 |  Teaching Reading: A Balanced Approach for Today's Classrooms Pamela Farris,
Northern Illinois University
Carol Fuhler,
Iowa State University
Maria Walther
Reading Comprehension
Web LinksReading Comprehension
(http://www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm)
Featuring free reading comprehension worksheets for teachers and parents to copy for their children, this site includes original stories, poems, essays, and articles. They are most appropriate for upper elementary through middle school years. |
| | | Reading Comprehension Connection
(http://www.readingcomprehensionconnection.com/)
These interactive online lessons help to improve students' reading comprehension and build their vocabulary skills. Students receive constructive feedback throughout the exercises, and get a detailed end-of-round summary report after several passages have been completed. The report gives teachers and students a quick assessment of core reading skills. It serves as a foundation for future improvement using the activities on this web site or other methods of instruction. The exercises can be used with elementary and secondary level students, ESL classes, and GED preparation programs. |
| | | Reading Comprehension Instructional Strategies
(http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/bibs/rdcompel.html)
This site is a listing of materials intended to provide an introduction to reading comprehension instructional strategies for elementary level. Assembled from the World Wide Web, ERIC Database, and a variety of other bibliographic resources. Instructions for acquiring the full text of the ERIC records are presented at the end of this file. |
| | | Reading Comprehension Resources
(http://www.resourceroom.net/Comprehension/index.asp)
This site contains online lessons and teacher resources (which include chapter by chapter comprehension exercises for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), methods for teaching vocabulary, book reviews, and links to other learning resources |
| | | Learning Strategies Database
(http://muskingum.edu/~cal/database/database.html)
The CAL Learning Strategies Database was developed with students, instructors, tutors, counselors, and advisors in mind. Though intended for use in postsecondary contexts, some strategies are applicable to elementary and secondary education levels while others may be modified to fulfill such needs. In addition, some strategies may be gainfully used by members of the work force. |
Excellent Software Options
| Alphabet Superhighway
(http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/challengeframe.html)
It is easy to understand how one can lose track of time when investigating sources on the Web. This is a tremendous site with links to the Exhibit Hall, Cyberzine, Library, Challenge Chaser, Travel Tutor, Smart Searcher, Teacher's Lounge, Parents' Place, and Ask Aristotle. There are comprehension boosters galore from reading across the curriculum to word games and puzzles. | | | | Cultures of the World
(http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/people.html#b)
Another site to expand the materials and information teachers need to make the classroom a welcome home for every student regardless of background. | | | | Hot Links to Literacy
(http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/mckenna/)
Finding just the right website is much easier if you start here with annotated links to numerous literacy-related sites grouped by categories including Children's Literature, Help for Parents, and ESL sites. | | | | K-5 CyberTrail: Multicultural Curriculum Resources
(http://www.wmht.org/trail/explor02.htm)
To find quality resources to enrich the curriculum and meet the needs and interests of a diverse classroom population, this site is a must. | | | | The McGraw-Hill Companies Web Site
(http://www.mhhe.com/childlit)
Check out the "In the Classroom" site for online lesson plans, engaging activities, and stories to integrate into the reading and language arts curriculum. The connections are invaluable and could keeps a teachers engrossed for hours of Web travel. | | | | ChildLit
(http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~mjoseph/childlit/about.html)
Child_Lit is an unmoderated discussion group convened for the express purpose of examining the theory and criticism of literature for children and young adults. | | | | The World of Reading
(http://www.worldreading.org)
This site brings readers and books together by enabling students to read a "wired book." A wonderful extension is that readers can then write a book review and post it on the Web, an excellent reading-writing-comprehension pairing. | | | | NCIP
(http://www2.edc.org/NCIP/)
National Center to Improve Practice in Special Education Through Technology, Media, and Materials. This site offers an on-line library of information about special education technology resources. Watch video clips, learn about voice recognition software, and follow links to other sites focused on special education. | | | | The Scoop
(http://www.friend.ly.net/scoop/main.html)
Another excellent resource for information on children's books. Watch for their critical reviews of software, much of which they find is of poor quality. |
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