If a picture is indeed worth a thousand words, then a good picture book is practically priceless! Here you'll find frequently updated picture book resources, with teaching suggestions and activities you can use in your classroom tomorrow.
Novelinks is maintained by the Education section of the English Department at Brigham Young University. Our goal is to provide educators with quality teaching materials that will enhance classroom instruction for a wide variety of commonly taught novels i
English language learners can read the same content-area material as their peers, but may need special help. Teachers can make difficult reading comprehensible by building vocabulary, decoding difficult syntax, and teaching background knowledge.
FreeReading is an open-source instructional program that helps educators teach early literacy. Because it is open-source, it represents the collective wisdom of a wide community of teachers and researchers. FreeReading contains a 40-week scope and sequenc
Word Generation is a SERP initiative that focuses on academic vocabulary, i.e., words that students are likely to encounter in textbooks and on tests, but not in spoken language. Learn more about the program or visit SERP's new Word Generation professiona
Pre-Reading: Building Background: Introduction
This sample lesson demonstrates a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) approach to building students' background knowledge before reading a novel. Flexibility in the presentation of information to the student
Literactive is the leading provider of reading material for pre-school, kindergarten and grade 1 students available online. The program is comprised of carefully levelled guided readers, comprehensive phonic activities and a wealth of supplemental reading
When sharing wordless picture books, I have found that students naturally:
* Support their thinking with evidence in the pictures
* Notice ways in which illustrations go together
* Think about color choices and mood
* Sequence events in t
"Literactive is the leading provider of reading material for pre-school, kindergarten and grade 1 students available online. The program is comprised of carefully levelled guided readers, comprehensive phonic activities and a wealth of supplemental readin