Resources- The initials in green at the end of each resource are used throughout this document to refer you back to one of these resources and its page number.

Literacy Instruction Now Knowledge for Teachers Implementing State Standards (Reading LINKS Document) http://www.ksde.org/outcomes/links.pdf

The Writing Process – a great website

Available from KSDE – 3^rd – 8^th plus HS Reading Standards flipcharts

http://www.ksde.org/outcomes/readflipchtsa2005.html

Available from ASCD:

· Teaching Reading in the Content Areas 2^nd Edition Billmeyer & Barton 1-893476-05-7 $27.95 (TRCA)

· Teaching Reading in Mathematics 2^nd Edition Barton & Heidema 1-893476-04-9 $29.95 (TRM)

· Teaching Reading in Social Studies Doty, Cameron & Barton 1-893476-07-3 $24.95 (TRSS)

· Teaching Reading in Science Barton & Jordon 1-893476-03-0 $22.95 (TRS)

· Reading Strategies for the Content Areas - Volumes 1 & 2 by Sue Beers & Lou Howell.

· Teaching Writing in the Content Areas by Vicki Urquhart & Monette McIver.

Available from ISTE.org:

· Structured Writing: Using Inspiration Software to Teach Paragraph Development Haynes & McMurdo 1-56484-171-5 $29.95 (SW)

• Structured Writing II—Using Inspiration Software to Teach Essay Development

Available from Options Publishing:

Comprehensive Reading Assessment Grades 2-8 – Excellent Resource Skills Covered by Grade
2^ndGrade	3^rdGrade	4^thGrade	5^thGrade	6^thGrade	7^thGrade	8^th Grade
Character Setting Predicting Sequence Cause & Effect Compare & Contrast Vocabulary Genre Details Classifying Drawing Conclusions Main Idea	Main Idea Setting Cause & Effect Details Fiction Character Drawing Conclusions Fact & Opinion Context Clues Compare & Contrast Genre Predicting Nonfiction Classifying Sequence	Author’s Purpose Cause & Effect Character Classifying Compare & Contrast Context Clues Details Drawing Conclusions Fact & Opinion Genre Main Idea Making Inferences Plot Sequence Setting Details Theme	Author’s Purpose Cause & Effect Character Classifying Compare & Contrast Context Clues Details Drawing Conclusions Fact & Opinion Genre Main Idea Making Inferences Plot Sequence Setting Details Theme	Author’s Purpose Cause & Effect Character Compare & Contrast Context Clues Details Drawing Conclusions Fact & Opinion Genre Main Idea Making Inferences Plot Sequence Setting Details Theme	Author’s Purpose Cause & Effect Character Compare & Contrast Context Clues Critical Analysis Details Drawing Conclusions Fact & Opinion Generalizations Genre Literary Devices Main Idea Making Inferences Mood Plot Sequence Setting Details Theme	Author’s Purpose Cause & Effect Character Compare & Contrast Context Clues Critical Analysis Details Drawing Conclusions Fact & Opinion Generalizations Genre Literary Devices Main Idea Making Inferences Mood Plot Sequence Details Theme

Available From Pearson Learning Group:

· iOpener K-6 series: This series includes a variety of texts that cover specific skills. Some texts include persuasive.

· QuickReads Elementary – Reading Comprehension activities

· QuickReads Secondary – Reading Comprehension activities

Available from Zaner-Bloser

· Read for Real – This 3-8^th Grade series helps students learn to effectively read expository

Available from Kids Discover

· Kids Discover – Great sources for 4-8^th Expository materials

Available from Queue

· Test Prep Workbooks for reading (writing & math)

Available from Carus Press

Cobblestone and Cricket magazines on a variety of topics that match Kansas Social Studies Standards

Available from BuckleDown Publishing

· Buckle Down Reading Grades 2nd - 12^th. They also have writing 3-12, math 2-12 and 3-8 science.

Time for Kids magazine – often includes a Pro Con article that can be used for Persuasive

Available from Houghton Mifflin

· Images (D. C. Heath).  The reading level starts at lower elementary level and goes through 6th grade. They have expository and narrative articles with some and persuasive articles.

Available from WriteSource

· Write Source – The 6-8^th Grade resources now have narrative, expository and PERSUASIVE writing

Available from Scholastic

· 3-Minute Reading Assessments by Timothy Rasinski & Nancy Padak.

· Teaching Comprehension Strategies All Readers Need by Nicole Outsen & Stephanie Yulga.

· Helping Students Write to a Prompt by Sydell Rabin.

· Teaching Comprehension by Eileen Carr et. al.

· Narrative Writing by Tara McCarthy (grades 4-8) ISBN 0-590-20937-X

· Expository Writing by Tara McCarthy (grades 4-8) ISBN 0-590-10387-3

· Descriptive Writing by Tara McCarthy (grades 4-8) ISBN 0-590-20932-9

· Persuasive Writing by Tara McCarthy (grades 4-8) ISBN 0-590-20934-5

· Scholastic News magazines – Grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5/6

· Junior Scholastic magazine – Secondary SS

Available from International Reading Association

· Informational Text in K-3 Classrooms by Sharon Kletzien & Mariam Dreher.

