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Six areas of research supporting reading as an activity in different ways.

This site explains what reading literacy is (the ability to read and write), why reading is important, how to encourage reading, and skills that are essential to be able to read. The site also has links to other sites with activities and ideas for reading

The Florida Center for Reading Research was established in January, 2002. It is jointly administered at Florida State University by the Learning Systems Institute and the College of Arts and Sciences. It has a lot of literacy resources.

Into the Book is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. We focus on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Try the online interactive activities, or click below to find out how to get our engaging 15-minute video programs. Behind the Lesson provides information and teaching resources for each strategy.

I have used this in my class!

This is a web-based literacy program for boys. There 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.

Sue Buckley and colleagues research-based intervention. Unfortunately focused to narrowly on word level decoding and meaning.

This site gives a brief definition of what literacy means. It points out that literacy is not just knowing isolated pieces of information, but rather having the ability to use language in broader ways. This site also provides literature "Research" information and additional websites and resources for teachers.

I thought this site was very detailed and thought through to help assist teachers or educators with their questions about literacy. On the website you will find the definition of literacy, their literacy beliefs, literature review, action research, references, and favorite literacy web sites. Under literacy beliefs, they have broken down the term into four categories- learner, curriculum, teacher, and assessment. This is great for educators as they can read specific beliefs on literacy based on the specific topic of interest or need.

This site is a free online poster site. This would be wonderful for students to use in order to create posters of a biography that has been read, or on a topic for research in the lab. Other suggestions might be the identification of the summary of a story or the characters listed in a story. One might even create a wanted poster of a character to focus on traits. The possibilities are endless!

The official web site of the Gaston-Lincoln Regional Library, Gaston County, North Carolina. Through the tab "online databases" you can get free access to tumble books and start squad which are both nice literacy rich sites for younger kids. Also has research guides on a variety of subjects online.

Sally Shaywitz's center. Links to info on dyslexia research, resources for parents and for educators.

There is a great deal of information here- especially regarding young learners and technology integration in the classroom. I have been struggling with how to integrate more technology in to my kindergarten classroom- this article was very helpful!