This area is for sharing ways to enhance literacy !
Check out these resources submitted by PCIRA members to share with parents to help their children with writing:
How can I help my child with writing? English PDF
Spanish: How can I help my child with writing? PDF
Resources featured in The Reading Forecaster Newsletter:
- Multnomah County Library School Corps — www.multcolib.org/schoolcorps/services.html
- TeachersFirst 100 Best Books — www.teachersfirst.com/100books.cfm
- Teachers and Families Book Lists — www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/summerread.html
- Readergirlz — readergirlz.blogspot.com
- Guyslitwire — guyslitwire.blogspot.com
- Readertotz — readertotz.blogspot.com
- Rasco from RIF — www.rascofromrif.org
- Children’s Books at About — childrensbooks.about.com
- Historical Fiction Novels (5th grade – PowerPoint)WhereWeAreBooks
Booktalks for Busy Teachers:
The Multnomah County Library offers lots of services to area teachers. One of my favorite pages on their website is their discussion guides page:
http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides.html
They have put together plot summaries, discussion questions, further reading ideas and, in a lot of cases, booktalks for over 200 titles for readers from grades 4 and up. I can imagine busy teachers using these guides to spark students’ interest in books. I’m planning on doing a few booktalks each week so even my reluctant readers have some ideas for books they might enjoy.
Online Summer Reading Resources
Reading Rockets — http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/summer
Summer Challenge at Scholastic — http://www.scholastic.com/summerreading/
Jumpstarting Students’ Summer –http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/345.cfm
Choice Literacy Summer Read Alouds –http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/597.cfm
National Center for Summer Learning –http://www.summerlearning.org.
2009 Summer Reading Lists –
http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/forparents/tp/summer_reading.htm
Local Libraries
Multnomah County Libraries Summer Program — www.multcolib.org/summer
Clackamas County Libraries — www.co.clackamas.or.us/lib/
Washington County Libraries –www.wccls.org
Folks have been asking me for information to share with Hispanic families for summer reading. A terrific website to visit is http://www.colorincolorado.org for lots of information and activities for English and Spanish speaking families. All the content on the website is available in both languages. A search for “summer learning” will lead you to some fabulous resources.