Reference Books

SUGGESTED TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCES

 

Books

M.S.Burns, P. Griffin, and C.E. Snow (1999). Starting Out Right:  A Guide to Promoting Children’s

Reading Success. Washington, DC: National Research Council.

Available on line:  http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=6014

 

Readings and On-line Resources

Readings:

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=6014  Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting

Children’s Reading Success

 

http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSREAD98.PDF Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/WWSSLearningToReadAndWriteEnglish.pdf

 

Where we Stand: On Learning to Reading and Write

http://www.cal.org/projects/archive/nlpreports/Executive_Summary.pdf  Executive Summary:

 

Developing Literacy in Second-Language Learners: Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority

Children and Youth

 

http://www.aft.org/pdfs/teachers/rocketscience0304.pdf Teaching Reading IS Rocket Science:  What

Expert Teachers of Reading Should Know and Be Able to Do

 

http://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/PRFbrochure.pdf Put Reading First: Help Your Child Learn to

Read

 

http://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/PRFbooklet.pdf Put Reading First: Kindergarten to Grade 3http://tapestry.usf.edu/nutta/data/content/docs1/NaturalApproachNarrative.pdf The Natural

Approach: Stages of Second Language Development

 

Web sites:

http://www.readinga-z.com:   Reading A to Z www.ttms.org/: Teaching That Makes Sense http://www.readingrockets.org/:Reading Rockets http://www.colorincolorado.org/:   Colorin Colorado

http://www.pbs.org/parents/readinglanguage/  PBS Parents Reading and Language http://www.fountasandpinnellleveledbooks.com  Fountas & Pinnell Leveled Books

Videos:

http://www.learner.org/resources/series162.html Teaching Reading K-2:  A Library of

Classroom Practices

http://www.learner.org/workshops/writing35/index.html Reading Like a Writer Videos