Language Arts Elementary Links

Norma Thiese, Media/Technology Services Consultant, Keystone AEA

Topics

Author Pages / Children's Literature / Lessons and Projects / Other Web Sites to Visit / Reading Recovery / Student Search Engines

Author Pages

Judy Blume

http://www.judyblume.com/menu-main.html

 

Jan Brett

http://www.janbrett.com/

 

Betsy Byars

http://www.betsybyars.com/

 

Virginia Hamilton

http://www.virginiahamilton.com/

 

Daniel Pinkwater

http://pinkwater.com/pzone/

 

Talk to authors and other celebrities

http://www.ipl.org/youth/AskAuthor

 

Rosemary Wells

http://www.rosemarywells.com/

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Children's Literature

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Reviews

http://www.carolhurst.com/

 

Children's Literature: University of Wisconsin-Stout Library

http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/subjects/childlit.htm

 

International Children's Digital Library

http://www.icdlbooks.org/

 

KidsReads

http://www.kidsreads.com/

 

McBookwords: Authors and Illustrators on the Web

http://www.mcelmeel.com/curriculum/authorlinks.html

 

McBookwords: State and Regional Book Awards

http://www.mcelmeel.com/curriculum/bookawards.html

 

Meet Authors and Illustrators

http://www.childrenslit.com/f_mai.htm

 

Vandegrift's Young Adult Literature Page

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/%7Ekvander/YoungAdult/index.html

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Lessons and Projects

Language Arts lesson plans galore:

http://www.eduplace.com

 

Read*Write*Think

http://www.readwritethink.org/

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Other Web Sites to Visit

Aaron Shepard's Readers Theatre

http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/

 

American Library Association

http://www.ala.org

 

American Library Association Resources for Parents, Teens, and Kids

http://www.ala.org/parents/index.html

 

BookLinks

http://www.ala.org/BookLinks/

 

Caldecott Medal Home Page

http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html

 

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature

http://www.carolhurst.com/

 

Children's Book Council

http://www.cbcbooks.org

 

Children's Literature Web Guide

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

 

Cooperative Children's Book Center

http://www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/

 

Coretta Scott King Award

http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookaward/corettascott.htm

 

Doucette Library Children's Literature Index

http://www.educ1.ucalgary.ca/litindex/

 

Edsitement: National Endowment for the Humanities

http://edsitement.neh.gov/

 

Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature

http://www.fairrosa.info/

 

International Reading Association

http://www.reading.org

 

Internet Public Library - Reading Zone

http://www.ipl.org/kidspace/browse/rzn0000

 

Internet Resources to Assist Teachers with Struggling Readers

http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/webwatch/struggling/index.html

 

Internet Searching Basics: search engines for students

http://www.aea1.k12.ia.us/norma/isb.html

 

Kathy Schrock's Home Page

Wonderful activities for all curriculum subjects in the elementary and links to other sites for additional resources.

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide

 

Kay Vandergrift's Author Pages

http://scils.rutgers.edu/%7Ekvander/

 

Keypals around the nation or world

http://www.epals.com/index.html

http://worldkids.net/clubs/kci/wwwboard/messages/585.html

http://www.classroom.net (This one also publishes student work)

 

Learning to Read: clearinghouse for research on reading

http://www.toread.com/

 

Mind Matters, Inc.: Brain Research

http://patwolfe.com/

 

Mirriam Webster word games

http://www.m-w.com/

 

Nancy Keane's Children's Literature Website (includes booktalks)

http://www.nancykeane.com/

 

National Reading Styles Institute

http://www.nrsi.com

 

New Horizons for Learning

(explore and then go to The Tool Room for information about effective learning practices based on brain research)

http://newhorizons.org/

 

Newbery Medal Home Page

http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html

 

Outstanding Science Tradebooks for Students, Grades K-12

http://www.nsta.org/ostbc

 

PBS Teacher Source

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/search.htm

 

Reading Online

http://www.readingonline.org

 

Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers

http://www.pbs.org/launchingreaders/

 

Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee

http://www.spellingbee.com

 

Sites that publish student work:

http://www.cyberkids.com

 

Strategic Literacy Initiative: Resources for Teachers in the Content Areas

http://www.WestEd.org/stratlit/ideas/ideas.shtml

 

USA Today Education Web Site

http://education.usatoday.com

 

Web Resources from Read*Write*Think

http://www.readwritethink.org/resources/index.asp

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Reading Recovery

Reading Recovery Council of North America

http://www.readingrecovery.org

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Student Search Engines

Alfy

http://www.ALFY.com/index1.asp?FlashDetect=true

 

Ask for Kids

http://www.ajkids.com/

 

Kids Click

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/

 

Kidspace: Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/

 

Kids' Tools for Searching the Internet

http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm

 

Yahooligans

http://www.yahooligans.com/

 

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