Literacy+Resources

=**Please Post Your Favorite Resources** =

1. The "Sisters" share tons of lessons and ideas on their website (Rae)

http://www.thedailycafe.com/

Please let me know if you need an account. Rae

2. Audio books, stories, and poems (Jane)

Lit2Go is a free online collection of stories and poems in Mp3 format. They can also be imported into itunes. There are lots of good short fables, folk tales, and fairy tales as well as some longer classics.

http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/index.htm

3. Book Recommendations based on type and reading level of books

I can't say it is a favorite, because I just found it, but this tool on the Scholastic site gives recommendations based on a title you type in. I tested, and it accepts books from other publishers. Let me know if you use it and find flaws/strengths. (Carolyn)

http://bookwizard.scholastic.com/tbw/homePage.do

4. Language Arts Workshop book with lots of research-based ideas for strategy instruction, conferencing, and student tasks within a workshop format - I mentioned this in our Sept. session with Liddy. (Carolyn) __Language Arts Workshop:Purposeful Reading and Writing Instruction__ by Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher

5. Our Library's Multiple Copy Collection - Leveled (from Alice)

Here is an Excel Document which includes the reading levels of all our multiple copy books. The document is organized by author.