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English Language Arts (Home Page)
English Language Arts Learning Standards
Assessments
Comprehensive Literacy Plan
National Standards
English Language Arts Standards
Achieve the Core
ILA Standards for the Preparation of Literacy Professionals
Journals
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy (ILA)
Language Arts (NCTE)
Literacy Today (ILA)
Reading and Writing Quarterly
Reading Research Quarterly (ILA)
The Reading Teacher (ILA)
Voices from the Middle (NCTE)
Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
Language and Literacy
Articles & Books
American Federation of Teachers (2024). Direct instruction (DI) reading intervention program. Reading Rockets.
Archer, A. L., & Hughes, C. (2024). 16 elements of explicit instruction. Reading Rockets.
National Education Policy Center (2022). The science of reading movement: The never-ending debate and the need for a different approach to reading instruction.
U.S. Department of Education (2018). Teaching elementary school students to be effective writers. Institute of Education Sciences.
Websites
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS), University of Oregon
LD@School on Direct Instruction
Lead for Literacy Leadership Briefs
Social Justice Books from Teaching for Change (Access titles through local libraries)
Worlds of Words Booklists (Globalizing the K-12 Reading lists)
Podcasts
Knowledge Matters: Reading Comprehension revisited
Melissa & Lori Love Literacy
Shanahan on Literacy
Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
Two Writing Teachers
Triple R Teaching
Getting Smarter with Dr. Margaret Vaughn
American Association of School Librarians (AASL – ALA)
International Literacy Association (ILA)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Some materials available on the site require a membership and student membership rates are available.
Read, Write, Think (NCTE)
In the Classroom (Strategies)
National Education Policy Center on the Science of Reading
International Dyslexia Association Digital Library
National Center on Improving Literacy
WWU Library
Children’s Literature Interdisciplinary Collection
Poetry for Children & Teens (PoetryCHaT)
American Library Association (ALSC)
Recommended Books
Book & Media Awards - Award Winning Children’s Books
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers