Value of reading aloud to children

"Rocket your Child into Reading" by Jackie French
 "The Reading Bug  and how to catch it" by Paul Jennings.

"Reading Magic: Why reading aloud to our children will change their lives forever". by Mem Fox

 
 http://www.ed.gov/parents/read/resources/edpicks.jhtml?src=qc 

 http://www.getreadytoread.org/grtr_useful_website.php

 http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/reports/

reading/home.html  from Canada

Mem Fox's website
http://www.memfox.com<http://www.memfox.com/

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 Jim Trelease's website http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/

 http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/fiction/

information/iaslsla/
 <http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/fiction/

information/iaslsla/>
 [scroll down to 'Research Evidence 2000 - 2004']

 Reading List:
 http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/fiction/information/iaslsla/

index.htm# reading
 http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/fiction/information/iaslsla/

index.ht #reading

 Synergy [Vol 3, No. 2, SLAV 2005]
 http://www.slav.schools.net.au/synergy/vol3num2/vol3num2.htm
 http://www.slav.schools.net.au/synergy/vol3num2/vol3num2.htm

3rd Grade Centre ideas
http://teachers.net/projects/centers/topic434/

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Ideas for setting up literacy centres in the classroom.

Literacy Centres
http://lessonplanz.com/Lesson_Plans/Learning_Centers/

Literacy_Centers/index.shtml
100 pages of practical suggestions and activities to guide you in getting started with literacy centres.

Setting up a Learning Centre
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~macinnis/lcentre1.htm
Ideas for creating a learning centre in the classroom.

Mini Writing Lessons
http://www.teachers.net/cgi-bin/lessons/sort.cgi?searchterm=4+Blocks
Ideas for using rotating writing activities in the classroom.

Literacy Stations In Your Classroom
http://www.swlauriersb.qc.ca/schools/crestview/ls/

Teacher/Teacher_General_Literacy.htm
How to manage your literacy stations and ideas for mini lessons.

Kinder

 Sites

 Adrian Bruce Reading Games (Adrian teaches at Byron Bay Community School and has a big IT rep)
 http://www.adrianbruce.com/reading/games.htm
 Download these free reading games for teaching sounds and blends.

 Little Animal Activity Centre
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/menu.shtml
 Play games and learn first and end sounds as well as reading online
 stories.

 The Highway Game
 http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/arthur/truckgame/
 Find all the letters of the alphabet with this online game.

 Magic Key
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/
 Unlock the secrets of sentence writing and work out new words with
 characters.

 Starship English
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/english/index.shtml
 Unscramble the words and create stories of your own.

 Seasame Street Games
 http://aol.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/?scrollerId=games
 Learn the alphabet with Super Grover

 Picture Match
 http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/picturematch/
 Learn beginning, short and long vowel sounds by matching the sounds with
 the pictures.

 Write the Alphabet
 http://www.bornthinker.com/ctemplate.php?body=writing_the_alphabet&t=e#
 Use the virtual pencil to write the letters of the alphabet.

 Lessons

 Whole-to-Parts Phonics Instruction
 http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=157
 Letter-sound correspondences are taught within a meaningful context, and
 in an explicit, systematic, and extensive manner.

 Gingerbread Phonics
 http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=114
 In this lesson, early readers in grades K-2 use familiar words from a
 traditional story to learn letter-sound correspondence.

 Using a Predictable Text
 http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=131
 This lesson uses a predictable text to help students learn high-frequency
 words.

 Kinder Reading and Literacy Skill Worksheets
 http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/tablek.html
 100 worksheets in PDF format to support the teaching of reading to Kinder
 students.

 Phonics In Context
 http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=304
 In this lesson decoding skills are introduced, taught, practiced, and
 reinforced within contexts meaningful to students.

 Letter Recognition and Sound Identification
 http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=132
 This lesson covers the basics of letter recognition. Your students will
 apply their knowledge of letters and letter sounds as they identify
 pictures in an attractively illustrated alphabet book.

 Mother Goose Activities
 http://teachers.santee.k12.ca.us/carl/mother_goose.htm
 Matrix of activities related to nursery rhymes.

 Generating Rhymes
 http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=121
 This lesson supports the goal of helping young students develop phonemic
 awareness and recognize and generate rhymes through songs, poems, and
 games.

 Nursery Rhyme Activities
 http://www.thevirtualvine.com/nurseryrhymes.html
 Collection of nursery rhymes and associated activities.

 Book Sorting
 http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=145
 This sorting activity addresses critical-thinking skills, observation and
 categorization processes, and reading comprehension and provides an
 opportunity for observation of student interaction and conversation.

