IU+12+Literacy+Council



toc  A wikispace for members of the IU #12 Literacy Council group to share documents and resources.

=**Updates** Title 1 Parent Workshop - Website where parents can access handouts from the parent workshop = =**Literacy 2.0 Resources**=

[|Scrapblog]- shown to us by Divonna Stebick [|Blogger] **-** Create your own blog [|Delicious] - Social bookmarking [|Diigo] - Social bookmarkign that allows you to highlight and make notes [|Fanfiction.net] - NewsLits.org - A professioanl development wiki focused on new literacies and digital technologies for middle school educators [|Ning] - social networking service users can tailor to specific group needs

=**Resources**= [|RAN folders.doc] Reading and Analyzing non-fiction (From //Reality Checks// by Tony Stead

=**Web Sites**=

[|Scholastic Expert Space] **-** online curriculum supplement that combines a rich collection of leveled content with sophisticated learning tools [|Crazy Professor Reading Game] - Video

[|Standards Aligned System]

[|Book Whisperer] **NEW** - By Donalyn Miller

[|13 Books to Read by 13] by Donalyn Miller

[|Interactives] - **NEW** - uses interactice media to teach a variety of subjects.

[|Thinkfinity] - **NEW** A resource for lesson plans

[|What Works Clearinghouse] - Check out what the research says about your program.

[|TheDailyCafe.com] - The Daily 5: The Two Sisters

Graphic Organizers

Web Sites for Teaching Reading __**-**__ Complied by Amy Jackson 4/7/08

[|PA Collaborative Coaching Board] - Official website of the PA Collaborative Coaching Board

[|Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse] - The mission of the Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse (LCC) is to increase the knowledge base, research, and practice of literacy coaching.

[|ReadingQuest.org] - A nice resource for reading strategies that can be used in content areas. Correlates nicely with Reading Apprenticeship. 3/6/08

[|Choice Literacy] -

=**Leveled books**= [] - PPS Leveled Books [] - Beaverton School District database [] - leveled books list [] - Scholastic Book search [] - Book alike search

=**Articles**=

[] **-** Turn Teen Texting Toward Better Writing

[|The Power of Family Conversations]

[|RT-61-6-Rainville.pdf] - Situated Identities: Power and Positioning in the Work of a Literacy Coach 3/6/08

[|Teen Writing Improves at Basic Level] - Here is a link to an article regarding writing scores in the US 4/7/08