Literacy+Resources

This resource page is designed for classroom teachers who wish to learn about the [|elements of reading] - phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension - that are critical to effective reading instruction, as well as to recommend web resources through which students may build their skills in one or more of these areas. Comments and suggestions are gratefully received! Please contact Joanne O'Keefe, Library Media Specialist, at joanneokeefe@salemk12.org.

** [|All About Adolescent Literacy: Resources for Parents and Educators of Kids in Grades 4-12] ** This terrific site features information and resources for teaching reading and writing in the content areas, [|the latest research] on literacy, with a focus on the needs of struggling adolescent readers and writers, a classroom strategies library, a comprehensive [|glossary] of terms relating to reading & literacy, and much more.

Starfall features a systematic phonics approach to reading instruction, and is designed for use with students in preschool through grade 2, as well as with those students receiving special education services, and English language learners.

** [|Spelling Bee Interactives] ** Students in grades 1 through 8 can listen as a passage of text is read, and then try to correctly recall and spell the right words to fill in the blanks. Not sure of a particular word you heard as the passage was read? No problem - you can hear any word again, and as well as ask for its definition. This terrific site, from Annenberg Media's Learner.org, also features math, science, history, arts, and other language interactives.



Here is a web site that will allow a student to have fun, build his/her vocabulary, AND help others! For every word a student gets right while playing this vocabulary game, Free Rice, a sister site of Poverty.com, will donate 20 grains of rice through the United Nations World Food Programme to help end world hunger.

Visit this site for an overview of the [|elements of successful reading instruction], [|student center activities] for grades K-1, 2-3 and 4-5, and other helpful information and resources. Students can practice fluency by recording themselves as they read from a book, and then listening to and evaluating their reading. To prepare a "fluency center" for students, the Audacity program - a free, open-source recording and editing software - must be downloaded onto computers, and recording headphones must be available. ​
 * [|Florida Center for Reading Research] **

** [|Reading Games, from PBS Kids] ** Be sure to check out the **[|letter]**, **[|alphabet]**, **[|rhyming]**, **[|spelling],** and **[|literacy]** games, too!

** [|The Textmapping Project: Improving Reading Comprehension Skills Instruction] ** Learn about this "scrolls-based graphic organizer technique that can be used to teach reading comprehension and writing skills, study skills, and course content", derived from the original works of R. David Middlebrook.