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Amreica Reads Challenge Toolkits

READING RESOURCE GUIDE

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
1997

AMERICA READS CHALLENGE RESOURCE GUIDE

This guide was developed by the America Reads Challenge Kindergarten Through Third Grade Working Group at the U.S. Department of Education to provide a list of key resources on reading and community reading sites for teachers, volunteer reading tutors, and families.

The guide provides information about U.S. Department of Education materials relating to reading, national clearinghouses and affiliates, associations and organizations offering information services, for-fee materials, Web sites, and on-line booklists.

U.S. Department of Education Materials

America Reads Challenge: READ*WRITE*NOW! Resource "Tool Kit"

The materials in this kit were assembled by the U.S. Department of Education to help new America Reads Challenge community sites plan and implement literacy programs for children from birth through elementary school. Unless otherwise noted below, the materials are available on the U. S. Department of Education Web page (http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/). Titles in italics are available in hard copy from the indicated source. Hard copy materials produced by the U. S. Department of Education can be obtained by calling 1-800-USA-LEARN, as long as supplies last.

• America Reads Challenge Information Sheets and An Overview of the America Reads Challenge Legislation

• What Is the America Reads Challenge: READ*WRITE*NOW! and How Does It Fit Into the Challenge?

• What Is the Federal Work-Study Program and How Does It Fit Into the Challenge?

• What Is the Role of the Corporation for National Service Programs In the America Reads Challenge?

• What Is the National Voluntary Test and How Does It Relate to the Challenge?

• Fact Sheet: Where American Children Stand In Reading Nationally and Internationally

• Fact Sheet: Achieving Success In Reading

• Checkpoints for Progress for Families and Communities

• Checkpoints for Progress for Teachers and Learning Partners

• Simple Things You Can Do to Help All Children Read Well and Independently by the End of Third Grade

• On the Road to Reading (Corporation for National Service: 202-606-5000)

• Community Resources Model for the America Reads Challenge: Who Can Help and How?

• Members of the President’s Coalition for the America Reads Challenge

• The READ*WRITE*NOW! Just Add Kids Resource Directory

• Directory of National and State Literacy Contacts (National Institute for Literacy: 1-800-228-8813)

• National Directory of Head Start Programs (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services/Head Start: 202-205-8572)

• National Child Care Liaisons and Child Care and Development Fund Contacts (U. S. Department of Health and Human Services: 202-205-8588)

• Even Start Family Literacy Program Contacts: Coordinators and Program Sites (202-260-0991)

• Corporation for National Service State Program Offices and AmeriCorps State Commission Executive Directors (Corporation for National Service: 202-606-5000)

• Goals 2000 Parent Centers Contacts (202-205-0303)

• A Compact for Learning: An Action Handbook for Family-School-Community Partnerships

• Tip Sheets for Finding and Serving Children That Most Need Help in Reading

• Tip Sheet: Including Title I children in community reading programs

• Tip Sheet: Including children with disabilities in community reading programs

• Tip Sheet: Including bilingual children in community reading programs

• Tip Sheet: Including migrant children in community reading programs

• Tip Sheet: Including children in early childhood in site activities, for children from birth through age 5

• Learning Disabilities: Information, Strategies and Resources (Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities: 202-326-8700)

• Briefing Paper from National Information Center for Children and Youth With Disabilities (NICHCY) on Reading and Learning Disabilities (202-884-8200)

• Evidence That Tutoring Works

• The READ*WRITE*NOW! Partners Tutoring Program

• America Reads Challenge Principles and Key Components for High-Quality America Reads Challenge National Service Program Initiatives (Corporation for National Service: 202-606-5000)

• Tips on Tutoring: A Guide for Committed Tutors (The Southern Regional Council/Center for School Success: 404-522-8764)

• Students Teaching Students: A Handbook for Cross-Age Tutoring (The Southern Regional Council/Center for School Success: 404-522-8764)

• Read With Me: A Guide for Student Volunteers Starting Early Childhood Literacy Programs. September 1997. 1-800-424-1616 (choose menu option #3)

• Sample Letters to Invite Families, Teachers, and Caregivers To Participate In or Learn About Your Site Activities.

