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1. Literacy Assistance
2. Reading Resources
3. Reading Products
4. Vocabulary Resources

Literacy Assistance

1. America Reads Challenge
   Federal program provides resources to communities to help ensure that children can read by the end of third grade. Includes a resource kit.
2. American Literacy Council
   Provides grants, computer software, and publications to literacy organizations in the US. Download the Spell-Well software program.
3. Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
   Foundation seeks to break cycles of illiteracy through family education. Lessons, publications, and news.
4. Books for Kids
   Program distributes books to at-risk children and promotes reading activities. Provides program details and a suggested reading list.
5. California Early Literacy Learning
   Professional development programs for elementary teachers offers its training model, affiliated programs, bulletin board, and research.
6. California Literacy
   Literacy center offers contact information, newsletter, mission statement, staff, and training.
7. Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
   CIERA offers tools for teaching beginning reading. Family literacy database, events, works, and staff contact.
8. Children's Literature for Children
   Educational organization teaches children reading within an academic structure, presents its board, reports, and biographies.
9. Family Literacy Foundation
   Foundation promotes the practice of reading aloud with children. Programs, volunteers, partners, and contact information.
10. Frameworks
    Teacher training course offers holistic theory and practice for language education. Aims, facilitators, contacts, and newsletter.
11. Greenwood Institute
    Provides training for literacy educators in mainstream and special schools and offers support for tutors of learning disabled students.
12. James Flanigan Foundation
    Chicago Bear Flanigan created this foundation to promote literacy among children. Programs, news, contact, and tips.
13. Laubach Literacy of New Brunswick
    Volunteer nonprofit organization is dedicated to promoting community literacy. List of core values, awards, events, and activities.
14. Literacy and Technology
    Student literacy resource created by Dr. Joyce Hinkson offers educational, government, and reference links.
15. Literacy Assistance Center
    Nonprofit organization provides training and services to literacy programs throughout New York. Find a guide to services and an events calendar.
16. Literacy Partners of Manitoba
    Adult and family literacy program in Manitoba offers activities, events, reports, membership, and contact.
17. National Center for Family Literacy
    Non-profit organization supports literacy services for families. Forum, training, materials, and mission statement.
18. National Coalition for Literacy
    Endeavors to promote awareness of literacy issues. Find fast facts on literacy and learn how individuals can work to support literacy.
19. National Educational Service - Resources and Materials
    Catalog of publications and videos which serve as resources for building cultural bridges, increasing achievement, and improving schools.
20. National Right to Read Foundation
    Phonics-based reading promoters present resources, research, updates, essays, and explanation of phonics-based learning.
21. OnLine Reading Tutor
    Experienced teacher offers advice for assisting children with reading problems. Includes FAQs and instructions for assessing reading fluency.
22. Prince Edward Island Literacy Alliance
    Literacy group presents its goals, activities, accomplishments, members, and brochures.
23. Reading Connection
    Reading outreach program for children in Northern Virginia homeless shelters includes news, tips, and calendar.
24. Reading is Fundamental
    Child and family literacy programs present their history, strategic plan, publications, and contact information.
25. Reading Success Network
    Network of schools promotes literacy through student monitoring, standardization, and staff training. Browse an overview of the program.
26. Reading Village
    Provides resources on literacy research, standards, conferences, children's books, and teaching materials. With a discussion board for educators.
27. Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education
    National organization of college students organize communities to address literacy concerns. Events, campus profiles, membership, and programs.
28. Talking Page Literacy Organization
    Nonprofit association promotes reading skills for kids. Goals, board, research information, links, and contact.

Reading Resources

1. Accelerated Reader
   Reading management program for first through sixth graders. Browse a list of books with titles, authors, and levels used in Gilbert Park.
2. Center for the Study of Books in Spanish
   Review a selection of recommended books, register for workshop sessions, and order publications. Access contacts and links to company sponsors.
3. Children's Literature Web Guide
   Links to recommended books and bestsellers, and unusual literature sites. Facility for online publishing.
4. Education Process Improvement Center
   Describes the accelerated reader and STAR reading programs supplied by Advantage Learning Systems. Order these products.
5. International Reading Association
   Provides information on conventions and forums, councils and programs, and international projects. Read journals and visit the book store.
6. Learning to Read, Reading to Learn
   By the ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education. Campaign shares the importance and tips for reading and supplies resources.
7. Learning to Read
   Discusses balanced literacy, interactive lessons, and recommended books. Connect to the National Council of Teachers of English homepage.
8. Mount Miguel Library - American and World Author Links
   Lists resources for authors, poetry archives, lesson plans and documents on various classics, and other useful links.
9. Nation's Report Card
   National Assessment of Educational Progress presents this 2001 study on the reading progress of grades 4, 8, and 12. Downloadable in a PDF file.
10. Overbooked - Children's and Young Adult Literature
    Comprehensive list features reading links for readers of all ages. Search according to genre or level, connect to book stores, and find reviews.
11. Phonic Links
    California guide on reading comprehension features profiles of helpful books, teaching strategies, and a FAQ on state standards.
12. Read In
    Learn about this once-a-year, Internet event allowing children around the world to talk to their peers and to famous authors. Purchase books.
13. Reader's Theatre at Baie Comeau High School
    Access teaching guidelines, download sample scripts, and connect to related web sites. Submit questions and comments.
14. Readers Theatre Online Canada
    Search for and order reading scripts written for specific grade levels. Includes folk tales, science stories, and histories.
15. Reading Plans from the Teacher's Desk
    Look over a collection of teaching ideas for the classroom. Lesson plans range from reading bingo and story chains to alternative book reports.
16. SEDL - Reading Assessment Database for Grades K-3
    Presented by the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. Find language, diversity, and teaching programs, research projects, and services.
17. Storyteller.net
    Hear stories via RealPlayer, subscribe for mailings, participate in activities and puzzles, and submit works. Purchase items and enter raffles.
18. Texas Center for Reading and Language Arts
    View the top news bulletins with photos, order professional development guides, and get teaching ideas from other instructors. Includes a forum.
19. Voyager Learning
    Focuses the experience and resources of its founders, board members, and staff on helping public schools ensure that every child has a successful educational experience and that no child is left behind.
20. Wisconsin State Reading Association
    Seek membership info, local council contacts, and schedules for meetings, events, and conventions. Read legislative news and join the discussion.

