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for making folders or using the Storyboard. Students under the age of 13 are not
permitted to register.

Instructional Resources for Language Arts

Into the Book (reading.ecb.org) has a teacher side and a student side for working
with the comprehension strategies. On the teacher side are videos of teachers
teaching the strategies, lesson plans for extensions, and other teacher resources.
On the student side, students explore each comprehension strategy through videos
and activities. Student activities are also available in Spanish. Although this is
listed as a K–4 site, most of the student activities would be difficult for anyone
younger than Grade 4 without teacher intervention and could be used through
early middle school.

Reading Strategies for Students (tiny.cc/57ziwy) lists and annotates reading strat-
egies alphabetically. Almost every reading theory is represented in the list, with
excellent ideas for how strategies could be incorporated into classrooms.
Reading Rockets (readingrockets.org) takes teachers some time to explore,
but if you teach young students how to read or you work with striving readers,
this website needs to be on your radar. Any teacher would love the more than
100 podcasts of interviews with children’s book authors as well.

A companion site to Reading Rockets is ¡Colorín Colorado! (colorincolorado.org),
an English/Spanish bilingual site for families and educators of English language
learners. Although the site is in English and Spanish only, the strategies are appro-
priate for working with all students learning English as a second or additional
language.

ReadWriteThink (tiny.cc/m9ziwy), sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of
English, provides more than 50 interactive tools for students. The site also offers
lesson plans that include using the student interactive tools. Although this site is
built for student use, teachers will need to explore and find appropriate interactive
tools for their students to meet instructional goals.

WritingFix (writingfix.com), the baby of the Northern Nevada Writing Project, has
so many writing tools and supports for K–12 classroom teachers—many of which
spill into teaching reading as well—that the site is almost overwhelming. You will
find something useful on this site for every writing lesson you plan!

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