Recommended Resources
Keys to Literacy is familiar with and recommends the resources noted below.
© 2007 Joan Sedita, www.keystoliteracy.com This list may be copied for use by educators.
Professional Development for Teachers
Organizations, Websites and Government Agencies
Middle and High School Reading Issues
Books, Video, Software for Teaching
Children's Books Related to Reading
Professional Development for Teachers
Keys to Literacy
Offering consultation and professional development to parents and teachers.
Specializing in the following topics: reading, writing, study skills, learning disabilities and
struggling readers. Grades 4-12. Based in Rowley, MA, Phone: 978-948-8511. www.keystoliteracy.com
Grimes Reading Institute
Director: Sally Grimes. Offering workshops and consultation in reading and reading related topics.
Based in Rockport, MA, Phone: 978-546-2144. www.grimesreadinginstitute.com
Kathleen McClasky – Ed Tech Associates
Offering training in how to use technology to support literacy instruction. Based in Amherst, NH, Phone: 603-424-4534.
www.edtech-associates.com
Lincoln Learning Solutions
Elliott Reinertt and Jean Welsh, Partners. Offers research-based software, curriculum and professional
development services related to reading. Located in Lincoln, MA and doing business in Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania. www.lincolnlearning.com
The Reading Institute
Director: Janet Stratton. Offering extensive professional development courses and seminars
related to reading issues. www.thereadinginstitute.net
LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling)
Developed by Dr. Louisa Moats and published by Sopris West. Various components of reading instruction
are addressed in 12 standalone modules. Each module requires one day of professional development.
LETRS training is beneficial for reading coaches/specialists, speech/language professionals,
special educators, and classroom teachers. Based in Longmont, CO, Phone: 303-550-6078. www.letrs.com
Landmark Outreach Program
Offering a variety of summer seminars and on-site training related to reading and learning
disabilities. www.landmarkoutreach
Project Read
A reading intervention program developed by Dr. Mary Lee Enfield and Victoria E. Greene. Offers
five curriculum strands for teaching reading skills: Phonology, Linguistics, Reading Comprehension
Report Form, Reading Comprehension Story Form, Written Expression. Offers publications and
professional development. Based in Bloomington, MN, Phone: 800-450-0343.
www.projectread.com
The Stern Center for Language and Learning
A nonprofit literacy center dedicated to literacy for children and adults. Based in Williston
and White River Junction, VT. Phone: 802-878-2332.
www.sterncenter.org
Wilson Language Training
A reading intervention program developed by Barbara Wilson, Offers materials and professional
development for Wilson Reading (for phonics and decoding) and Fundations (for phonemic awareness).
Based in Oxford, MA, Phone: 800-499-2273.
www.wilsonlanguage.com
Sopris West
Offering professional development for teachers on a wide range of topics. Programs are grouped
under Summer Institutes, Closing the Achievement Gap Conferences, and customized on-site training.
Based in Longmont, CO, Phone: 800-459-4655.
www.sopriswest.com
Christopher Woodin Math Training
Offering professional development for teachers who work with students who struggle with math. Based in Hamilton, MA.
http://woodinmath.tripod.com/id8.html
Organizations, Websites and Government Agencies
Alabama Reading Initiative
Statewide initiative to support reading. The website offers materials and resources related to
reading instruction. www.alsde.edu/html/home.asp
Alliance for Excellent Education
A number of publications and reports related to adolescent reading issues are available for free
from their website, including:
- 2004 "Reading Next: A Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy"
- 2002 "Every Child a Graduate"
- "Basic Language Skills" and "Language Enrichment" for classroom teachers grades 1-5 (adapted from Alphabetic Phonics): decoding and spelling
- "Scientific Spelling": systematic spelling program
- "Foundations for Language": phonemic awareness, letter recognition, oral language
- "Multi-Sensory Grammar and Written Composition": parts of speech, sentence structure, etc.
- "Lexia Early Reading: Ages 4-6" (phonemic awareness)
- "Lexia Phonics Based Reading: Ages 5-8" (phonemic awareness, phonics/word study, early comprehension and some vocabulary)
- "Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing LIPS": Phonemic awareness
- "Visualizing and Verbalizing": Concept imagery for comprehension and thinking
- "Seeing Stars": Symbol imagery for sight words, reading, phonemic awareness and spelling
- "Drawing with Language": Visual motor skills
- "On Cloud Nine": Math skills
- "Phonology": systematic phonics, including phonemic awareness alphabetic code and syllabication
- "Linguistics": Decoding approach for older struggling readers. Includes phonology, morphology, syntax, vocab, affixes and roots. Grade 4 – adult.
