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.

All Grades

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://www.alaskastatewritingconsortium.org/aswconline.htm
We do our best to provide the best possible support for our members throughout Alaska. Member districts and their teachers have access to professional development opportunities, stipends, practical advice, library resources, and statewide connections through their affiliation with ASWC.

Alaska Writes
http://litsite.uaa.alaska.edu/akwrites/akwrites.html
Meet Alaskans who share community through writing. Some of the people you'll read about in Pass the Word are professional writers and writing teachers. Some write only for the sheer joy of it. All are involved in passing on the gift of literacy. In Showcase of New Writers you'll find work by writers of all ages, as well as other Alaskan venues highlighting creative writing.

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/writing.html
Pre-searched topics and extensive database for writing 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)

Writing Workbook
http://litsite.uaa.alaska.edu/workbooks/writing.html
Writing activities and exercises, contributed by educators, parents and students from around Alaska; divided into sections by grade level (K-12 and adult)