Language Arts
Purdue’s Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Offers online writing, research, and MLA and APA style help.
Children’s Literature: Lesson Plans and Resources
Lesson plans for children’s literature in grades K–6.
International Reading Association
Organization that supports those who help others learn to read. Resources include research, professional development, advocacy, and conferences.
Reader’s Theater
Free, downloadable Reader’s Theater scripts adapted from stories written by Aaron Shepard and others.
Internet School Library Media Center
Information on children's literature and associated language arts.
Read. Write. Think.
Access to high-quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction.
Reading Rockets
Tools to help young readers.
Reading Rainbow
 Companion site to PBS series focused on teaching young children to read.
Math and Reading Help
Original content articles about educational practices and studying techniques for reading and math.
Reading Online
Electronic journal of the International Reading Association.
National Reading Panel
www.nationalreadingpanel.org/
American Library Association (ALA)
www.ala.org/
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
www.ncte.org/

Mark Twain Creative Teaching Award

BOOKS
Leap into Literacy
by Kathleen Gould Lundy

Teaching Adolescent Writers
by Kelly Gallagher

Boy Writers: Reclaiming Their Voices
by Ralph Fletcher

Diagnostic Teaching of Reading, 4th edition
by Barbara Walker

Effective Literacy Instruction (K–8)
by Donald J. Leu and Charles K. Kinzer

Improving Reading
by Jerry Johns and Susan Lenski

Teaching Reading in Middle School
by Laura Robb
ARTICLES
“Why Young Children Need Alphabet Books”
 by Laverne Warner and Sara Weiss

“Facilitating Effective Transitions”
 by C. Jay Hertzog and P. Lena Morgan

“Recommendations in Practice: Standards for a Freshman Transition Course”
by Rebecca Dedmond

“Never Too Soon to Prepare for Their Successful Departure”
by Ronald Williamson

Ideas for writing in the classroom
JOURNALS
The Reading Teacher
published by The International Reading Association