Links
These links to other related websites are provided as
a reference source for interested parents and educators.
The UURC cannot be responsible for the content or validity of information in these links.
Articles of Interest
- American Educator
- Learning to Read: School's First Mission - Summer 1995 - Not Available on line
- The Unique Power of Reading and How To Unleash It - Spring/Summer 1998
- The Fourth-Grade Plunge: The Cause. The Cure - Spring 2003
- Beck, I.L., McKeown, M.G., Hamilton, R.L., & Kucan, L. (1997). Questioning the Author: An approach for enhancing student engagement with text. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
- Beck, I.L., McKeown, M.G., Hamilton, R.L., &Kucan, L. (1999). Questioning the Author Accessibles: Easy-access resources for classroom challenges. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
- Beck, I.L., McKeown, M.G., &Kucan, L. Bringing words to life: Robust vocabulary instruction. New York: Guilford.
- Henry, Marcia K. Strategies for enhancing decoding, spelling and vocabulary instruction.
- Moats, L. C. (2000). Speech to print: Language essentials for teachers. Toronto: Brookes Publishing.
- Moats, L. C. (2003). LETRS: Language essentials for teachers of reading and spelling. Longemont, CO: Sopris West.
- Morris, D. (2005). The Howard Street tutoring manual: Teaching at-risk readers in the primary grades. New York: Guilford Press.
- Morris, D., &Slavin, R.E. (2003). Every Child Reading. New York: Allyn &Bacon.
- NICHD (2000). The National Reading Panel Report. NIH.
- NICHD other National Institude of Child Health and Human Development reports
- Tyner, B. (2003). Small-group reading instruction: A differentiated teaching model for beginning and struggling readers. Newark, DE: International Reading Assocation.
Other Assessments
- Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
- AIMSWeb
- Cognitive Aptitude Assessment Software (CAAS) - Reading Success Lab
Other Interventions
- Free phonological awareness intervention
- Fundations - a supplemental phonics, phonological awareness, spelling, and handwriting program
- Reading Horizon's Discover Intensive Phonics - teacher professional development in a supplemental phonics and spelling program
- Renaissance Learning Accelerated Reader - quizzes for leveled books
Dyslexia Information
- International Dyslexia Association
- Utah Branch of the International Dyslexia Association (UBIDA)
- Wilson Language
- Neuhaus Education Center
- Slingerland Institute for Literacy
Commercial Products
Sources of reading materials
- Utah State Library for the Blind and Disabled
- Reading A-Z
- Thousands of books on tape, CD, and DVD
- Recording for the Blind &Dyslexic
- Bookshare.org
- National Library Service for the Bling and Physically Handicapped
Professional Organizations and Agencies in Literacy Education
- American Reading Forum
- Center for Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
- International Reading Association
- National Institute for Literacy
Publications in Reading and Education
Resources for Literacy Educators
- International Reading Association Bookstore
- ERIC Links to the library database for publications, lesson plans, and Special Interest Groups.
Resources for Children's Literature
- Tell me more!: Information about children's authors & illustrators and their books
- Cyber-Seuss
- Children's Literature Web Guide
- The Newbery Medal
- On-line books page
- Internet Public Library