Literacy:
1. The quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
2. Possession of education
3.A person's knowledge of a particular subject or field
Literacy Articles
Book Recommendations
Teacher Resources:
Put Reading First: Kindergarten Through Grade 3 (The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read by Bonnie B. Armbruster
Strategies that Work and Non Fiction Matters by Stephanie Harvey
Guided Comprehension by Maureen McLaughlin
Getting the Most from Literature Groups by Penny Strube
Making the Match by Teri Lesesne
Guiding Readers and Writers: Grades 3-6 and Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children by Fountas and Pinnell
Reader's Handbook by Great Source
Writer's Express by Kemper
Teaching Reading in the Content Areas: If Not Me, Then Who? by Rachel Billmeyer
Reading with Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in Primary by Debbie Miller
Read It Aloud! Using Literature in the Secondary Content Classroom by Judy S. Richardson
Small Group Reading Instruction: A Differentiated Teaching Model for Intermediate Readers, Grades 3-8 by Beverly Tyner
Reading Reasons and Deeper Reading by Kelly Gallagher
Do I Really Have to Teach Reading by Cris Tovani
Tools for Teaching Content Literacy, Words Words, Words, Teaching Vocabulary in Grades 4-12, It's Never Too Late: Leading Adolescents to Lifelong Literacy, There's Room for Me Here: Literacy Workshop in the Middle School, The Scholastic Read Aloud Anthology, Reading History, and The Yellow Brick Roads: Share and Guided Paths to Independent Reading by Janet Allen
When Kids Can't Read by KyleneBeers
What Really Matters to Struggling Readers by Richard Allington
Comprehension Strategies for Middle Grade Learners by Charlotte Rose Sadler
Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning and Reading and the High School Student: Strategies to Enhance Literacy by Doug Buehl
50 Literacy Strategies: Step by Step by Gail E. Tompkins
Real Reading, Real Writing: Content-Area Strategies by Donna Topping
Teaching Reading in the Content Areas: If Not Me, Then Who? by Rachel Billmeyer
Why Our Children Can't Read and What We Can Do About It: A Scientific Revolution in Reading by Diane McGuinness
Reciprocal Teaching at Work: Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension by Lori Oczkus
Reading for Academic Success: Powerful Strategies for Struggling, Average and Advanced Readers Grades 7-12 by Richard Strong
Strategic Reading: Guiding Students to Lifelong Literacy 6-12 by Tanya Baker
Read It Aloud! Using Literature in the Secondary Content Classroom by Judy S. Richardson
Small-Group Reading Instruction: A Differentiated Teaching Model for Intermediate Readers Grades 3-8 by Beverly Tyner
Learning Communities Guide to Improving Reading Instruction by Valerie Gregory
Developing Academic Thinking Skills in Grades 6-12 A Handbook of Multiple Intelligence Activities by Jeff Zwiers
On Solid Ground: Strategies for Teaching Reading K-3 by Sharon Taberski
Scholastic Teaching Resources 3 Minute Reading Assessments Grades 5-8
40 Rubrics & Checklists to Assess Reading and Writing (Grades3-6) by Adele Fiderer
Any Writing Handbooks by Fletcher
We sell teacher resource books and student books on the Amazon Seller site under Tuscarora Books.
All Time Favorite Read Alouds:
Starting with 3rd and going up, because they have the stamina to listen to chapter books...if you start a series the librarian will not be able to keep subsequent books on the shelves. Some titles work for more than one grade level. Check with your school so you don't inadvertently read a book on a higher grade's list. Some titles can be used for Literature Circles as well. I do not recommend a book unless I have read it myself.
