Resources

Intermediate

Comprehensive Reading for K-3
http://pec.jun.alaska.edu/rea/
Comprehensive Reading for Alaska, K-3 created by a team of Alaskan primary literacy experts addresses the needs of primary classrooms in Alaska. It contains valuable resources in assessment, instructional strategies, culturally responsive practices, preschool reading and parent involvement.

Reading Rockets
http://www.readingrockets.org/
A national multimedia project that looks at how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. Reading Rockets is a national educational service of WETA, public television and radio station in Washington, D.C. and is funded by a major grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, and is guided by an advisory panel made up of leading researchers and experts in the field of reading.

Content Area Reading Special Interest Group (IRA sponsored)
http://www.content-reading.org/
Great links for lessons and resources; a forum where research and practice related to content area reading can be presented and discussed for the purpose of promoting reading comprehension in all disciplines and at all grade levels.

All Grades

AKRAC: Alaska Comprehensive Regional Assistance Center
http://www.serrc.org/sites/AKRAC/files/about.asp
Promotes local programs and policies that support learning for students most in need of assistance by providing comprehensive training and technical assistance services to Alaska's school districts

Alaska Association of School Librarians
http://www.akla.org/akasl/home.html

Alaska Center for the Book
http://www.alaskacenterforthebook.org/
A non-profit organization celebrating the richness and diversity of language affiliated with the Library of Congress Center for the Book, and there are Centers in 50 states.

Alaska State Literacy Association
http://www.alaskaliteracy.org
The state affiliate of the International Reading Association with a state conference each year and local councils that serve all major regions of the state

Alaska State Writing Consortium
http://pec.jun.alaska.edu:16080/aswc/
A non-profit organization of Alaska school districts to improve the teaching of writing in Alaska; provides professional development courses, a clearinghouse of ideas, resources and presenters for member districts

International Reading Association
http://www.reading.org/
A professional membership organization promotes literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction, disseminating research and information about reading, and encouraging the lifetime reading habit

National Council of Teachers of English
http://www.ncte.org/about/over/nty/etc%5C108877.htm
NCTE working to improve the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. Alaska Affiliate information available at this national site

National Writing Project
http://www.writingproject.org/
A nationwide professional development program for teachers to help their students become successful writers and learners, begun in 1974 at the University of California, Berkeley

Northwest Regional Resource Center (NWREL)
http://www.nwrel.org/comm/topics/read.html
Pre-searched topics and extensive database for reading resources

Read, Write, Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/index.asp
Access to quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content begun in 2002 as a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation (K-12)