Reading Products

1. AceReader Speed Reading Software
   Check out this speed reading tutorial program for student and adult learners. Download a free demo and read the reviews.
2. Best Educational System For Teaching
   See photos of this early reader teaching kit. Includes a suggested curriculum for EL students.
3. Blumenfeld's Alpha-Phonics
   Features items included in this multimedia reading system with a background on the company, a summary of literacy issues, and ordering details.
4. Hooked on Phonics
   Browse a summary and images of the products from books to flash cards. Read research findings, make a purchase, and check out the parent center.
5. Language Tune Up Kit
   Serves remedial reading teachers of children, teens and adults. Read about the phonics techniques and guarantee.
6. Learning Links
   Highlights new products including books, study guides, and videos for teaching literature. Request a catalog and review the company's history.
7. Learning Skills Reading and Phonics
   Learn about these educator developed reading skills kits. Find teacher's manual and kit samples.
8. Megaphonics Reading Aids
   See reading flip cards and a word game designed to teach reading to students suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder.
9. Operation Bookworm
   The early bird catches the reading worm with activities, fundraising ideas, and family oriented reading games.
10. PhonicsTutor
    Find a CD ROM reading tutorial designed to increase comprehension rates in students. Uses sound and demonstrates spelling rules.
11. Phunny Phonics
    Submit an order form, read customer comments, and learn about the creators of this audio tape and coloring book product. Find reading news.
12. Reading Reflex
    Find a book written to heighten literacy in children and adults. Uses the Phono-Graphix method used by Reading America group.
13. ReadingTLC
    Get a discount by downloading this reading tutorial off the Internet. Find program design and research studies.
14. Rocket Reader
    Find a CD tutorial designed to increase reading and retention rates in adult readers. Download from commercial sites or purchase outright.
15. Rocky Mountain Learning Systems
    Look over educational software, lesson plans, and learning labs. Download online demos.
16. Softology
    Find educational researchers, software programs, and products for teaching disabled students. See studies, articles, and training materials.
17. Understanding and Overcoming Dyslexia
    Psychologist and therapist offers a reading program of overcome the handicap of dyslexia in children and adults.

Vocabulary Resources

1. Building a Dynamic Vocabulary
   The Business Hotline - Two volumes of audio cassettes contain words pooled from sections of the New York Times. Promises to expand conversational skills.
2. Business English Exercises
   Enhance work-related conversation by going through these fill-ins from sample dialogues. Find style points on speaking in different environments.
3. Dictionary.com Word of the Day
   Check frequently to learn new terms with each listing paired with definitions and context examples. Check a three month archive for more.
4. Focusing on Words - Word Explorations
   Expand vocabulary by cross-referencing Latin and Greek elements in root forms. Peruse previous newsletters to take advantage of all lessons.
5. GRE General Vocabulary
   GRE and TOEFL test-taking can be alleviated by taking advantage of these word lists. Download a demonstration copy of tutorial software.
6. Little Explorers
   Interactive dictionary allows children to read brief descriptions of objects and organisms, and follow links to web pages about them.
7. Preparatory Vocabulary Collection
   Reference guide contains 4000 words appearing on PSAT, SAT, ACT, and GRE standardized tests. Claims to work well in conjunction with courses.
8. Seldeen's Vocab.SAT
   Standardized test for most U.S. college students consistently contains some of the 150 words listed here. Take quizzes to learn their meanings.
9. Take Our Word for It - Weekly Etymology Magazine
   Study the origin of words to grasp root and affix meanings, making learning new vocabulary easier. Find links to dictionary and language sites.
10. Verbal Advantage
    Book and audio tape set promises to increase subjects' skills to the top 5% of educated adults. Find similar products on memory and negotiating.
11. Vocabulary Builder - San Diego Software Solutions
    Shareware involves students by allowing them to record their own voices into lessons. Visit a library of standardized testing words.
12. Vocabulary Cartoons
    Collections of word associations and visual mnemonics come together in these cartoon-based lessons. Read testimonials from educators.
13. Vocabulary.com - Web White & Blue Project
    Frequently updated resource posts word exercises, including puzzles and fill-ins. Company claims that these prepare students for the SAT.
14. What's the Word? - Vocabulary Enterprises, L.C.
    Multimedia course involves videos, flash cards, and workbooks designed to build vocabulary. View RealVideo samples of the above.
15. Word+ - InterLyn
    Software assists college students and older adults in boosting vocabulary knowledge with a Scrabble-like game. Download a demonstration copy.
16. WordCommand - Lexio Corporation
    Software is profiled, revealing features such as 1,000 SAT-related words, with pronunciations. Screen saver flashes words and definitions.
17. WordWise v8
    OS-based software running through Windows makes uses of mnemonics to help students remember vocabulary words. Purchase and download the product.
18. Wordsmart - Smartek Software
    Vocabulary programs and reference volumes contain learning modules for increasing student's word capacity. View sample pages and screen shots.