- "Reading Comprehension Report Form and Story Form": Report form is for expository text, Story form is for narrative text. Text structures and comprehension skills. Grades 4 – adult.
- "Written Expression": Structured writing, sentence and paragraph levels. Grades 1 – adult.
- Providing direct, systematic instruction of specific content vocabulary and how to select the most appropriate new words from content reading material
- Teaching a word in relation to other words using activities such as categorizing, semantic feature analysis, and semantic mapping
- Analyzing word structure and teaching word parts, including the most common roots, suffixes and prefixes
- Teaching strategies for using context to determine word meaning
- Teaching strategies for effective use of a dictionary and creating student generated definitions
- Acquisition Strand: Word Identification, Paraphrasing, Self-Questioning, Visual Imagery, Interpreting Visual Aids, Multipass
- Storage Strand: First-Letter Mnemonic, Paired Associates, Listening and Notetaking
- Expression and Demonstration of Competence Strand: Sentences, Paragraphs, Error Monitoring, Themes, Assignment Completion, Test Taking
All Kinds of Minds
Based upon the work of Dr. Mel Levine and his colleagues, All Kinds of Minds undertakes applied
research, product development, program design, and professional training to foster the understanding
of children with differences in learning. Offers products, programs and training. Website has
good articles.
www.allkindsofminds.org
Florida Center For Reading Research
Website is an excellent resource for research, position papers, reviews of reading programs, and other information related to reading instruction.
Phone: 919-933-8082. www.fcrr.org
International Dyslexia Association (formerly The Orton Dyslexia Society)
This national organization has branches across the country which offer informational meetings and support groups. Referrals
are made for persons seeking resources. IDA publishes journals and publications regarding dyslexia, and
sponsors an annual international conference. Phone: 410-296-0232 or 800-222-3123.
www.interdysy.org
International Reading Association
The IRA is a professional membership organization dedicated to promoting high levels of literacy
for all by improving the quality of reading instruction, and disseminating research and information
about reading. Phone: 302-731-1600.
www.reading.org
Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
The LDA national office has a resource center of over 500 publications for sale; it also operates
a film rental service, and sponsors an annual conference. There are local and state branches
located throughout the country which provide information to parents and teachers; many sponsor
local conferences. Phone: 412-341-1515.
www.ldanatl.org
Literacy Matters
This website provides information and web links on topics related to middle and secondary
literacy topics, including adolescent literature and content literacy skills.
www.literacymatters.org
LD Worldwide
This non-profit, volunteer organization addresses the needs of individuals with learning
disabilities, their families, and professionals. LDW disseminates information on private
schools, advocates, camps, tutors, testing centers, etc. It sponsors parent support groups
and annual conferences, and produces a number of books and videos.
www.ldworldwide.org
LDOnline
LDOnline is a website for anyone interested in learning disabilities (parents, educators, and
students). The site offers information, articles, research reviews, resources, etc. It is
sponsored by the Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities. LD OnLine also showcases
artwork and writing of students with learning disabilities. Phone: 781-890-5399.
www.ldonline.org
National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)
NCLD seeks to raise public awareness and understanding, furnish national information and referrals,
and arrange educational programs and legislative advocacy. NCLD provides educational tools to
heighten understanding of learning disabilities, including quarterly newsletters, informative
articles, specific state-by-state resource listings and informative videos regarding learning
disabilities. Phone: 212-545-7510.
www.ld.org
National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Part of the National Institutes of Health. NICHD provides reviews of literature and information
related to NICHD research, including an extensive review of the research related to the acquisition
of reading skills. Phone: 301-496-5733.
www.nih.gov
National Institute for Literacy
The NIFL, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education and the National Institutes of
Health, offer the free publication: "Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for
Teaching Children to Read". Phone: 301-496-5733 or 800-228-8813.
www.nifl.gov
Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
SEDL offers publications, research reports, and general resources related to reading topics.
