HNU Reading

This is another resource for teachers seeking out high quality multicultural/global children's literature.

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

List of ten tools and classroom strategies to improve fluency from a teacher and resource author.

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.

For Common Core resources, teacher videos, strategies and lesson plans, go to Teaching Channel. Find great ideas and strategies in classroom teaching videos covering Math, Science, English, History and more.

Word Games Online for Kids, Teachers & Parents. FunBrain is the Internet's premier location for interactive, educational games (math, grammar, science) for children and kids of all ages.

Introduces kids to 29 poetic forms.

Predictive text writing assistance program. May enhance the writing skills of students with special needs.

Summer reading tracker supported by the Oakland Public Library

In this pioneering book-the first to examine the phenomenon of marginalia-H.J. Jackson surveys an extraordinary range of annotated books to explore the history of marginalia, the forms they take, the psychology that underlies them, and the reactions they provoke.

An interesting way to brainstorm ideas