RESOURCES FOR PARENTS

"Children are made readers on the laps of their parents." ~ Emilie Buchwald

 
Book List for Reluctant Readers

http://childrensbooks.about.com/od/toppicks/tp/hi_lo_books.htm

Book list for High School Students reading below Grade level

www.multcolib.org/schoolcorps/lists/High_Intere gst_Low_RL_9-12.pdf

How to use Lexile levels

www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/lexiles

Looking for help to encourage your child to read, check out the links below.

http://np.harlan.k12.ia.us/reading_center.htm

http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/parents

http://www.storycove.com/

http://www.reading.org/InformationFor/Parents.aspx

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/resources/rcompindex.htm

http://pbskids.org/island/parents/

Elementary

http://www.freereading.net/index.php?title=Find_Activities

http://www.readingquest.org/strat/

Middle School

http://cela.albany.edu/publication/brochure/guidelines.pdf

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/374

High School

http://www.betterhighschools.org

http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/compre.htm

For helping your child to read:

www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first2.html

http://www.reading.org/InformationFor/Parents.aspx

For a wealth of information for parents:

www.parents-choice.org/reading.cfm

For some fun activities for children:

www.rif.org/readingplanet/

http://pbskids.org