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General Information Reading Strategies/Tools Calculate Reading Level Lexile Framework Reduce Reading Level

Also see Language Arts, Children's Literature. Also, AutoSummarize includes information about cognitive rescaling.

Epic! - Unlimited Books and Educational Videos for Kids (12 and Under) (Android and iOS, $4.99/month - free version for schools) https://www.getepic.com/

GENERAL INFORMATION
Why Johnny (Still) Can't Read: Schools Meet the Challenge of Producing Teen Readers by Carol Guensburg http://www.edutopia.org/why-johnny-still-cant-read

Tutors are helping themselves too by Carlos Sadovi http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-tutoring_21mar21,0,5876813.story “High schoolers taking part in reading program are showing improvement as they teach 1st graders.”

Reading First Impact Study: Interim Report http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20084016/index.asp

AmbleWeb - Literacy Hour http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/literacy.htm These interactive activities were made by teachers and students at Ambleside C.E. Primary School.

Dolch Word Games [|http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/sightword/dolchgames.htm]

Interactives – Elements of a Story http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/index.html

Blog Readability Test http://www.criticsrant.com/bb/reading_level.aspx “What level of education is required to understand your blog. Note: This tool also works on myspace profiles, livejournals, facebook, and most websites”

Reading’s Not Just Second Nature http://school.familyeducation.com/reading/teaching-methods/38612.html?detoured=1

A Reading Checklist: Birth Through Age Six http://school.familyeducation.com/reading/early-learning/38299.html?detoured=1

Phonology http://www.ldaamerica.org/aboutld/teachers/teaching_reading/phonology.asp

Reading Recovery http://ed.sc.gov/agency/offices/cso/rr/

(Reading Recovery) list of Suppliers http://www.rrcna.com/sections/home/suppliers_guide.asp

Reading Recovery Council of North America http://www.rrcna.com/

Center for Early Literacy Information (CELI) http://www.earlyliteracyinfo.org/

What Works: Reading Games http://www.familyeducation.com/whatworks/item/index2/0,3500,1-24357,00.html

Top Ten Ways to Improve Reading http://school.familyeducation.com/reading/cognitive-development/38329.html?detoured=1

Toys: Tools for Learning http://fun.familyeducation.com/games-and-toys/educational-technology/35005.html?detoured=1

Case Study Unit: Early Reading [PDF] http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/case_studies/ICS-002.pdf This unit includes cases and activities. It’s from the IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University.

Learning to Read with Multimedia Materials http://www.cited.org/index.aspx?page_id=144 “There is a steadily growing body of research showing that digital text and multimedia environments can play a significant supporting role in reading instruction. This article explores the literature base and cutting-edge innovations while identifying implementation strategies, guidance on choosing programs, and resources to power up reading instruction.”

Reading http://eleaston.com/reading.html

Pronunciation Activities http://evaeaston.com/pr/links.html#act

Take a Regional DARE (Dictionary of American Regional English) http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/DARE/wordpower/dare.html DARE “ seeks to document the varieties of English that are not found everywhere in the United States - those words, pronunciations, and phrases that vary from one region to another, that we learn at home rather than at school, or that are part of our oral rather than our written culture.”

Test Your Vowel Power http://www.pbs.org/speak/ahead/change/vowelpower/vowel.html From DARE (Dictionary of American Regional English)

"Research at Cambridge" [An Urban Legand...]

If You Can Raed Tihs, You Msut Be Raelly Smrat http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,511177,00.html

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/people/matt.davis/cmabridge/

A tool for the "Research at Cambridge" Scrambler http://www.brainbashers.com/cambridge.asp http://www.jtnimoy.net/itp/cambscramb/

READING STRATEGIES/TOOLS
STAR Legacy Modules on the Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) approach. - PALS: A Reading Strategy for Grades K-1 [|http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/palsk1/chalcycle.htm] - PALS: A Reading Strategy for Grades 2-6 [|http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/pals26/chalcycle.htm] - PALS: A Reading Strategy for High School [|http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/palshs/chalcycle.htm]

How to Use Text Structure to Teach Reading Comprehension http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=10156

Response to Intervention: A Rural High School’s Attempt to Improve Reading Achievement []

Active Reading Workshop http://educator.answers.com/main/active_reading.jsp “Teaching active reading to students helps them become more engaged in a text, increasing both comprehension and retention.”

Reading Round Table: Literature Circles Expand Thought by Alexandra R. Moses http://www.edutopia.org/literature-circles “Discussing books creates a full learning process for students.”

Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/csr/challenge.htm This is a reading comprehension strategy conducted in cooperative learning groups.

Reading Instruction: Tips for Teachers http://www.ldaamerica.org/aboutld/teachers/teaching_reading/reading_instruction.asp

Reading Methods and Learning Disabilities http://www.ldaamerica.org/aboutld/teachers/teaching_reading/reading_methods.asp

Different Types of Reading Instruction http://school.familyeducation.com/reading/teaching-methods/41130.html?detoured=1

Hooked on Phonics [|http://secure.hop.com]

Read Naturally (commercial product) http://www.readnaturally.com/ “Read Naturally has helped thousands of students become better readers using a unique strategy that combines teacher modeling, repeated reading, and assessment and progress monitoring.”

**CALCULATE READING LEVEL**
Reading Level Calculator http://linda-andrews.com/readability_tool.htm This is by Linda Wasmer Andrews

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators: Fry’s Readability Graph http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/fry/fry.html

Assessing Reading Level: The SMOG Readability Formula http://www.sph.emory.edu/WELLNESS/reading.html

The SMOG Readability Formula http://www.med.utah.edu/pated/authors/readability.html

LEXILE FRAMEWORK
Lexile Framework for Reading []

Lexile Framework for Reading: Welcome []

The Lexile Framework (PDF) []

Lexile Conversion Chart []

What is a Lexile Score? [Hoboken Curriculum Project] []

What are Lexile Scores? []

REDUCE READING LEVEL
Windows on the Universe http://www.windows.ucar.edu/ by University of Michigan This is a good idea, but it hasn’t been developed fully. It offers Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced reading levels for the information on various science topics.

Weekly Reader [|www.weeklyreader.com] This site contains various grade/reading levels of current events information.

Cliffs Notes [|www.cliffsnotes.com] This included summaries of a wide range of literature. This information is also available as e-books for PDAs (personal digital assistants) at [|www.palm.com/e-books]