Literacy Resources

Literacy Common Core Standards
Tips for Reading To Your Student
"Jump Into Reading" Log

Literacy Toolkits
Pre-K Toolkit
K - 1st Grade Toolkit
2nd - 3rd Grade Toolkit

Literacy Activities
Literacy Activities K - 3rd Grade
Literacy Activities Bingo K - 3rd Grade
Literacy Activities 4th - 8th Grade
Literacy Activities Bingo 4th - 8th Grade

Literacy Guides

Reading Lists

Literacy Assessment Tools
Student Assessment Log
San Diego Quick Assessment
Dolch Sight Words
3 Minute Assessment

Teaching Literacy Tutorials

Reading Rockets: Short videos demonstrating how to support reading with PreK - 3rd grade students.
Big Ideas on Doing an "Interactive Read-Aloud" When Reading TO Children
- Big 3: Plan, Keep the momentum of the story, invite response after
- Introducing book: author, title, picture walk, discuss genre of the book; contextualize story and key concepts of story; set a purpose of the storytime.
- During reading: read expressively by practicing beforehand and using your voice as an underlining tool; read slowly; pause and go with the style of the author (i.e. funny vs serious); stop and ask open-ended questions with wait time (i.e. what are we thinking so far?) and listen to what they say; don’t overdo it with too many questions
- After reading: invite personal response (i.e. what they thought of the story); ask high-level questions (i.e. ask about characters in the book) and where in the text they got their answer (“let’s revisit the text” and go back and re-read sections/ details that they may have missed); focus on key themes of the story (you should have thought of these before the storytime)
Why We Should All Be Reading Aloud to Children: TED talk explaining importance of reading to children.
5 Ways to Teach Kids to Sound Out Words
Helping Kids Sound Out Words
Blending and Segmenting: Contains fun, instructional videos on sounding out words.
Vowel Sound Lessons: Explanation of the difference between hard/ soft vowel sounds & how to teach them to children.
The Vowel Song: Very fun and cute musical video teaching the difference between long and short vowels.

Literacy Websites

Afterschoolcareprograms.com: This site provides dozens of links to literacy games and activities including poetry, vocabulary, and grammar.
BLM Instructional Library: This site provides a library of Black Lives Matter children's books, and contains the link to a Read-Aloud for each book.
English Phonemes: English Phonemes, Spellings, Example Words, and Meaningful Names.
Eye on the Sky.org: Tutor guide to early literacy.
Get Ready to Read.org: Literacy screening and learning activities online and printable.
LiteracyCenter.net: Free, professionally-designed, education material for beginning readers.
LiteracyConnections.com: This website includes suggested activities and strategies, plus a specific section on tutoring tips to help students learn to read.
PBS Kids.org: Literacy activities, lesson plans, handouts, certificates, and other resources to engage emerging readers.
Reading Rockets.org: Tutoring Strategies for the Primary Grades.
Scholastic.com: Read every day, lead a better life.

Literacy Apps for All Ages

Reading Trainer
Subject: Reading
Need Internet: No
Android
iOS
Windows

Literacy Apps for Grades K-3

First Grade Learning Games
Subject: Language Arts & Math
Need Internet: No
Android
iOS

iStoryBooks
Subject: Reading
Need Internet: No
Android
Windows

Literacy Apps for Elementary School

iTooch Elementary School
Subject: Multiple
Need Internet: No
Free Android App
1st Grade iOS & Android
2nd Grade iOS & Android
3rd Grade iOS & Android
4th Grade iOS & Android
5th Grade iOS & Android

Literacy Apps for Intermediate / High School

iTooch Middle School
Subject: Multiple
Need Internet: No
Free Android App
6th Grade iOS & Android
7th Grade iOS & Android
8th Grade iOS & Android
Middle School iOS & Android