1.  Materials

• Educators Publishing Service (EPS)
• Scholastic
• Science Research Associates (SRA)
• Steck-Vaughn (S-V)
• Resources for Children's Books and High-Low Readers.

• An Alternative Classroom Reading Program for Learning Disabled and Other Low-Achieving Children, Benita A. Blachman, 1987.
• American Educator, AFT, Spring/Summer 1998.
• Multisensory Structured Language Programs: Content and Principles of Instruction
• Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children is an extensive document from the National Research Council.
• Research to Inform Instruction.
• Six Types of Syllables, Neuhaus Education Center in Texas, Region XIII, (512) 926-5593, FAX (512)926-4406.
• Spelling Development, Disability, and Instruction,   Louisa Cook Moats, 1995.
• Straight Talk About Reading, Hall & Moats, 1998.
• Teacher's Word Lists for Reference by Beth Slingerland and Carol Murray, Educators Publishing Service EPS
• Teaching and Assessing Phonics, Chall & Popp, 1997.
• Wilson Reading System, (508) 865-5699; http://www.WilsonLanguage.com

• http://www.cs.oswego.edu/~borgert/OCM/rdagenda-1.html
  Effective Decoding Instruction:   A Study Group Series.
• http://www.ldonline.org
  LD OnLine provides information for parents and teachers. Check out Reading In Depth and What's New.
• http://interdys.org
  International Dyslexia Association ( IDA).
• http://www.csbe.ca.gov/blueprint_home.htm
  A Blueprint for Professional Development from the state of California for teachers of early reading instruction.
• http://www.cde.ca.gov/cilbranch/eltdiv/rlafw.htm
  The 1998 California Reading / Language Arts Framework is a blueprint for aligning instruction to the state's ELA standards.
• http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/stand/sbestd.html
  California's Language Arts Content Standards delineates grade-by-grade expectations.
• http://www.sedl.org/pitl/rci/rad/welcome.html
  Reading Assessment Database provides information on early reading assessments tool.
• Understanding Tests and Measurements outlines various tests and evaluations to measure academic progress. The section on "Other Tests" identifies tests to use with dyslexic and learning disabled students.
• The National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators (NCITE) advances the quality and effectiveness of research-based instructional materials for students with learning disabilities.
• http://www.cast.org/LearningToRead/
  Learning to Read in the Computer Age presents knowledge about computers and about the process of learning to read, relating computers to theories of the brain and to the teaching of reading skills and strategies.

Agenda | Phonemic Awareness | Alphabetic Principle | Syllables | Morphology, Syntax, Semantics | Resources

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