Third Grade: Charlotte's Web, No Flying in the House, Muggie Maggie, Sarah Plain and Tall, Mouse and the Motorcycle, Freckle Juice, Sideway Stories from Wayside School, Bad Case of Stripes, The Day the Crayons Quit, Ramona, Because of Winn Dixie, Read one Boxcar Children and they will read the rest, any Shel Silverstein Poetry, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Fourth Grade: Shiloh, Frindle, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, Indian in the Cupboard, any Chris Van Allsburg, Chronicles of Narnia, Sign of the Beaver, Dollhouse Murders, Tales of Fourth Grade Nothing, Ruby Holler, Chasing Redbird, Witches, Whipping Boy, any Shel Silverstein Poetry, The Stinky Cheese Man
Fifth Grade: Hatchet, Brian's Winter, Twenty-One Balloons, White Mountains, Harry Potter, Tuck Everlasting, Holes, Bridge to Terabitha, Island of the Blue Dolphins, any Chris Van Allsburg, Math Curse, Love That Dog, Among the Hidden, View From Saturday, Secret Garden, Pedro's Journal, Morning Girl, Wonderful World of Henry Sugar, My Side of the Mountain, any Shel Silverstein Poetry
Middle School: Chasing Vermeer, The True Confessions Charlotte Doyle, Redwall Series, Tale of Despereaux, Ann of Green Gables, Out of the Dust, Giver, Diary of Anne Frank, Number the Stars, Call of the Wild, Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Hunger Games, The Book Thief, Red Badge of Courage
Put Reading First: Kindergarten Through Grade 3 (The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read by Bonnie B. Armbruster
Strategies that Work and Non Fiction Matters by Stephanie Harvey
Guided Comprehension by Maureen McLaughlin
Getting the Most from Literature Groups by Penny Strube
Making the Match by Teri Lesesne
Guiding Readers and Writers: Grades 3-6 and Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children by Fountas and Pinnell
Reader's Handbook by Great Source
Writer's Express by Kemper
Teaching Reading in the Content Areas: If Not Me, Then Who? by Rachel Billmeyer
Reading with Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in Primary by Debbie Miller
Read It Aloud! Using Literature in the Secondary Content Classroom by Judy S. Richardson
Small Group Reading Instruction: A Differentiated Teaching Model for Intermediate Readers, Grades 3-8 by Beverly Tyner
Reading Reasons and Deeper Reading by Kelly Gallagher
Do I Really Have to Teach Reading by Cris Tovani
Tools for Teaching Content Literacy, Words Words, Words, Teaching Vocabulary in Grades 4-12, It's Never Too Late: Leading Adolescents to Lifelong Literacy, There's Room for Me Here: Literacy Workshop in the Middle School, The Scholastic Read Aloud Anthology, Reading History, and The Yellow Brick Roads: Share and Guided Paths to Independent Reading by Janet Allen
When Kids Can't Read by KyleneBeers
What Really Matters to Struggling Readers by Richard Allington
Comprehension Strategies for Middle Grade Learners by Charlotte Rose Sadler
Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning and Reading and the High School Student: Strategies to Enhance Literacy by Doug Buehl
50 Literacy Strategies: Step by Step by Gail E. Tompkins
Real Reading, Real Writing: Content-Area Strategies by Donna Topping
Teaching Reading in the Content Areas: If Not Me, Then Who? by Rachel Billmeyer
Why Our Children Can't Read and What We Can Do About It: A Scientific Revolution in Reading by Diane McGuinness
Reciprocal Teaching at Work: Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension by Lori Oczkus
Reading for Academic Success: Powerful Strategies for Struggling, Average and Advanced Readers Grades 7-12 by Richard Strong
Strategic Reading: Guiding Students to Lifelong Literacy 6-12 by Tanya Baker
Read It Aloud! Using Literature in the Secondary Content Classroom by Judy S. Richardson
Small-Group Reading Instruction: A Differentiated Teaching Model for Intermediate Readers Grades 3-8 by Beverly Tyner
Learning Communities Guide to Improving Reading Instruction by Valerie Gregory
Developing Academic Thinking Skills in Grades 6-12 A Handbook of Multiple Intelligence Activities by Jeff Zwiers
On Solid Ground: Strategies for Teaching Reading K-3 by Sharon Taberski
Scholastic Teaching Resources 3 Minute Reading Assessments Grades 5-8
40 Rubrics & Checklists to Assess Reading and Writing (Grades3-6) by Adele Fiderer
Any Writing Handbooks by Fletcher
We sell teacher resource books and student books on the Amazon Seller site under Tuscarora Books.
All Time Favorite Read Alouds:
Starting with 3rd and going up, because they have the stamina to listen to chapter books...if you start a series the librarian will not be able to keep subsequent books on the shelves. Some titles work for more than one grade level. Check with your school so you don't inadvertently read a book on a higher grade's list. Some titles can be used for Literature Circles as well. I do not recommend a book unless I have read it myself.
Third Grade: Charlotte's Web, No Flying in the House, Muggie Maggie, Sarah Plain and Tall, Mouse and the Motorcycle, Freckle Juice, Sideway Stories from Wayside School, Bad Case of Stripes, The Day the Crayons Quit, Ramona, Because of Winn Dixie, Read one Boxcar Children and they will read the rest, any Shel Silverstein Poetry, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Fourth Grade: Shiloh, Frindle, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, Indian in the Cupboard, any Chris Van Allsburg, Chronicles of Narnia, Sign of the Beaver, Dollhouse Murders, Tales of Fourth Grade Nothing, Ruby Holler, Chasing Redbird, Witches, Whipping Boy, any Shel Silverstein Poetry, The Stinky Cheese Man
Fifth Grade: Hatchet, Brian's Winter, Twenty-One Balloons, White Mountains, Harry Potter, Tuck Everlasting, Holes, Bridge to Terabitha, Island of the Blue Dolphins, any Chris Van Allsburg, Math Curse, Love That Dog, Among the Hidden, View From Saturday, Secret Garden, Pedro's Journal, Morning Girl, Wonderful World of Henry Sugar, My Side of the Mountain, any Shel Silverstein Poetry
Middle School: Chasing Vermeer, The True Confessions Charlotte Doyle, Redwall Series, Tale of Despereaux, Ann of Green Gables, Out of the Dust, Giver, Diary of Anne Frank, Number the Stars, Call of the Wild, Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Hunger Games, The Book Thief, Red Badge of Courage