Resources

Category

IES Practice Guide on Reading Comprehension K-3

(Shanahan, Callison, Carriere, Duke, Pearson, Schatschneider, & Torgesen, 2010)

Rand Report: Reading for Understanding

Essential Elements of Fostering and Teaching Reading Comprehension

(Duke & Pearson, 2011)

Close Reading Archive

On the Same Page: A Primer on the Science of Reading

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REL West -- Toolkit for Teaching K-3 Reading

Reading Comprehension Toolkit

Listenwise

Listening comprehension platform

Auding and Reading

MOOV: Become a Super Reading Teacher

Web-Based Professional Development in Reading Comprehension

Reading Between the Lines

American College Testing (ACT)

The Science of Reading Comprehension Instruction

Duke, Ward, & Pearson, 2021

Reading for Understanding Initiative

National Academy of Education

TIER 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE K-4 READING COMPREHENSION

EdResearch for Recovery

Common Core Standards

Common Core Standards

PARCC

Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers

SBAC-Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Achieve the Core

Student Achievement Partners

Achieve.org

Works with states to raise academic standards

Engage New York

New York State Education Department

The State of State Standards

Thomas Fordham Institute

The State of the Sunshine State Standards: Florida's B.E.S.T. Edition

Thomas Fordham Institute

Center for Applied Linguistics

Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence

University of Hawaii

Colorin Colorado

Understanding Language

Stanford University

Teaching Academic Content to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School (2014)

What Works Clearinghouse

Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learning in the Elementary Grades

What Works Clearinghouse (2007)

ESL Grammar Games

Word Practice: ESL Grammar Games

SIOP

Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol

Second-Language Learners' Vocabulary and Oral Language Development

ILA Publication 2017

IES Practice Guide- Elementary

IES Practice Guide- Elementary

IES Practice Guide- Secondary

IES Practice Guide- Secondary

National Writing Project

National Writing Project

Research on Written Composition

(Hillocks, 1986)

Writing to Read

(Graham & Hebert, 2010)

Writing Next: Effective Writing Strategies

(Graham & Perin, 2007)

6+1 Trait Writing

http://educationnorthwest.org/traits

Make Beliefs Comix

Story writing app, make your own comics

Text Project

(Elfrieda Hiebert)

Lexiles

ATOS

Renaissance Reading

Text Evaluator

(Educational Testing Service)

Coh-Metrix

(University of Memphis)

Foundational Skills

Foundational Skills

Becoming a Nation of Readers

Becoming a Nation of Readers

ACT: Reading Between the Lines

ACT: Reading Between the Lines

Put reading first kindergarten through grade 3

https://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/PRFbooklet.pdf

Starting out right: A guide to promoting children’s reading success.

National Academy of Education book on how to teach beginning reading

Effective Practices for Teaching Reading

NESET European Union

Children of the Code

Interviews with Scholars

Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children

http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED416465.pdf

Ending the Reading Wars: Reading Acquisition from Novice to Expert

Psychological Science in the Public Interest

On the Same Page

A Primer on the Science of Reading

International Literacy Association

National Council of Teachers of English

Literacy Research Association

Society for the Scientific Study of Reading

College Reading and Learning Association

UK Literacy Association

International Dyslexia Association

Reading League

https://www.thereadingleague.org/

Reading Rockets

National multimedia literacy initiative offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read

What Works Clearinghouse

U.S. Department of Education

Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Promotes Educational Excellence

Raising the Bar

WestEd's Blog on Improving School Achievement

Timothy and Cynthia Shanahan Outstanding Dissertation Award

International Literacy Association

Nomanis

https://www.nomanis.com.au/

ELLO

Reading Forum

https://thereadingforum.com/

ReadWriteThink

https://www.readwritethink.org/

Voice of Literacy

Audio tapes of various literacy experts

Bookworms

Free high-quality elementary reading curriculum

How to Love Lit

Literature Podcasts & Guides Secondary

United for Literacy

Digital picture books for children

Melissa Stewart's Science Clubhouse

Put Reading First Helping Your Child Learn to Read: A Parent Guide

Published by National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Literacy Central

Bedtime Reading For Kids

https://naplab.com/guides/bedtime-reading-for-kids/

Evidence Based Early Literacy

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Literacy in All Subjects

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools

Education Endowment Foundation

Teaching Channel: Reading Like a Historian

Stanford History Education Group

Reading in the Disciplines: The Challenges of Adolescent Literacy

Carnegie Publication

History Scene Investigation

Reading and Writing in the Disciplines

Annenberg Center

How People Learn

National Research Council

Networks Social Studies Program

Whole Curriculum-Social Studies & History

Amplify Reading

Last Reader: Close Reading Program Grades 5-8

McGraw-Hill Wonders

K-6 Reading Program

Study Sync

Grades 6-12 English Language Arts Program

WonderWorks

A K-6 Reading Intervention Program

World of Wonders

A Reading Program for Children Ages 3-5

Amplify Atlas

Elementary Reading Assessment

AMP Reading System

http://assets.pearsonglobalschools.com/asset_mgr/legacy/200814/striv%20readers_LR_032108_7181_1.pdf