· Reading and Writing Literary Genres by Kathleen Buss & Lee Karnowski.

Available from Frank Schaffer

· Inferencing (available at different levels)

· Cause & Effect (available at different levels)

Available from McGraw-Hill

· Reading for Understanding (available at different levels)

Available from Curriculum Associates:

· Test Ready series

· Extensions in Reading series - Grades 1-8

· Comprehensive Assessment of Reading Strategies series - Grades 1-8

· Comprehensive Assessment of Reading Strategies II series - Grades 1-8

· Strategies to Achieve Reading Success series - Grades 1-8

· Extensions in Reading series - Grades 1-8

· Connections for Comprehension series - Grades 1-8

· Focus series – Grades 1-8

o Understanding Sequence

o Understanding Main Idea and Details

o Recognizing Cause and Effect

o Comparing and Contrasting

o Making Predictions

o Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences

Available from Carson-Dellosa

· Reading for Understanding (available at different levels)

Available from Learning Resources

· Improving Student Reading Comprehension (available at different levels)

Available from Teacher Ideas Press

· Teaching Problem Solving through Children’s Literature by James Forgan.

Available from Heinemann

· Make It Real: Strategies for Success with Informational Texts by Linda Hoyt.

Available from H. W. Wilson

· The series known as The Reference Shelf is practically all persuasive writing.  Each book covers a single topic. 

Available from Oryx Press

Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devises: Recommended Books for Children and Young Adults by Susan Hall.

Available from New Standards

· Reading & Writing: Grade by Grade.

Rube Goldberg by Maynard Frank Wolfe. Many of the cartoons in this book can be used as technical writing. Students can also create their own Rube Goldberg-like cartoons.

Vocabulary

· Animalogies. Scholastic. ISBN -0439611733. Great book for creating analogies.

· Similies & Metaphors from Remedia Publications. 0-15617-56997-0

· Analogies (available at different grade levels) from Steck-Vaughn (www.svschoolsupply.com)

· EDL Core Vocabularies in Reading, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies by Stanford Taylor et al. Published by EDL ISBN 1-55855-811-X. This is one of the resources used to select vocabulary words for the state assessment.

Time for Kids - http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/hh/writeideas

Click one of the "A+ Papers" and then on the "download model paper" button.

Graphic Organizers - http://www.cheney268.com/Learning/Organizers/GraphicOrganizers.htm. Most of the graphic organizers linked in this resource are available in Word format. Go the above hyperlink and select the (Word) hyperlink, download the document in Word and edit it.

Inspiration Templates – Inspiration Guide

Most of the templates referenced in this document come with Inspiration 6.0 or higher. Templates starting with SW are provided with the Structured Writing book. Templates of my design are listed as “Local xxx” and may be downloaded and copied to the C:\Program Files\Inspiration xx\Inspiration Templates folder and will then appear with your other Inspiration templates. All are designed for Inspiration 7.0 or higher. For 7.0 you can leave them in the folders. You can change them to work with Inspiration 6.0 by changing the extension from .ist to .ins (but you must remove them from the folder) and for Kidspiration to .kid. Local Templates Download.

· Butzow, Carol M. Science Through Children’s Literature: An Integrated Approach. 2^nd Edition. Libraries Unlimited, 2000. 1563086514

· Kletzien, Sharon. Informational Text in K-3 Classrooms: Helping Children Read and Write. International Reading Association, 2004. 0872075370.

· Buss, Kathleen. Reading and Writing Nonfiction Genres. International Reading Association, 2003. 0872073467.

· Walker, Christine. Teaching Reading Strategies in the School Library. Libraries Unlimited, 2004. 1591581206.

· Hoyt, Linda. Make It Real: Strategies for Success with Informational Texts. Heinemann, 2002. 0325005370.

· Evans, Caroline. Math Links: Teaching the NCTM 2000 Standards Through Children’s Literature. Teacher Ideas Press, 2001. 1563087871.

· Ayers, Linda. Read It Again! Standards-Based Literature Lessons for Young Children. Linworth Publishing, 2003. 1586831232.

· Forgan, James. Teaching Problem Solving through Children’s Literature. Teacher Ideas Press, 2003. 1563089815.

Internet Resources

BrainChild - Excellent online testing samples

TAAS Reading Practice – 6^th-8^th Grade practice

Oregon Sample Assessments

Internet4Classrooms

Internet4Classrooms Skills by Grade Level

Harcourt Reading

Reading Resources

The Reading Matrix

Teachers’ Corner - Comprehension

ProTeacher

Issues in Literacy Development

Eli’s Homework Helpers

Reading Links

Reading Comprehension

ABC Teach

StarFall

Reading Matrix

EdHelper Reading Comprehension