The Children’s Book Council
The Children's Book Council, Inc. is the nonprofit trade association of publishers and packagers of trade books and related materials for children and young adults.
The Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 130 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 29 million books and other printed materials, 2.7 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.8 million maps, and 58 million manuscripts.
The Louisville Public Library
Check the catalog, reserve materials online and find out about special programs.
http://www.ci.louisville.co.us/library/
Here are some great Literacy websites for kids!
www.abcteach.com
Look under the “writing” tab for lessons and activities, or under any other tab for more information!
www.scholastic.com/kids/games.htm
Fun, interactive writing activities for kids, including a Make-Your-Own Comic for Charlotte’s Web!
www.writingfix.com/forkids.htm
This site has tons of writing games and prompts for young writers (K-3). Have paper ready!
www.pbskids.org/lions/games/
Fun word games and activities and games for early writers (K-1).
www.readwritethink.org
Look under the “student materials” tab for loads of reading and writing tools, activities, and homework helpers. There’s a great Diamante poem activity!
www.eduplace.com/kids
This site is sponsored by Houghton Mifflin, which is a series used in this school. There are some neat reading, writing, and spelling games!
Resources for Parents:
Dear Parent: A Handbook for Parents of 6-Trait Writing Students; Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, 1998.
Creating Writers; Richard Stiggins and Vicki Spandel, Addison-Wesley, 1997