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Free-Reading 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. Free-Reading contains a 40-week scope and sequence of primarily phonological awareness and phonics activities that can support and supplement a typical kindergarten or first grade "core" or "basal" program. Check the FAQs for their advisory board, who is sponsoring and research base.

Site for beginning reading activites.  Offere online support for learning letters, basic phonics, and early reading.  Fun activities to engage students.

Information about iTouch/iPhone apps that can read etext.

I came upon this site using StumbleUpon. It is hard to explain but the whole projoect is devoted to the development of reading skills and what happens when children experience problems. There are over 100 video interviews with National leaders in the field, interviews, and ariticles.

Free eBook builder from CAST. Provides lots of supports for the designing of books and provides UDL supports for students who read the books. Great tool to use with a classroom to build a book together, for students to use to publish their work, and for teachers to write interactive books for their lessons.

You must register for this site but it is free to use. For every Guided reading book there is an ESL version in Spanish.

About this Project: Into the Book is a multimedia package designed to improve students' reading comprehension, as well as their ability to think and learn across the curriculum. Based on current research, the project focuses on eight learning strategies: Using prior knowledge Making connections Questioning Visualizing Inferring Summarizing Evaluating Synthesizing Into the Book includes: A teacher and a student site.

I have recommended this site before. In the past it provided a comprehensive comparison of math and reading programs. Now the site has been updated to include new programs, new ways of examining features and now includes writing and AT tools.

Just recommended a similar process to Chami Delong, before reading this. Nice to know was on the right track.

From Louden Public Schools VA, this A.T. team has won awards for their work with students, members of the team published the book The Practical (and fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in the Public Schools.

I first came across this site my last year as an ECSE teacher. ECE programs were just beginning to systemactically document the early literacy skills of their students, and this site provided a good place to start.

This site will also take you to the Math and Reading Matricies, that compare intervention software programs.

Found on Teachersfirst

Oct. 10, 2011 entry describes the Bridge Assessment, from Center for Literacy and Disability Studies (University of North Carolina, Karen Erickson).

Accessible books in a variety of formats (templates) free for download.