CYSD Reading

Elizabeth (Betsy) Bird, NYC public librarian, Newbery Award committee member, and book reviewer extraordinaire, writes prolific posts about new books, literacy programs, and the publishing world at her blog for the School Library Journal, A Fuse #8 Production. She is widely considered the most powerful blogger in kids' books.

The study of state test scores to assess student achievement by girls and boys shows that girls are reading better than boys by as much as ten percentage points in some states. As reading professionals we need to be aware of this trend.

Allows you to put in a URL and will check the readability of that site. Although it might not be entirely accurate, it will be very helpful in determining which sites are best for your students.

Students work with author's editors, and illustrators in exclusive workshops designed to guide them in developing their skills.

Thanks for finding this, Lauri, This is a great website. I shared it with the NHE and SS 4th-6th grade teachers.

School Library Journal's Battle of the (Kids') Books is a competition between 16 of the very best books for young people published in 2009, judged by some of the biggest names in children's books. There are some fantastic reviews of books that would be fun for our kids to read. It looks like the books are probably geared to our 3rd to 8th graders.

"Our mission is to transform boys into lifelong readers. We are an organization of parents, educators, librarians, mentors, authors, and booksellers. Periodically, we will feature an Extraordinary Author on our home page. Below is information about an incredible writer who has published several compelling and gripping novels that boys love. "

Love the active participation video with Anita Archer. I used to do "SLANT" when I taught middle school!!

This is a great site to show new teachers. The video that shows an alternative to Round Robin reading is worth showing our teachers. Although it is a bit more structured than I like, it is definitely a great start for a conversation about how to avoid Round Robin.

"Welcome to Guys Read, a web-based literacy program for boys. Our mission is to help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers. Research shows that boys are having trouble reading, and that boys are getting worse at reading. No one is quite sure why. Some of the reasons are biological. Some of the reasons are sociological. But the good news is that research also shows that boys will read - if they are given reading that interests them. So the biggest part of this site is the collection of book titles below. These are books that guys have told us they like. Our idea is to help guys become readers by helping them find texts they want to read."

English - Reading, writing and spelling and grammar skills can help you tell a story, share your ideas, write a letter and make sense of instructions. We use them everyday and they help us understand each other. Math - Why do numbers and formulas matter? In this section see how knowing about sums, averages, shapes, graphs and measurements can help you out with many tasks. Science - Want to know about how our world and all the things in it work? We look at materials, energy, light and sound; and, even observe humans, plants and animals in this section.

English - Reading, writing, speaking and listening, Shakespeare scenes and play summaries. Maths - Number, algebra, handling data, measures, shape and space. Science - Living things, chemicals, energy and forces, Earth and space.

"LoudLit.org is committed to delivering public domain literature paired with high quality audio performances...Putting the text and audio together, readers can learn spelling, punctuation and paragraph structure by listening and reading masterpieces of the written word. Read and listen via your web browser or on your mp3 player. Regardless of how you enjoy the audiobooks (audio books), they are free."

This is a great resource for interactive prompts, lessons and materials for writing classrooms.