They also have a Reading Assessment Database for grades K-2.
www.sedl.org
University of Oregon
Offers information and articles related to reading instruction. www.uoregon.edu
Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts
Housed at the University of Texas at Austin. Excellent website for information, publications,
etc. related to reading instruction.
www.texasreading.org/utcrla/materials
General Reading Research Books
Comprehension Instruction: Research-Based Best Practices
by Cathy Collins Block and Michael Pressley, Guilford Press, ISBN 1-57230-692-0
Improving Reading Comprehension: Research-Based Practices and Principles
By Joanne Carlisle and Melinda Rice. York Press. ISBN 0-912752-70-X
Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading
Catherine Snow, Ed. National Academy of Education
Jossey Bass. ISBN 078797465X
Prediction and Prevention of Reading Failure
by N. Badian, York Press, ISBN 0-912752-57-2
Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children
Catherine Snow, M. Susan Burns, & Peg Griffin, Editors. (1998), National Academy Press. ISBN 0-309-06418
Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read
(Booklet for Educators)
Put Reading First: Helping Your Child Learn to Read (Parent Guide)
Free copies available through: National Institute for Literacy at ED Pubs
P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794, Phone: 1-800-228-8813
Reading for Understanding: Toward an R&D Program in Reading Comprehension
Catherine Snow, Editor. RAND ISBN 0-8330-3105-8
Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children
to Read,
December 2000 (BOOK & VIDEO). Free copies of the report (40 pages) and the Teaching Children to Read Video available.
NICHD Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 3006, Rockville, MD 20847
Phone: 1-800-370-2943 Email: NICHDClearinghouse@mail.nih.gov
Research-Based Methods of Reading Instruction: Grades K-3
By Sharon Vaughn and Sylvia Linan-Thompson, Associations for Supervision and Curriculum Development ISBN 0-87120-946-2
Rethinking Reading Comprehension
by Catherine Snow and Anne Polselli Sweet, Guilford Press ISBN 1-57230-892-3
Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children's Reading Success
By the National Research Council ISBN 0-309-06210-4
Teaching Reading: Language, Letters and Thought
Sarah Brody, Editor. LARC Publishing ISBN 1-886042-14-4
The Voice of Evidence in Reading Research
by Peggy McCardle and Vinita Chabra, Paul Brookes Publishing ISBN 1-55766-672-5
Vocabulary Instruction: Research to Practice
James Baumann, Edward Kame'enui, Editors. The Guilford Press. ISBN 1-57230-932-6
Middle and High School Reading Issues
Adolescent Literacy: A Position Statement
(1999). International Reading Association. Available at www.reading.org/resources/issues/positions_adolescent.html
Adolescent Literacy – Research Informing Practice: A Series of Workshops
May 20, 2002, Baltimore, MD. Sponsored by NICHD, National Institute for Literacy, US DOE,
International Reading Association, and others. (Transcripts, summaries of the proceedings
and workshop topics are available at the NICHD website.) www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/adolescent.html
When Adolescents Can't Read: Methods and Materials That Work
Curtis, M.E. & Longo, A.M. (1999). Boys Town Reading Center, Nebraska. Available through Brookline
Books, Phone 1-800-666-BOOK ISBN 1-57129-069-9
Adolescent Literacy Research and Practice
Jetton, T.L. & Dole, J.A. (2004). New York. Guilford. ISBN 1-59385-021-2 Collection on the
latest research regarding adolescent reading instruction.
Every Child a Graduate: A Framework for an Excellent
Education for All Middle
and High School Students
Joftus, S. (2002). Alliance for Excellent Education. (35 page position paper, including
recommendations for developing adolescent literacy initiatives. Go to Alliance for Excellent
Education website to download www.alliance4ed.org).
Adolescents and Literacy: Reading for the 21st Century
Kamil, M. L. (2004). Alliance for Excellent Education. (39 page position paper, updating Every
Child A Graduate. Go to Alliance for Excellent Education website www.alliance4ed.org to download.)
Guidelines for Teaching Middle and High School Students to Read
Langer, J.A. (2000). National Research Center for English Learning and Achievement, University
of Albany, NY Phone: 518-442-5933. (15 page report based on 5 year study of 44 English classrooms –
comparing typical ELA curriculums with those that get outstanding results. Covers six features of
effective instruction).
Raising Reading Achievement In Middle And High Schools:
5 Simple-to-follow Strategies for Principals
McEwan, E.K. (2001). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, Inc. ISBN 0-7619-7579-9
Adolescent Literacy Resources: Linking Research to Practice
Meltzer, J. (2002). Available through the Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Lab, Brown
University. Publications dept: Phone: 401-274-9548, X 782.
