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21st Century Strategies - Pam Berger

ALA

ALA
ALA Teen Reading
American Association of School Librarians
Best Books for Young Adults
Booklist Home Page
Great Web Sites for Kids - outstanding web sites in literature and every subject area
ICONnect - KidsConnect
Teen's Top Ten
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers

Author Sites

Award Resources

ALA - Literary and Related Awards
Caldecott Award
Coretta Scott King Award
Margaret A. Edwards Award
Michael L. Printz Award
Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Newbery Award
Notable Books
Pura Belpré Award
Robert F. Sibert Award

Best of the Web (library web sites)- SLJ & LJ
CIC Elementary Library
Orchard Park Middle School Library
PLCMC HealthLink Plus Your Consumer Health Prescription
SmallBizXpress
University Laboratory High School Library Home Page

Boston Globe - Horn Book

International Reading Association

Nonfiction
Orbis Pictus Award
Robert F. Silbert Informational Book Medal

Poetry
Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award
NCTE's Excellence in Poetry for Children Award

Texas Library Association
2x2 Reading List
Lone Star Reading List
TAYSHAS Reading List
Texas Bluebonnet Award
Texas Bluebonnet Award Book Talks

Big6

The Big 6
Big6 Newsletter

Copyright

Association for Information Media and Equipment (AIME)Cyberethics for KidsDigital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 — Compilation of resources on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.
Education World - has an excellent website that contains a readable tutorial on copyright laws for educators (click on the image to the left to access this article). Education World, the Educator's Complete Resource Guide to the Internet, offers education professionals, parents, students, and administrators a place where they can start each day to find the lesson plans and research materials they are looking for. This site is updated daily with fresh new lesson plans and curriculum ideas, articles on issues that are of interest to educators, parents, and students, and much more.
Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Media
Fair Use Guidelines for Multimedia — Copyright Law in the Electronic Environment
General Information About Copyright
Guide for Music Educators — The United States Copyright Law: A Guide to Music Educators by the National Association for Music Education.
Institute for Global Ethics
Public Domain Material — WHEN U.S. WORKS PASS INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
Public Domain Material — NEW RULES FOR USING PUBLIC DOMAIN MATERIALS
Public Domain Material — Doug Isenberg's GigaLaw.com®
Rulemaking on Anticircumvention — Rulemaking on Exemptions from Prohibition on Circumvention of Technological Measures that Control Access to Copyrighted Works
The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
U.S. Copyright Office Home Page

eBooks

ebrary, Inc. - Part of the ebrary service. Over 20,000 full text books for free. Pay ONLY to copy or print a page. Does require a credit card but It IS NOT charged unless you print a page. Not limit on how much you can view online.
International Children's Digital Library - The mission of the International Children’s Digital Library Foundation is to excite and inspire the world's children to become members of the global community – children who understand the value of tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages and ideas -- by making the best in children's literature available online.
The Online Books Page - Listing over 25,000 free books on the Web. New books added daily.
ResourceShelf - The World eBook Library team has announced that they wlll be offering another World e-Book Fair beginning on July 4, 2007. The project provided two book fairs (where all of the content in the library is free) in 2006. Normally, an individual membership to the library is $8.95/U.S. per year on $1 per FTE student. At the moment over 400,000 titles are available in PDF and searchable.
Resource Shelf - Shakespeare Full Text and Full Image on the Web - Compilations of digitized Shakespeare. The scanning at the University of Victoria is amazing.

Geography

Ben's Guide (6-8) Interactive Games and Activities - Place the State
Fact Monster - Countries of the World
National Geographic GeoSpy Geography Game (For Kids)
US Geography Quizzes - Fun Map Games

Graphics

About.com - Clipart of books and newsletters and notebooks and book shelves and other books and reading related clip art
Amazing Picture Machine
Barry's Clipart Server
Clipart Connection
CoolClips.com
Coop's Teacher Graphics
DiscoverySchool.com
Image Finder (DL SunSITE)
Image Paradise
The Clip Art Gallery offers educational clipart
LibraryClipAtrt.com
Library Media and PR
Microsoft Office Clip Art and Media
PR-Talk!ART
School and Learning
Stock.xchng - the leading free stock photography site; It has a filter and specific rules about uploading photographs, so you won't see anything unsavory, graphic, or copyrighted
TeacherFiles.com
Visuals Unlimited - good scientific, medical, and natural history photography
Web Clip Art - clip art links to everything plus clip art collections

