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Amazing Picture Machine-kid safe images
American Library Association-easy to navigate, lots of links
Bartlett's Quotations: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett
Biography.com references
Book Adventure- With the help of Rex Reader and Bailey Bookmark, kids hav e more than 6,000 of the most popular and acclaimed children's titles from which to read and quiz
DICTIONARY.com
One Look Dictionary
YOUR DICTIONARY-MERRIAM WEBSTER'S COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY ONLINENational Geographic Society: http://www.nationalgeographic.com
RHYMING DICTIONARY AND THESAURUS: Here's a wonderful little tool on the web that you and your class will use often--plug in the word you need a rhyme to and voila, you'll receive options you never knew you knew.
Time Magazine's TIMEDAILY: http://www.time.com
Shakespeare on the Web: http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html
Encyclopedia Britannica-Complete Encyclopedia Britannica available completely free to anyone. Encyclopedia Smithsonian - Links to on-line Smithsonian resources and answers to frequently asked questions from A to Z.
Encyclopedia of Days-holidays and others
EncycloZine- EncycloZine is a hybrid portal / concise encyclopedia, with fun interactivities for learning and exercising the mind.
INFORMATION PLEASE - Dictionary, Encyclopedia and almanacs
Library Reference Center
Ongoing Tales-stories and poetry on line
Study Web-grammar, punctuation, spelling, style and usage
SUNLINK-Florida K-12 Public School Library Media Database
TechWeb Technology Encyclopedia- 11,000 + terms
Virtual SchoolhouseK-12 Library Links
Vocabulary University-lesson plans and language arts activities
Word Central-Online Dictionary
Word Detective-a newspaper column answering readers' questions about words and language
 Language Arts (Authors below)
A Celebration of Women Writers Biographical, bibliographical and texts of non-fiction and fiction written by women
America Reads Challenge- presidential initiative to help children become better readers
byGosh-children's books online
Children's Books Online-volunteer driven project
Children's Digital Library- 800 books for children 8-13
Children's Literature Web Guide-an index of sites dedicated to books for children
Children's Literature Internet Resources Offers links to other sites that all relate to children's literature and books of quality for classroom and home
Daily Grammar - Daily Grammar is a free service of Word Place, Inc. Daily Grammar sends subscribers e-mail messages with a grammar lesson five days of the week and a quiz on the sixth day. Lessons are archived and searchable.
Electronic Archives for Teaching American Literature
High School Hub- gateway to excellent online academic resources for high school students
The Internet Picture Dictionary- in five different languages
KidReach - an online resource and teaching aid that teachers in the public classroom can use to motivate students and cultivate reading skills
Literature and Language- Compiled by the Children and Technology Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.
National Council of Teachers of English
National Reading Organization
National Library of Education
Oprah's Book Club--Visit the official site for this popular club, or you can form your own Teacher's Book Club
Planet Esme
Project Guttenberg
Reading Rockets-motivating kids to read and write
Reading and Writing
National Institute for Literacy (NIFL)- The Literacy Information aNd Communication System (LINCS) at this U.S. Government site presents literacy facts; forums and listservs.
California Early Literacy Learning (CELL) and Extended Literacy Learning (ExLL)
Content Area Literacy Strategies-Strategies are suggested in 4 categories:Attitudes, Interests, and Prior Knowledge, Comprehension, Word Meaning, Writing
Florida Reading Assocation and Interational Reading Association
Lesson Plans for Reading- a variety of reading strategies
Literature's Learning Ladders - encourages active reading through book technologies
The Reading Lady-sharing of information
Reading Quest-strategies for reading comprehension
Reading Rants-teen booklists
Read Write Think-high quality practices and resources in language arts
Words and Word Play- from awful authors to tongue twisters!
WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary - for poetry and songwriting
Center for Media Literacy- "Media literacy is . . . an expanded definition of literacy beyond reading and writing, to include how to read the messages conveyed through visual images (television and movies), music, [and] advertising." This site offers tools to help students think critically about such topics as the portrayal of violence and the sway of advertising.
Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement- Five universities have collaborated to investigate and report on literacy issues.
America Reads Challenge Get involved in a national reading program, designed to ensure that every child can read independently by the end of 3rd grade.
Educator's Reference Desk-formerly AskEric
Family Literacy Foundation- This colorful site has English- and Spanish-language tips for reading aloud to children and information about such family literacy programs as "Reading Roots," "Uniting Through Reading," and "Youth Reading Role Models."
ESL AND FAMILY LITERACY- The National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education- As the concept of literacy diversifies, so do the types of learners with literacy needs. One of these groups consists of students who are not literate in any language.
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