When Older Students Can't Read
Moats, L. C. (2001) Educational Leadership, March 2001 edition. Article available at
www.ldonline.org/article/8025
The Opportunity To Leave No Child Behind In The Middle Grades
Report of a working conference on July 21-23, 2002, Washington, D.C. sponsored by The Council
of Chief State School Officers, The National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform, The Urban
Middle-Grades Reform Network.
Building Reading Proficiency at the Secondary Level: A Guide to Resources
Peterson, C.L. et al (2000). Available from the Southwest Educational Development Lab, Austin,TX
Phone: 512-476-6861 (145 pages).
Achieving State and National Literacy Goals, a Long
Uphill Road – A Report to Carnegie Corporation of New York
(2005). RAND Education. Available at
www.rand.org/publications/TR/TR180/
Reading Next: A Vision for Action and Research in Middle
and High School Literacy
Snow, C.E. (2004) A report from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Available at the Alliance
for Excellent Education website www.all4ed.org
Supporting Adolescent Literacy Across the Content Areas
(2001). Download Perspectives On Policy and Procedure Newsletter, available through LAB at Brown University
Books, Video, Software for Teaching
Accelerated Reader Software (and Fluent Reader software)
Renaissance Learning www.renlearn.com
Bringing Words to Life
By Isabel Beck Guilford Press. ISBN 1-57230-753-6
Collaborative Strategic Reading
By Janette Klingner, Sharon Vaughn. Sopris West. ISBN 1-57035-452-9
DIBELS: The Practical Manual
By Linda Farrell, Carrie Hancock, Susan Smartt. Sopris West Publishers. ISBN 1-59318-496-4
Earobics (SOFTWARE)
Earobics is an early literacy program that combines technology with multimedia tools and print
materials to provide instruction and practice in phonemic awareness, alphabetic knowledge,
decoding and spelling, and beginning reading skills.
Cognitive Concepts, 990 Grove St., Evanston, IL 60201, Phone: 888-328-8199
www.cogcon.com
Educational Care
By Mel Levine, Educator's Publishing Service, Inc. Phone: 800-225-5750
www.epsbooks.com
ISBN: 0-8388-1987-7.
Einstein & Me: Talking About Learning Disabilities (VIDEO)
This video program is designed for parents, kids, and teachers. Students reveal what it's like
to have a learning disability in a candid conversation with Jerome J. Schultz, Ph.D. Upbeat,
informative and optimistic, this video is great for in-service training and parent meetings.
Running time: approximately 30 minutes. Learning Disabilities Association of Massachusetts, PO Box 142,
Weston, MA 02493 www.ldam.org
From Talking to Writing: Strategies for Scaffolding Expository Text
By Terrill Jennings and Charles Haynes, Landmark Outreach Program – Publications Dept.,
P.O. Box 227, Prides Crossing, MA 01921, Phone: 978-236-3216 www.landmarkschool.org
I've DIBEL'd, Now What?
By Susan Hall, Sopris West Publishers. ISBN 1-59318-497-2
Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading
Catherine Snow, Peg Griffen, M. Susan Burns, Editors. Jossey Bass. ISBN 0-7879-7465-X
Language and Reading Success
By Andrew Biemiller. Brookline Books ISBN 1-57129-068-0
Lexia (Software)
Two software programs, "Phonics Based Reading" and "Reading S.O.S.", designed to help auditory
processing skills and increase automatic word recognition and word attack skills.
Lexia Learning Systems, Inc., 2 Lewis St., P.O. Box 466, Lincoln, MA 01773,
Phone: 800-435-3942 or 781-259-8752 www.lexialearning.com
Neuhaus Education Center Training and Materials
ParaReading: A Training Guide for Tutors
By Marilyn Jager Adams, Barbara R. Foorman, Ingvar Lundberg, & Terri Beeler.
Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., ISBN 1557663211
Phonics from A to Z
Kit with manual and manipulatives for teaching phonemic awareness skills.
www.proedinc.com
Questioning the Author
By Isabel Beck, Margaret McKeown. International Reading Association. ISBN 0-87207-242-8
The Reading Coach: A How-To Manual for Success
By Jan Hasbrouck and Carolyn Denton, Sopris West Publishers. ISBN 1-59318-407-7
Road to the Code – A Phonological Awareness Program for Young Children
By Benita A. Blachman, Eileen Wynne Ball, Rochella Black, & Darlene M. Tangel, Brookes Publishing, ISBN: 1557664382
www.proedinc.com
The Six-Minute Solution
By Gail Adams and Sheron Brown. Sopris West Publishers. ISBN 1-57035-919-9
Speech to Print, by Louisa Cook Moats
Brookes Publishing, ISBN:1557663874
Spelling: K-8
By Diane Snowball. Stenhouse Publishers ISBN 1-57110-074-1
Spelling: Developmental Disability and Instruction
By Louisa Cook Moats, York Press, Inc., ISBN 0-91275-240-8
Strategies for Success
By Lynn Meltzer, Beth Roditi, et al. Pro-ed Publishers, ISBN 0-89079-673-4
Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension to Enhance Understanding
By Stephanie Harvey, Stenhouse Publishers ISBN 1-57110-310-4
Study Skills: A Landmark Teaching Guide
By Joan Sedita. Available here.
Systematic Sequential Spelling Program (SSSP)
By Sarah Hewitt and Jana Gardella. Contact: Sarah Hewitt, 31 Valley Rd, Lunenburg, MA 01461
Phone: 978-582-9461 Email: sarhewitt@aol.com
Teaching Phonics and Word Study in the Intermediate Grades
By Wiley Blevens, Scholastic Professional Books, ISBN 0-439-16352-8
Teaching Reading: Language, Letters and Thought
By Sara Brody, LARC publishing ISBN 1-886-042-14-4
Teaching Reading in the Content Areas
By Rachel Billmeyer & Mary Lee Barton. McREL. Phone: 303-337-0990
The Vocabulary Book
By Michael Graves. Teachers College Press. ISBN 0-8077-4627-4
Three Tier Reading Model
Available through the Texas Education Agency and UTCRLA (website: www.texasreading.org)
Unlocking Literacy: Effective Decoding and Spelling Instruction
By Marcia Henry. Paul Brookes Publishing ISBN 1-55766-664-4
Vocabulary Development
By Steven Stahl, Brookline Books. ISBN 1-57129-072-9
Vocabulary Through Morphemes
By Susan Ebbers. Sopris West Publishers ISBN 1-57035-931-8
Word Journeys
By Kathy Ganske, Guilford Press, ISBN 1-57230-559-2
Writers INC
By Patrick Sebraned, Dave Kemper, Verne Meyer. Write Source. ISBN 0-669-47186-0
Alphabetic Phonics www.neuhaus.org
Orton-Gillingham based, structured systematic approach to teaching reading and spelling.
Goal is rapid word recognition. Developed for LD and tutoring, can be used in resource or
regular classrooms. Neuhaus Center in TX provides training and teaching materials.
Fundations(Wilson Reading System)
www.wilsonlanguage.com or www.fundations.com
Designed especially for K-3 students. Can be used preventatively, for whole-class instruction
in K-3, or as an intervention for struggling readers or those with LD. Basic lesson is 25-30
minutes long. Primary focus is on phonemic awareness, letter recognition, phonics, and syllable
types.
Great Leaps www.greatleaps.com
Practice to develop fluency
Ladders to Literacy www.wri-edu.org/ladders/about.htm
Early Childhood and K program – training and materials for teachers and parents
Language! www.sopriswest.com
By Jane Greene. Complete intervention program for weak and struggling readers in grades 4-12
Lexia Reading Software www.lexialearning.com
Lexia S.O.S. Software
www.lexialearning.com
Designed for students 9 to adult. Software activities designed to build decoding, early
comprehension and keyboard skills. Levels 1-3 reinforce word attack strategies. Levels 4-5
advanced word attack strategies and vocabulary development (roots and affixes).
Lindamood Bell www.lblp.com
Project Read www.projectread.com
Designed to be delivered in the regular classroom or by special ed/reading teachers. Early
intervention program for grades 1-6, but effective with adolescent and adult struggling readers.
Read 180 Software – Middle School Level (Scholastic)
www.teacher.scholastic.com/products/read180/
Reading intervention program for struggling readers grade 3-12. The Read 180 instructional model
is based on a 90 minute block of time. First 20 minutes is whole-group instruction in reading
and writing strategies and literature study. Next 60 minutes is divided into three, 20-minute blocks
– students rotate between independent reading time, small-group instruction, and time on
Read 180 Software to practice on computer. Last 10 minutes is whole-group wrap-up time.
Materials consist of software, audiobooks, and paperbacks.