Librarian Sites

Doug Johnson
Enchanted Learning
Grace Anne DeCandido Ten Graces for New Librarians
Hilton College Webpage Links
InfoSearcher.com
Jim Trelease Home Page
Librarians Unlimited the power of collaboration
Library Hot Five
Links From: Keeping Current
School Libraries Online
School-Library.org
SUNLINK Weed of the Month
Teacher Librarian
Texas Library Association
Web4Lib Electronic Discussion (DL SunSITE)

Selection Tools
Barhona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children & Adolescents
The Children's Literature Web Guide
Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
Deborah Ford - Some of the Best Books of 2005: An Internet Hotlist on Best Books of 2005
The Horn Book
What's New in Children's Books by Peggy Sharp

Libraries

Dewey Decimal Classification Products
FNO educational technology students schools libraries teachers parents staff development
FtBend ISD Library Home Page
Harris County Public Library
HISD Library Services
HISD Media Center
Houston Public Library
HPHS library
Information LIteracy Curriculum Clarkstoen Central School District Index
Library Humour
Pasadena Public Library
Resource Centre Main
School Library Journal
School Libraries on the Web A Directory
SchoolLibraries.net
School Libraries Online
Toby's Texas Tales

Timothy Rasinski

- Fluency
Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement see chapter on Fluency and Technical Report 2-008
Fluency First - search for "Fluency First"

- Word Family Instruction - order books through bookstores or through publisher's website
From Phonics to Fluency: Effective Teaching of Decoding and Reading Fluency
Phonics Poetry: Teaching Word Families

- Making and Writing Words
Reading Online

- Letter (Word) Ladders
Anagrams select "advanced" setting then select "Print candidate words only"
Words in Words
Making and Writing Words and Making and Writing Words Using Letter Patterns articles search in "articles" under "Rasinski" - both articles have the forms you can download and print out
More Making and Writing Words - Teacher Created Materials - search for "Rasinski"
Gigglepoetry

- Reader's Theatre Web Sources
Aaron Shepard’s RT Page - Scripts and Tips for Reader’s Theater - (or Readers Theater or Reader’s Theatre or Readers Theatre or . . .)
Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays for the Classroom
Readers Theatre Resources for Teachers and Students
StoryCart - Readers Theatre
Free Scripts from Reader's Theatre for Children with Teacher's Guide
ReadingLady.com - Teaching Resources
Margie Palatini
Fiction Teachers
Readers Theater and Language Arts for Teachers
Reading Online
Readers' Theater or Reader's Theatre--A Great Reading Activity
Reader's theatre overview
Readers' Theatre Collection
Reader's Theatre Script Service
Portage & Main Press - has at least 5 book collections of readers theatre scripts from K to 8th grade
Benchmark Education Company - Home

Social Studies

-Texas History
The Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative is a Federated Search Engine for the following individual sites:
Portal to Texas History - Hosted by the University of North Texas Libraries
Texas Tides - Hosted by Stephen F. Austin State University
Texas Digital Library - Founded by The University of Texas, Texas A&M University, The University of Houston, and Texas Tech University but now includes almost all of the universities in Texas.
Museum of Houston - a collaborative effort of Greater Houston Preservation Alliance, Rice University and Houston’s leading educational institutions and cultural organizations. The site is under construction with some resources available now but the majority of resources available by the 3rd quarter of 2007.

Misc.

