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Hello, Yukon educators. In the spring of 2009, when I was seconded to the Department of Education as Literacy/Assessment Consultant, I started a wiki so that I could put all the useful literacy-related sites I can find in one place. However, I eventually realized that a website would be more effective. There is a huge amount of information out there, but these are the sites that I like and that I think will be most helpful to educators working in K to 12.
Sometimes the menu hides. I have a few pages here: adolescent, early and emergent,and so on. Hit home to see the list.
Literacy Sites for Teachers
BC Teachers of English Language Arts This is a BC Provincial Specialist Association, made of teachers from BC and Yukon. Some familiar names: Leyton Schnellert is a Past President, and Joanne Panas contributes to their journal, English Practice. There are lots of useful links on this site. Check out the info on
the fall 2010 conference, "Building Pathways," which will be held in Richmond in October.
BC Primary Teachers' Association is also a BC Provincial Specialist Association. Their site includes lots of useful links. There are two conferences coming up, a kindergarten conference in August, and a primary conference in October.
Orca Publishers Western Canadian children's book publisher. Many downloadable teachers' guides available.
Novel Guide "is the premier free source for literary analysis on the web providing study guides as an educational supplement." This is one of Microsoft's Top 14 Sites for Students.
Shakespeare Online This site was started more than ten years ago by an English Honours grad from the U of A. It's one of Microsoft's Top 14 for Students.
The Gutenberg Project , which provides free downloadable books in the US, is another of Microsoft's Top 14. I am not sure whether Gutenberg Canada is affiliated with the original site or not. Another source of downloadable books comes from the University of Pennsylvania: The Online Books Page
Poets.org from the Academy of American Poets.
Web English Teacher I am not sure of this site's pedigree, but it's got lots of interesting links.
Teachers and Writers Collaborative This is a New York-based organization that "seeks to educate the imagination by offering innovative creative writing programs for students and teachers, and by providing a variety of publications and resources to support learning through the literary arts."
Scholastic Teachers' Page Scholastic Publishers have some free resources on this site that might be useful. For example, under Student Activities, there's a free kids' online dictionary. Word Wizard Dictionary I know it's a commercial site, and they would like us to buy things...but it's worth checking out. Laura Robb Blog This blog has some useful tools for teaching reading.
Instructional Strategies Online A great site from Saskatoon Public Schools. Check out the Instructional Methods pages for lots of literacy-related suggestions: Book Talks, Picture Word Inductive Method, Probable Passages and kazoodles more.
Reading Rockets This is an American site, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.
Writers in Electronic Residence "WiER connects students across Canada with writers, teachers and one another in an animated exchange of original writing and commentary." This sounds interesting, but there is a fee of $650 per term per class.
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