Balanced Literacy Sites

         Lesson plans, information, materials and resources

          for primary and early childhood educators.  Balanced

          literacy links for guided reading, leveling books, phonemic

          awareness, and professional materials.

           Balanced Literacy and 4-Blocks

            http://doors.cybertrails.com/~aethelbah/4-block.htm  more links

              http://ertp.santacruz.k12.ca.us/srk/sr_homepage.html shared reading

                http://www.wfu/~cunningh/fourblocks/ 

                http://www.wfu/~cunningh/fourblocks/block1.htm Guided Reading

                http://www.teachers.net/mentors/4blocks Literacy Chatboard

                http://www.expage.com/page/woodshop 4-block links here

               Word Wall Activities:

            http://www.oocities.org/Athens/Thebes/9893/dolch.htm

              http://www.oocities.org/Athens/Atrium/2613/InteractiveWordWall.htm

                Leveling Books:

             http://204.98.1.2/isu/langarts/bklst.html

                 http://teachers.pps.k12.or.us:591/leveled_books/

                 http://www.1ststepsintoreading.com/bookstore.htm

                 http://www.leveledbooks.com

                 http://159.191.1.204:591/leveled_books/search.htm leveled book search

                 Early Literacy:

             http://mcrel.org/resources/literacy/ela/resources.asp frequent words used in

              books for beginning readers.

                  http://www.mcrel.org/resources/literacy/ela/bench.pdf literacy benchmarks

                  http://www.fau.ed/divdept/musicdpt/people/virginia/hotlist.htm  journal 

                      articles - Phonemic awareness

                  http://www.nap.edu/html/sor/sor-6.htm Journal articles - Starting Out Right

                 Professional Materials, Supplies 4-Blocks:

             http://www.crystalsprings.com Crystal Springs Books- order online

                 http://www.thewrightgroup.com books, leveled readers, Kid Writing

                 http://www.applesandacorns.com

                 http://www.teachercreated.com online classes, and more

                 http://www.sde.com seminars, information, etc.

                 http://www.classroomdirect.com blank tapes, materials, etc.

                 http://www.drjean.org Jean Feldman Materials

                              More links coming soon.....