• Types of Reading Interventions for America Reads Challenge Sites

• A Description of the America Reads Challenge: READ*WRITE*NOW! Materials

• The America Reads Challenge:READ*WRITE*NOW! Basic Kit, 1998

(in color and black and white, English and Spanish)

• The America Reads Challenge Early Childhood Kit: READY*SET*READ, 1998 (in color and black and white, English and Spanish)

• The America Reads Challenge:READ*WRITE*NOW! Spiderman in Amazing Adventures Activity Booklet

• Learning to Read, Reading to Learn: Helping Children with Learning Disabilities to Succeed--Resource Guide, 1996-1997. Available on CEC Web site:

http://www.cec.sped.org/ericec/readlist.htm or request copy from Department by calling 202-205-9067 (Claudette Carey)

• Reading is Power (Spanish)

• M&M/Mars Poster: Challenge Your Mind

• A Guide to Working with the Media (Corporation for National Service: 202-606-5000)

• Making Information Work for You (Corporation for National Service: 202-606-5000)

• Sample Protocols for Evaluation of America Reads Challenge: READ*WRITE*NOW! sites

• Managing Volunteers Within the Law (Corporation for National Service: 202-606-5000)

• Negotiating the Legal Maze to Volunteer Service (Corporation for National Service: 202-606-5000)

Other Materials From the U. S. Department of Education:

Becoming a Nation of Readers: What Principals Can Do
1-800-424-1616 (choose menu option #3)
Early Childhood Update -- Summer/Fall 1997
1-800-424-1616 (choose menu option #3)

Parents and Schools: Partners in Student Learning -- Statistics in Brief, October 1996
Office of Educational Research and Improvement
1-800-424-1616 (choose menu option #3)

Strong Families, Strong Schools: Building Community Partnership for Learning, 1994.
1-800-USA-LEARN
Information Resource Center, U.S. Department of Education
Fax on Demand (request a list of publications)
202-401-2000

Clearinghouses and Affiliates
AskERIC Question Answering Service
Located at ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology (most responses within 48 hrs. )
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-4100
Hotline tel: 1-800-464-9107
E-mail: AskERIC@ericir.syr.edu
Web site: http://ericir.syr.edu/

ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education

Located at the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
1920 Association Drive
Reston, VA 22091
Tel: 703-264-9419; fax: 703-620-2521
Tel: 1-800-328-0272 (Mon.-Fri. only, between 1:00 p.m. and 5 p.m.)
E-mail: ericec@inet.ed.gov
Web site: http://www.cec.sped.org/ericec.htm

ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication (ERIC/REC)
Indiana University
Smith Research Center, Suite 150
2805 East 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408-2698
Tel: 1-800-925-7853; fax: 812-855-4220
Web site: http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec

Materials available

• ERIC Digests--Includes help for children with learning disabilities.
• Links: National Parent Information Network; ERIC Clearinghouses on Elementary and Early Childhood Education & Urban Education).
• Web site: www.cec.sped.org/ericec/digests.htm

Family Literacy Center (at ERIC/REC)
2805 East 10th Street, Suite 150
Bloomington, IN 47408-2698
Tel: 1-800-925-7853 (between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m., Mon.-Fri. EST); fax: 812-855-4220

Materials available

• Book: Boost Family Involvement (1995), by Eleanor C. MacFarlane (for low-literacy & non-English-speaking parents) Order #H8-100-1273

ERIC/EDINFO Press
Indiana University
P.O. Box 5953
Bloomington, IN 47407
Tel: 1-800-925-7853 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m,. Mon.-Fri.); fax: 812-331-2776

Materials available

• Related Web links: Children’s Literary Development Suggestions for Parent Involvement

Web site: www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/digests/d89.html

Web site: www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/ bibs/prntread.html

• Bookmarks for Parents: How to Motivate Your Children to Read

(Bilingual--Spanish & English) Order #A4-200-1002

• Booklet: You Can Help Your Child with Reading and Writing

(Spanish) Order #H8-400-1068; (English) Order #H8-400-1067

• ERIC Resource Bulletins:

-Learning to Read (Teachers Edition, 1996; Parents Edition, 1996)

-Parent Talk Bulletin (Research findings in education and ways to help your child),

Winter 1997, joint effort by ERIC/REC & Family Learning Association,

20 copies free with shipping and handling charge; back issues in print format with audio cassettes, call 1-800-925-7853

