search engine. It doesn't have anything special to recommend it; I used it
because of my familiarity with its interface.
16. American, Association of School Librarians. AASL
Position Statement on the Value of Independent Reading in the School Library
Media Program. 5 September 2000 1999. Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW page].
Available from http://www.ala.org/aasl/positions/ps_independent.html
A short
position statement paper from the American Association of School Librarians
which lists the necessary components for encouraging children in the life-long
habit of reading.
17. Bafile, Cara. Book Adventure: An Online
Reading Program Rewards Young Bookworms! Education World, 1999. Accessed 2
March 2001. [WWW page]. Available from
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr183.shtml
An engaging
article detailing a web-based reading encouragement program called Book
Adventure.
18. Carmichael, Maribeth. Reading Workshop
Page. Internet School Library Media Center. Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW
page]. Available from http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/readingwkshp.htm
Describes an
instructional method in which students read a book of their choice and
correspond with their teacher about the book. The page contains a great list of
links, including definition of what a reading workshop is, lesson plans, an
article about a successful reading workshop program, and a "Reading Bill
of Rights".
19. Cohn, Lynne Meredith. "Teacher Turns
Book on Reluctant Readers." The Detroit News, 17 May 1999.
Available from http://detnews.com/1999/classrooms/9905/19/05170079.htm
A newspaper
article describing the successful implementation of "a program called
Reading for Pleasure: A Novel Idea, where reluctant readers find books that
engage them and end up with voracious literary appetites."
20. Hopkins, Gary. "Sustained Silent
Reading" Helps Develop Independent Readers (and Writers). Education
World, 1997. Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW page]. Available from
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr038.shtml
An article
about SSR programs in public schools that describes the purposes, effects, and
many forms of sustained silent reading. The importance of the teacher as model
reader is stressed. A list of links to research abstracts follows the article.
21. Konopnicki, Susan. Novel Study.
Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW page]. Available from
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~sjkonopn/novelstudy.html
A list of
useful links for teachers who are planning to do Novel Studies
with their
elementary school classes. Topics include "Choosing Books",
"Discussion of Books", "Focus on Authors", and
"Reading Strategies".
22. Morgan,
Robert E. Creative Ways to Encourage Students to Read. The Creative
Teaching Homepage, 1999. Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW page]. Available from http://www.creativeteachingsite.com/read1.htm
A list of 26
easy, creative ways for parents and educators to encourage reluctant readers to
read.
23. Nodelman,
Perry. Reading About Children's Literature: A Bibliography of Criticism.
Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW site]. Available from
http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~nodelman/criticism.htm
Bibliographies
compiled by the author of "The Pleasures of Children's
Literature",
available from his personal website.
24. ________. The
Pleasures of Children's Literature. New York: Longman, 1992.
A textbook for
teachers of children's literature. Includes a thoughtful and well written list
of the pleasures of reading, and a particularly relevant section entitled
"Can pleasure be taught?"
25. Stager, Gary. Reading and Education Websites.
Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW page]. Available from
http://moon.pepperdine.edu/~gstager/webdb/reading.html
A list of links
compiled by Gary Stager on his homepage at Pepperdine University. Subjects of
links include Dr. Seuss, the PBS program "The Magic School Bus" and
"Theodore Tugboat" and various children's literacy projects on the
web. This page unfortunately has a number of broken links.
26. Swanson, B. "How Can I Improve My
Child's Reading?". ACCESS ERIC. Accessed 2 March 2001. [WWW page]. Available
from http://www.accesseric.org/resources/parent/reading.html
A brochure
designed primarily for parents which lists common sense ways to encourage
children to read for pleasure, as well as listing mailing addresses for
organizations that disseminate free literature on reading and children.
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