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toolkit to inspire children of all ages to Dream In Color. Students will discover the works of important African-American poets, classroom activities designed to encourage them to develop their own poetic voices, discussion guides, bibliographies and links to engaging online poetry resources.

Have you ever watched students struggle with what you know to be a great book, just perfect for their age and development? The NAEP recently reported that 45 percent of all fourth graders tested in the U.S. are not fluent readers.

An online community of art sharing, art lessons, and art conversation. This is a great site for students to share their work and get feedback from a large audience.

This website can help differentiate reading levels of curriculum texts. It will reword/translate complex text into a text that is more accessible for decoding and comprehension purposes. This is an outstanding site for differentiating reading levels of curriculum text!!!! Make sure you do the demo and look at their new YouTube video. Easy to use!

Students can create their own stories online and reread them. There are resources for homework help and games to play.

Reading Workshop is a powerful way to structure your reading class. Using this model involves encouraging your students to choose their own books as well as providing significant amounts of time for them to read independently. This site provides a variety of resources for Reading Workshop.

One of RIF's largest efforts in recent years is our Multicultural Literacy Campaign. At the heart of this campaign is a wealth of resources that encourages children to explore and learn about their own culture and the culture of others.

Interactive, multiple-modality tool for a figurative language lesson. After viewing, students may write their own rap, song, or poem integrating figurative language.

This article is about teachers using technology to assist their students in learning to read.

Book clubs, meetings where adults get together in person or online to discuss books that they have read, have gained popularity in recent years. Book clubs for kids and their parents, including mother-daughter book clubs, father-son book clubs, and parent-child book clubs, have also become popular.