6 Traits of Writing - Free PowerPoints for K-12 and More
ACER - Australian Council for Educational Research
Annenberg-CPB Teacher Professional Development
The Art of Teaching: Specialists Speak - The Readers Theatre with Sam Sebesta
ATN - Book Lists (Suggested Reading)
BBC Learning
Bank Street - lessons for children's literature in the curriculum
Beyond the Black Stump
Blue Web'n
Book Adventure's Bookfinder
Booktalk website!
The British Museum
Cam Jansen Detective Series
Carol Otis Hurst - collection of reviews by the Children's Reviewer for Teaching K-8
Chet Gecko books
Children's Book Council - guide to the organization sponsoring Children's Book Week
Children's Book Guild - visuals and information in CBG writers and illustrators
Children's Literature - book review site
Citation Machine
Cooperative Children's Book Center - news for those interested in children's literature
CyberBee
Cynthia Leitich Smith's Home Page - great links and information about children's literature
David Carter's Pop-Up Books
Earth Day links
EasyBib: Free Automatic Bibliography Composer
Edheads
EdNA Online (Education Network of Australia)
The Educator's Reference Desk
Enchanted Learning
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Mass. - devoted to picture book art
Flat Stanley Project - kids can mail Stanley around the world - here's how
Follett Library Resources - full text reviews of books and bibliographic searches
Free PowerPoint Presentations - Topics & Themes - Browse this site. There are lots of good ideas presented...from animals to writing
Go Wild in New York City - more ideas about the nature in the city
Great Web Sites for Kids - outstanding web sites in literature and every subject area
Grouchy Cafe Welcome
Guys Read - a selection of books that are especially appealing to boys
Hank the Cowdog series
Instant Poetry Forms
International Kids' Space - A non-profit kid friendly web page where children share stories, pictures and experiecnces with other children around the world
Judy Moody - about Judy's fan club and not-boring information about Judy and her creators
Just for Kids Who Love Books - index of web sites for children's authors, titles, series
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
KidsClick! - Web search for kids by librarians
KidsReads.com
Lemony Snicket books
The Literacy Project (Google) - A resource for teachers, literacy organisations and anyone interested in reading and education, created in collaboration with LitCam, Google, and UNESCO's Institute for Lifelong Learning.
McCord Museum's Edu-Web
Mackin Library Resources - full text reviews of books and state booklists
MarcoPolo - free content in each curricular area, teacher resources, professional development opportunities and measurement data.
Minerva and Louise books
The Mockingbird Program - a Children's Choice Award program for Abilene kids in grades K-2
Mouse Books by Laura Numeroff
MultiMedia Schools
My Home Library - book plates designed by children's book illustrators for home use
Mystery Net.com - Online mysteries, mystery games, mystery books
National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature - activities for illustrators whose books have been featured in the exhibits
North Carolina Aquariums - click on Kid's Tank
Odyssey Online - a journey to explore the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and 19th - 20th century sub-Saharan Africa
Pasadena Plus Instructional Focus
Peggy Sharp - ideas for using books with kids and how to get the books
Plagiarism - Deb Logan
Planet Esmé - booklists and book ideas from a librarian turned author
Potato Hill Poetry - Dedicated to the proposition that poetry belongs to us all. Potato Hill Poetry wishes to ignite a passion for poetry in schools across the country. We seek to unite a community of readers and writers willing to play with words and explore the power and mystery of language.
Potluck Magazine - publishes poetry, short stories, fables, book reviews, and artwork by young writers and artist ages 8-16– though we do consider and have published works from writers as young as four and as old as 18
Princeton Review site has a brief career quiz at and information about which majors lead to different careers
PUSH You Are Here
razorbill
Read, Write, and Think
READERS THEATRE: A Reading Resource, A Teaching Tool, A Performance Vehicle, and A Chance To Play With Language!
Reading Matters - books for young people
Reading Rants! - Out of the ordinary teen booklists!
Reading Online - Internet Resources for Conducting Readers Theatre
RDN - Resource Discovery Network
Redwall books by Brian Jacques
Region IV Education Service Center
Reviewers Checklist - quick way to find new books for children
SAILOn (Subject Area Interactive Lessons On-line)
School Library Journal - articles about books and libraries
Sen Teacher - Free printables. The sheets will print at high quality filling all paper sizes including A3 but as a result the more complex sheets may take a while to print.
Seuss books
Sheppard Software - We make learning fun! Come in and visit our Software pages, where you can download Shareware versions and read reviews of our award-winning software, play our Online Games, or take our quizzes.
Shredderman - about the author and some superheroic activities
Smokey Bear
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
Spot books by Eric Hill
Stone Soup Magazine - you’ll find hundreds of pages of stories and poems by young writers, including recordings of authors reading their own work
Stories from the Web - excerpts from books; interviews with authors
Suzy Red - "Kids' Wings Little Red School house"
Tales Told Tall - about books and boys
Teach With Movies
Teaching Books - a subscription resource to authors, illustrators, and book idea sites
Teaching With the Internet
Teenreads.com
TeensPoint - A great web site for teens everywhere!
The Texas STaR Chart
Traction Man - the action figure has an online journal
The United States Mint's Site for Kids
U.S. Library of Congress - It's No Laughing Matter - Analyzing Political Cartoons - The Learning Page
University of North Texas has links to dozens of online tests like Personality Inventories, Interest Inventories, Values, Work Styles, Skills and Attributes, Career Planning Sites, and even "Color Quiz - This quick five-minute test analyzes your personality based on the colors you select
UTOPIA - University of Texas Resources for Educators
Vandergrift's Literature Page - a treasure-trove of information about children's books
Vivisimo Document Clustering - automatic categorization and content integration software