Summer Reading Materials

http://www.textproject.org/classroom-materials/students/summerreads/

Library of Congress

Classic Books for Kids and Books

International Children's Digital Library

An online library for the world's children

United for Literacy

Digital picture books for children

Story Place

Children's Digital Learning Library

Ultimate Guide to Free Reading and Literacy Resources

by Carly Hallman

ELLO Decodable Books

access code: ELLO-FAMILY24

Play Roly

Free learning phonological awareness learning games for children ages 3-5

Early Literacy Phonics Instruction

Reading Bear

Free phonics resources

Oral Reading Fluency Norms

Hasbrouck & Tindal, 2017

Don Bear on Literacy Instruction

Richard Gentry on Reading/Spelling Connections

Explaining Phonics Instruction

ILA Publication 2018

The Reading League

https://www.thereadingleague.org/

Systematic and Explicit Phonics Instruction

Jennifer Buckingham, Robyn Wheldall, Kevin Wheldall

Effectiveness of Early Literacy Instruction: Summary of 20 Years of Research

Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast

Ready Child

University of Illinois at Chicago

World Wide Words

Exploration of figurative language

Visual Thesaurus

Word meaning networks

One Look

One Look Dictionary Look up

Coxhead Academic Word List

570 Word Families

Teaching 50,000 Words in Your Classroom

Graves & Sales, 2013

Academic Word Finder

Morphological Awareness

IDA Publication 2017

Vocabulary Development

Edited by Tim Rasinski and William Rupley

Structured Word Inquiry

What Works Literacy Centre

Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–9

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/29

SAT on Adolescent Literacy

All About Adolescent Literacy

Resources for Grades 4-12

What Content Teachers Should Know about Adolescent Literacy

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Iris Center, Vanderbilt University

Collaborative Strategic Reading

Adolescent Literacy Intervention Programs

Cynthia Shanahan

Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy

Journal of the International Literacy Association

Bridging the Gap - Reading Research Quarterly

Interviews with scholars about their publications in Reading Research Quarterly

The Reading Teacher

Elementary focused journal of the International Literacy Association

Scientific Studies of Reading

Journal of the Society for the Study of Reading

Journal of Literacy Research

Publication of the National Literacy Association

Reading and Writing Quarterly

https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/urwl20

Reading Psychology

https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/urpy20

Perspectives on Language and Literacy

https://dyslexiaida.org/perspectives/

Reading League Journal

Guide to Overcoming Dyslexia

A Comprehensive Resource Guide for Teachers and Students

Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity

Resources for Parents

Dyslexia Success Starts Here

University of Michigan

International Dyslexia Association

Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk

University of Texas at Austin

Sounds First Phonemic Awareness Program

Achieve the Core

Bookworms K-5 Reading and Writing Program

Open Up Resources

Core Knowledge Curriculum

Text Project

https://textproject.org/teachers/free-texts/decodablereads/

Doing What Works

https://dwwlibrary.wested.org/

IES REL Southwest

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/preservice/

Balanced Literacy Diet

http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/balancedliteracydiet/Home/index.html

IES Practice Guide on Reading Comprehension K-3

(Shanahan, Callison, Carriere, Duke, Pearson, Schatschneider, & Torgesen, 2010)

Rand Report: Reading for Understanding

Essential Elements of Fostering and Teaching Reading Comprehension

(Duke & Pearson, 2011)

Close Reading Archive

On the Same Page: A Primer on the Science of Reading

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://bellwether.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/OntheSamePage_Bellwether_January2024.pdf

REL West -- Toolkit for Teaching K-3 Reading

Reading Comprehension Toolkit

Listenwise

Listening comprehension platform

Auding and Reading

MOOV: Become a Super Reading Teacher

Web-Based Professional Development in Reading Comprehension

Reading Between the Lines

American College Testing (ACT)

The Science of Reading Comprehension Instruction

Duke, Ward, & Pearson, 2021

Reading for Understanding Initiative

National Academy of Education

TIER 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE K-4 READING COMPREHENSION

EdResearch for Recovery

Text Project

(Elfrieda Hiebert)

Lexiles

ATOS

Renaissance Reading

Text Evaluator

(Educational Testing Service)

Coh-Metrix

(University of Memphis)

Foundational Skills

Foundational Skills

Becoming a Nation of Readers

Becoming a Nation of Readers

ACT: Reading Between the Lines

ACT: Reading Between the Lines

Put reading first kindergarten through grade 3

https://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/PRFbooklet.pdf

Starting out right: A guide to promoting children’s reading success.

National Academy of Education book on how to teach beginning reading

Effective Practices for Teaching Reading

NESET European Union

Children of the Code

Interviews with Scholars

Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children

http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED416465.pdf

Ending the Reading Wars: Reading Acquisition from Novice to Expert

Psychological Science in the Public Interest

On the Same Page

A Primer on the Science of Reading

Providing Reading Interventions for Students in Grades 4–9

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/29

SAT on Adolescent Literacy

All About Adolescent Literacy

Resources for Grades 4-12

What Content Teachers Should Know about Adolescent Literacy

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Iris Center, Vanderbilt University

Collaborative Strategic Reading

Adolescent Literacy Intervention Programs

Cynthia Shanahan

Guide to Overcoming Dyslexia

A Comprehensive Resource Guide for Teachers and Students

Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity

Resources for Parents

Dyslexia Success Starts Here

University of Michigan

International Dyslexia Association

Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk

University of Texas at Austin

Sounds First Phonemic Awareness Program

Achieve the Core

Bookworms K-5 Reading and Writing Program

Open Up Resources

Core Knowledge Curriculum

Text Project

https://textproject.org/teachers/free-texts/decodablereads/

Doing What Works

https://dwwlibrary.wested.org/

IES REL Southwest

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/preservice/

Balanced Literacy Diet

http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/balancedliteracydiet/Home/index.html

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