Resources for LTCY 520 - Adult Literacy Clinic

Time Line Tool

• http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/index.html

Writing

• Holistic checklist/scoring guide for writing:  http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/0139711694_223.pdf

Tools for Learners

• Notestar:  http://notestar.4teachers.org/

  • NoteStar is the newest utility to assist Project Based Learning on the World Wide Web. It allows teachers to create projects for their students. Students may then take advantage of NoteStar's many features to collect and organize their notes.
     

Print Materials:

Dixon-Krauss, L. (1996). VYGOTSKY IN THE CLASSROOM: MEDIATED LITERACY, INTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT. White Plains, NY: Longman.
 

Resources:

Bear, D.R., Invernizzi, M., Templeton, S., & Johnston, F. (2000). Words their way: Word study for phonics, vocabulary, and
    spelling instruction. NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.

Burns, P.C., Roe, B.D. (1999).  Informal reading inventory:  Preprimer to twelfth grade (5th edition).  Boston, MA:  Houghton
    Mifflin Company.

Burns, P.C., Roe, B.D., & Smith, S.H. (2002).  Teaching reading in today's elementary schools (8th edition).  Boston, MA:
    Houghton Mifflin Company.

Solley, B.A. (2000).  Writers' Workshop:  Reflections of elementary and middle school teachers.  Needham Heights, MA:
Allyn & Bacon.

Yopp, R.H., & Yopp, H.K. (2001).  Literature-based reading activities (3rd edition).  Boston, MA:  Allyn & Bacon.
 

Allington, R.L., & Walmsley, S.A. (1995). No quick fix. New York, NY: Teacher’s College Press.

Atwell, N. (987). In the middle: Writing, reading, and learning with adolescents. Montclair, NJ: Boynton/Cook.

Calkins, L. (1994). The art of teaching writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Clay, M.M. (1979). The early detection of reading difficulties. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Cunningham, P.M. (1991). Phonics they use: Words for reading and writing. NY: Harper-Collins.

Delpit, L. (1995). Other people’s children: Cultural conflict in the classroom. NY: New Press.

Henderson, E. (1990). Teaching spelling (2nd Ed.). Boston: Houghton-Mifflin.

Kobrin, B. (1988). Eyeopeners! NY: Penguin Books.

Morrow, L.M. (1997). Literacy development in the early years: Helping children read and write. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

McMahon, S.I., & Raphael, T.E. (1997). The book club connection: Literacy learning and classroom talk. NY: Teacher’s
College Press.

Routman, R. (1991). Invitations: Changing as teachers and learners. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Reading Research Quarterly                                               Language Arts Reading Improvement

Journal for Adolescent and Adult Literacy                         The Reading Teacher English Journal

Journal for Literacy Research Reading Horizons               Urban Education

Reading Research and Instruction                                       Reading Psychology

Journal of Reading Behavior                                                 Journal of Negro Education

Action in Teacher Education                                                 Harvard Educational Review

Journal of Reading                                                                 Journal of Teacher Education

Educational Researcher                                                         Review of Educational Research
 
 
 

Teacher-oriented sites:

Kentucky Department of Education http://www.kde.state.ky.us 

International Reading Association http://www.reading.org 

Children’s Literature Web Guide http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown 

ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading English & Communication http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/index.html 

Booklist (reviews) http://www.ala.org/booklist/ 

Pam Petty's Educational Website http://www.pampetty.com 

Child-oriented sites:

Kids on the Web http://www.zen.org/~brendan/kids.html 

Jan Brett’s Home Page http://www.janbrett.com 

Ann Arbor District Library Kid’s Page http://www.annarbor.lib.mi.us/kidspg/kidspg2.html