Parent Resource

• Fun on line read alouds to complete with your child 

• The Importance of Shared Reading

• What Many Children Do In Language

• Activities to Help Your Child Learn About Language

Literacy Resources 

Writing Resources 

Sites to Explore

Literacy Resource

• Launching Young Readers: Parent Tips:

• Understanding the Reading Process

•   The Importance of Read Aloud
• Help Your Child Learn to Read
  Dedicated to the thousands of children who need to improve
  their reading skills, and to their parents who want to help them succeed.

• Rebus Rhymes - designed for children who are learning how to read.    Preschoolers and Kindergartners enjoy picking out the words   they can read in their favorite nursery rhymes.

• Beginning Reading Instruction: A Practical Guide for Parents

• Components of a Balanced Literacy Program

• Traits of a Good Reader

• Helping Your Child Become a Reader

• Helpful Parents Tips

• Helping Your Child Learn to Read compiled by  the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement

• The Children's Literature Web Guide is an resource related to books for children and young adults

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Writing Resources:

• Young Writers' Workshop - Encourage your child to write and explore oral and written language with many of the Writers' Workshop story starters.

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Sites to Explore with your child:

• Book Adventure - The people at Book Adventure have partnered with the International Reading Association to provide you with a list of great books to read. Every 3 months this list is updated so you have lots of books to choose from. The book lists will be sorted by grade level with any books that have a Book Adventure quiz marked with a book picture. Great reading for kids on or off the Internet.

• Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages. Recommendations for families that would like to explore the Web together.

• Kids’ Castle. The Smithsonian Institution’s site for kids offers an interactive look at the museum’s treasures and educational program. It’s bright, colorful, and lots of fun.

• Kids Connect. Online question and answer service for kids K–12. Sponsored by the American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association, with support from Microsoft.

• The Why Files. This project of the National Institute for Science Education offers well-researched and clearly written investigations of current topics in science. A new story is posted every other week, and the site also includes a small but worthy collection of scientific images.

• Yuckiest Site on the Internet. Young people who love yucky things will enjoy a visit to this site to learn about worms, roaches, and the gross and cool things in their bodies.

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Staff Development 

Teacher Resource