Literacy+tools

During 2004-2007, a team of teachers at FCRR collected ideas and created Student Center Activities for use in kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms. For ease of locating materials, use the Search tool on this page.
 * Florida Center for Reading Research** []

is a high-quality, open-source, free reading intervention program addressing literacy development for grades K-3. Schools and teachers everywhere can use the complete, research-based 40-week program for K-1 students, or use the library of lessons to supplement existing curricula in phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing. The site is also filled with free, downloadable supplemental materials including flashcards, graphical organizers, illustrated readers, decodable texts, audio files, videos and more.
 * FreeReading: www.freereading.net**

a wonderful compendium of free resources online that is searchable by topic, grade level, and resource type.
 * Ohio Resource Center for Math, Science, and Reading: []**

Sources and information about teaching reading for parents, teachers, and other professionals.
 * Reading Rockets: http://www.readingrockets.org**


 * ReadWriteThink – www.readwritethink.org** – a website supported by IRA & NCTE that contains resources, lesson plans, interactive activities, and printouts for teachers grades K-12

Games, worksheets, practice for spelling tests and grade book for tracking student progress.
 * Spelling City: www.spellingcity.com**

Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service to teach children to read with phonics. Our systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice, is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL)
 * Starfall:** **[| www.starfall.com]**