 Year 1-2

 Sites

 Between the Lions Reading Games
 http://pbskids.org/lions/
 Learn sounds and blends as well as unscramble words with these online
 games.

 Fox in Sox Game
 http://www.seussville.com/games/lb_fox_in_socks_matching.html
 Rearrange the words in the correct order to describe the picture shown.

 Gawain's Word
 http://pbskids.org/lions/games/gawain2_op.html
 Joust with a medieval knight to blend words in this interactive game.

 Words and Pictures
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml
 Online games for learning sounds, blends and high frequency words.

 PBS Games
 http://pbskids.org/games.html
 Large collection of online games to support learning to read.

 Dynamo
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/home.shtml
 Come and play in my Dynatastic Den, jam packed with games and quizzes.

 Arthur and Friends
 http://pbskids.org/arthur/index.html
 Read along and play reading games with your favourite characters.

 What When Where Why
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/5_9/index.shtml?wwww
 Hang out with the gang and improve your reading skills with these online
 games.

 Fun to Read
 http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/index/play.htm?f
 Interactive reading games.

 Digger and the Gang
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/
 Nash, Flick and Sprat's antics will help you get your English skills on
 track.

 Animal Study
 http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/animal-inquiry/
 Create your own animal study using this online activity.

 Comic Creator
 http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html
 Create your own comic online using this interactive site.

 Alphabet Kids
 http://www.mrsalphabet.com/
 Learn the Alphabet using this cartoon character flash cards.

 Rattic in the Attic
 http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/rattic/rattic1.html
 Animated read along story.

 Three Little Kittens
 http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/storyhour/goose/kittens/
 Read along Story.

 Robert Munsch Virtual Story Room
 http://www.robertmunsch.com/storytime.cfm
 Robert Munsch's books are available for listening to here online.

 Grimm's Fairy Tales
 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/index2.html
 Read and listen to some of these famous fairy tales.

 Lessons

 Between the Lions: Exploring Short-Vowel Sounds
 http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=173
 In this lesson, early readers in first grade review short-vowel sounds,
 and practice their skills using a variety of games from the Between the
 Lions website.

 Year 1 Reading and Literacy Skill Worksheets.
 http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/table1.html
 100 worksheets in PDF format to support the teaching of reading to Year 1
 students.

 A-Hunting We Will Go
 http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=264
 Students brainstorm pairs of rhyming words and create their own verses for
 the song.

 Year 2 Reading and Literacy Skill Worksheets.
 http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/table2.html
 100 worksheets in PDF format to support the teaching of reading to Year 2
 students.

 Family FUNdamentals Home Learning Activities
 http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140--69358--,00.html
 Literacy activities for preschool and early elementary students to
 practice at home.

 Active Reading
 http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=35
 Students read a story and play a matching game to integrate new words into
 their sight vocabulary.

 Animal Study: From Fiction to Facts
 http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=286
 This lesson describes how to use selected fiction and nonfiction
 literature and careful questioning techniques to help students identify
 factual information about animals.

 Teacher Reference

 Reading Recovery
 http://www.readingrecovery.org/index.asp
 Reading Recovery is a highly effective short-term intervention of
 one-on-one tutoring for low-achieving first graders.

 Center for Early Literacy Information
 http://www.earlyliteracyinfo.org/
 An online resource for literacy teachers and researchers.

 The Reading Tree
 http://www.aability.com/rindex.html
 Information about learning to read and common reading problems.

 Literacy Leadership Tools
 http://www.tki.org.nz/r/literacy_numeracy/professional/leader/lead_tools_e.php
 This site is designed to help school leaders to raise achievement and
 close any identified gaps in literacy throughout their school.

 Rhyme Zone
 http://www.rhymezone.com/
 Enter a word and this site produces a list of rhyming words.

 Alphabet Avenue
 http://teachers.santee.k12.ca.us/carl/alphabet_avenue.htm
 Links to resources supporting the teaching of reading.

 Webbing Into Literacy
 http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/home.html
 Downloadable reading program which emphasises the use of nursery rhymes in  the teaching of reading.

 Literature Cyberguides K-3
 http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/SCORE/cyk3.html
 List of book guides and activities for over 40 children's books.

 Early Childhood Literature Cyberguides
 http://www.cbel.com/early_childhood_education/
 Listings of hundreds of children's books with associated activities.

 Between the Lions: Things to Print
 http://pbskids.org/lions/printables/
 Print these sound, matching and sentence activities.

 Arkansas Comprehensive Early Literacy Model
 http://www.arliteracymodel.com/teacherresource/index.html
 Literacy teaching ideas and curriculum for infant grades.