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K-2 3-8 9-12
Balanced Literacy
Model in Use
Kidwriting (Writing)

Readers & Writers' Workshop

Pawtucket's Balanced Literacy Program Pawtucket's Balanced Literacy Program
Author Studies


(*Click the grade you want to view Internet links related to individual authors)

Kindergarten

Eric Carle

Don Freeman

Ezra Jack Keats

Pat Hutchins

Bill Martin, Jr.

Mercer Mayer

Ann Rockwell
 

Grade 1

Marc Brown

Miriam Cohen

Tomie DePaola

Gail Gibbons

Leo Leonni

Arnold Lobel

Cynthia Rylant

 
 

Grade 2

David Adler

Jan Brett

Steven Kellogg

Peggy Parish

Marjorie Sharmat

Judith Viorst

William Stieg

 

Grade 3

Eve Bunting

Beverly Cleary

Paula Danziger

Johanna Hurwitz

Bill Peet

Joanna Cole

Patricia Polacco

 

Grade 4

Roald Dahl

Paul Goble

Patricia Maclachlan

Betsy and Guilio Maestro

Jack Prelutsky

Allen Say

Seymour Simon

Chris VanAllsburg

 

Grade 5

Avi

Natalie Babbit

Jean Fritz

Kathryn Lasky

Katherine Paterson

Gary Paulsen

Louis Sacher

Mildred Taylor
 

Grade 6

Susan Cooper

Russell Freedman

Virginia Hamilton

Lois Lowry

Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Jerry Spinelli

 
Supporting Websites The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease

Eileen Feldgus' KidWriting Website

 

The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
1000 Most Commonly Used Words (for Word Wall, Spelling)
Commonly Misspelled Words

Connie Prevatte's WebSite

 

The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
1000 Most Commonly Used Words (for Word Wall, Spelling)
Commonly Misspelled Words

 

Resources

Pawtucket's Spelling Lists (By Grade)
  | Grade 1 | Grade 2 |

Dolch Word List and Activities

Elementary Literature Studies (List by grade)

Research on Three-Tier Model:

www.fcrr.org
www.Texasreading.com

Pawtucket's Spelling Lists (By Grade)
  | Grade 3 | Grade 4 | Grade 5 |
  | Grade 6 | Grade 7 | Grade 8 |

BOOKMARKS: 
  | Author | Plot | Setting |   Theme 
  | Style | Mood | Character | Illustrator  
  | Point of View

Elementary Literature Studies (List by grade)

Dolch Word List and Activities

Secondary Literature Studies (List by grade)
Recommended Links Reading AtoZ
www.readingrockets.com
PALS site
www.reading.org
www.famlit.org
www.readingquest.org
www.lauracandler.org
www.kidsread.org
www.carolhurst.com
www.eduplace.com
www.harcourtschool.com
Starfall
Between the Lions
Zoom
The Flat Stanley Project
6+1 Trait Writing Lesson Plans
Running Records  
Interactive Quizzes
Choose your adventures online!
www.literacy.uconn.edu/adolit.htm
www.readwritethink.org
www.literacymatters.org
www.ncte.org
www.webenglishteacher.com
Book Lists

Multicultural Resources for Children
Recommended Book Lists  
The Bookhive: Guide to Children's Literature & Books

Carol Hurst Children's Literature Site

The Children's Book Council Online

Children's Portal: Pitara Kids Network

Publishers Weekly Children's Best Seller List

Children's Literature: The Nineteenth Century

St. Charles Public Library

Stickfigures - Children’s books and artwork

Stuart Stories

Learning Network Teacher Channel

The Timbuktoad Kids Storyworld

Children's Stories

The Purple Crayon

The Children's Book Guild of Washington, DC

Children's Literature

Children's Literature for Children

Classic Reader

Dream Box

The Education Web Guide

The Scoop - Children's Book News

The Horn Book, Inc.

Open Book Partnership Program

A Guide to Children's Literature and Disability  

Lee & Low Books Multicultural Lit. for child.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Addressing Special Topics  

 

Poetry

 

Creative Communications
www.gigglepoetry.com
www.poets.org
www.poetry4kids.com

Printable Graphic Organizers

**Don't forget to use Inspiration software available at all schools, and Kidspiration available for K-3 in all elementary schools!

Who, What, Where, Why and When?

Beginning, Middle and End

Cause and Effect

Central Issues

Conflict Dissection

Draw the Problem

Event Map

Facts Chart

Herringbone

Homework Check

KWL Chart

KWL Chart2

Supporting Main Idea

Problem

Sequencing

Story Comparison

Story Setting

Title Character Problem

Venn Diagram

Venn Diagram2

Vocabulary

Web

Ed Helper's Printable Graphic Organizers
Reader's Theatre Scripts www.aaronshep.com, www.readinglady.com, www.loiswalker.com, www.lisablau.com