Literacy Curriculum
The world’s largest writer’s site for young adults ages 13 to 25. Youth can share their literacy works in this online community and receive constructive criticism on their poem or story.
Engage students with Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, a PBS KIDS series based on the Ordinary People Change the World books by Brad Meltzer and Christopher Eliopoulos. The show follows the adventures of Xavier Riddle, his sister Yadina, and their friend Brad as they travel back in time to meet real life historical figures when they were kids.
Use these video clips, teaching tips, and historical figure biosketches to support students’ social-emotional, literacy, and social studies skills.
This site has great information that goes along with photography of both authors and illustrations of books for students of any age by Virginia Hamilton herself.
Your child has started school but still needs you to read to him or her at home. Your child will do better in school, and you’ll enjoy the time spent together. Here are helpful tips for reading to and with young children in school, kindergarten through third grade.
Middle school students can explore the world of journalism and language arts through journal writing, and various writing activities and self reflection.
Use this 5-day lesson plan to teach your child about expressing their opinions. These easy-to-implement lessons come with clear instructions and printable templates to support your teaching!
A flexible program for middle and high schools based on the real-world writing found in newspapers, from editorials and reviews to personal narratives and analysis essays.
SEEL provides resources and lesson plans for educators to teach early literacy skills to young children.
Avoid the “summer slide” and keep the spirit of curiosity alive with these informal, anytime learning resources. This collection of videos and activities encourages students in grades PreK-12 to spend the summer asking questions, spinning stories, and exploring all the ways that learning can be fun.
In order to minimize the time spent without reading during summer breaks, Start with a Book provides resources for anyone to help children remain engaged in reading all year long.
Starfall’s intuitive learning environment encourages children to explore letters and sounds, word recognition, reading comprehension and fluency. Developed under the guidance of professional educators, our phonics-based learn-to-read activities encourage free exploration and play within a sequentially organized framework. They also offer fun mathematics and music activities. Here’s how to make Starfall work for you.
Starfall provides interactive games and ways to teach reading to young children in a way that is fun for them. Parents, Teachers, and students can all use this resource to help implement better literacy in their children’s lives.