Read Naturally www.readnaturally.com
Practice to develop fluency
Read Well
www.sopriswest.com
By Anita Archer. Multisyllabic word reading strategies for grades 4-12
Scott Foresman/Early Reading Intervention/Optimize
Based on J. Kame'enui's Project Optimize study. Focus is on phonemic awareness for at-risk students in K – Grade 1
SRA Corrective Reading www.sraonline.com
"Corrective Reading": Intensive intervention for students grade 4-12 who are one or more years below grade level.
Story Grammar Marker www.mindwingconcepts.com
Hands on manipulative to model discourse required to think verbally and in writing. Prompts for
setting, character, etc. in stories
The Key Comprehension Routine
www.keystoliteracy.com/comprehension
The Key Comprehension Routine is a flexible program that can be used to teach and practice comprehension
strategies with students in grades 4 through 12. The program can be used in all content classrooms,
but also as a supplemental reading comprehension program for students with reading difficulties.
The program emphasizes three key skills essential to developing active reading and listening skills:
identifying and stating main ideas, taking notes, and summarizing. These skills are combined
into a series of five activities that can be used with content reading.
The Key Vocabulary Routine
www.keystoliteracy.com/vocabulary
The Key Vocabulary Routine is a content vocabulary program for grades 4 through 12 that can be
used in all classrooms. The program emphasizes the integration of vocabulary instruction in any
content area (e.g., science, social studies, English language arts, math). The program emphasizes
growth of vocabulary through the following:
Telian Lively Letters
www.readingwithtlc.com
Program for letter associations, sounds, phonological awareness, rapid sound-naming, phonics.
University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning:
Strategies Intervention Model and Training www.ku-crl.org
The Strategies Intervention Model (SIM) is designed to address the needs of low-achieving students,
including students with L.D. The model consists of 1.) curricular and instructional interventions
in both support service classes and mainstream classes; 2.) a collaborative consultation component
between support service teachers and mainstream teachers; and 3.) involvement of external support
individuals and agencies (e.g., administration, family, community agencies). The Learning
Strategies Curriculum consists of specific skill strategies in the following three strands:
Each skill strategy includes a guide for teaching methods for that skill which is available as part of the training offered by the U.K. Center.
Voyager Universal Literacy
www.voyagerlearning.com
Comprehensive K-3 reading system that includes integrated curriculum for reading, writing,
language arts, intervention and enrichment, progress monitoring, extended day and summer
intervention, home study, strategies for ELL, technology and ongoing professional development.
Wiggle Works/Scholastic Beginning Reading Series
http://teacher.scholastic.com/readingprograms/wiggleworks/index.htm
Multimedia, CD-ROM based reading and writing program for grades K-2. Developed by CAST.
Wilson Reading
www.wilsonlanguage.com
Orton-Gillingham, structured systematic program for developing decoding and spelling
skills, beginning with phoneme segmentation. Some vocabulary and comprehension. For upper
elementary grades through adult. Small-group instruction.
Children's Story Books Related To Reading
Hooway For Wodney Wat
By Helen Lester ISBN 0-618-21612-X
Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster
By Debra Frasier ISBN 0-15-202163-9
Pig, Pigger, Piggest
By Rick Walton ISBN 1-58685-318-X
Punctuation Takes a Vacation
By Robin Pulver ISBN 0-8234-1687-9
To Root, To Toot, To Parachute
By Brian Cleary ISBN 1-57505-403-5
The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants
By Priscilla Turner ISBN 0-374-48217-9
Wolf!
By Becky Bloom ISBN 0-439-29160-7
Inspiration Software
"Kidspiration" (grades K-5) and "Inspiration" (grades 6-12) are software tools that enable
students to diagram and outline information for writing and study. They are excellent tools for
creating graphic organizers.
7412 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy, Portland, OR 97225, Phone: 800-877-4292
www.inspiration.com
Kurzweil 3000 Scanning, Reading, and Study Tools Software
Kurzweil 3000 is software that helps people with reading or learning difficulties increase
their reading speed and comprehension. The software scans any form of text, and then reads
the text back at the rate set by the user. It has a number of features, including dictionary
and thesaurus, syllabication of words, highlighting, note insertion, and extraction capability
that allows the user to pull out highlighted text into a separate document.
Published by Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc., 14 Crosby Drive,
Bedford, MA 01730-1402, Phone: 1-800-894-5374
www.kurzweiledu.com