-Parent Talk: The Role of Silent Reading

• Learning to Read Kit, call 1-800-759-4723

• On-line Family Participation--The Family Learning Page, "Parents & Children Together Online," Web site: http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/

• Video: Creciendo con libros, 0-5 anos (Growing Up with Books, 0-5 years)

by Roxana Holguin (Spanish or English). Order #A4-314-1680

• Video: Sea usted una buena influencia sobre sus hijos: hable acera de los libros

(Make a Difference: Talk About Books) Pre-K--8 years

• Books and Audio Cassettes: Parents and Children Together (ages 4-10 years)

National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education (NCBE)
1118 22nd Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
Tel: 202-467-0867
Fax: 202-467-4283 or: 1-800-531-9347
E-mail: askncbe@ncbe.gwu.edu
Web site: http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu

Associations and Organizations Offering Information Services

American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC)
814 Thayer Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Contact: 1-800-942-ASDC
(Membership organization for parents, responds to public inquiries on strategies)

Captioned Films/Video Program: Modern Talking Picture Service, Inc.
5000 Park Street North
St. Petersburg, FL 33709
Tel: 1-800-237-6213 (V/TT); 813-541-7571

Conference of American Instructors of the Deaf (CAID)
P.O. Box 377
Bedford, TX 76095
Tel: 817-354-8414(v); 510-794-3795 (TT); fax: 510-794-2409

Conference of Educational Administrators: Lexington School for the Deaf
75th Street and 30th Avenue
Jackson Heights, NY 11370
Tel: 718-899-8800 (V/TT); fax: 718-899-9846

Deafpride, Inc.
1350 Potomac Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C. 20003
Tel: 202-675-6700 (V/TT)

International Reading Association (IRA)
800 Barksdale Road
P. O. Box 8139
Newark, DE 19714-8139
Tel: 1-800-336-7223 (ext. 265, Joan Derby); 302-731-1600; fax: 302-737-0878
Web site: http://www.reading.org
Materials available

• Catalog of Publications (use extension #290)
• The Volunteer Tutors Toolbox, 1994, Beth Ann Herrmann, Editor
• How Can I Prepare My Young Child for Reading? (1995) Paula Grinnell
• Helping Your Child Become A Reader (1996) Nancy L. Roser
• Reading Online (journal of information exchange --educators, researchers, policymakers)

To subscribe: Send name, address, phone, fax number to e-mail: rol@reading.org

Learning Disabilities Association
4156 Library Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15234
Tel: 412-341-1515; fax: 412-344-0224
Attn: Jean Petersen
Web site: http://www.ldanatl.org/Pennsylvania/Index.html
(A national nonprofit membership organization)

Materials available

• When Learning Is a Problem (1 free copy)
• Reading Problems, Janet Lerner
• Learning Disabilities Digest for Literacy Providers

National Association for Bilingual Education
1220 L Street NW, Suite 605
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-898-1829
Fax: 202-789-2866

National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired, Inc.
P.O. Box 317
Watertown, MA 02272-0317
Tel: 1-800-562-6265

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
1509 Sixteenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20036-1426
Tel: 202-232-8777; fax: 202-328-1846
Web site: www.naeyc.org

National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education
Missouri State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480
Tel: 314-751-2095; fax: 314-526-6698

National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
1615 Duke Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-3483
Tel: 703-684-3483
Materials available

• Help Your Child Become a Better Reader (Reproducible Materials)
• Little Beginnings in the First Five Years

National Black Child Development Institute
1023 15th Street NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-387-1281; fax: 202-234-1738
E-mail: moreinfo@nbcdi.org
Web site: http://www.nbcdi.org
Materials available

• African American Family Reading List
• Resource Catalog

National Braille Press, Inc.
88 St. Stephen Street
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: 617-266-6160; fax 617-437-0456
Materials available

• Children’s Braille Book Club--catalog available
• Just Enough to Know Better (background information and strategies to help sighted persons

help children with vision impairments succeed in school; includes reading tips)

National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL)
Waterfront Plaza
325 West Main Street, Suite 200
Louisville, KY 40202-4251
Tel: 502-584-1133; fax: 502-584-0172

National Education Association (NEA)
1201 Sixteenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202-833-4000; fax: 202-822-7974
Web site: www.nea.org
(A membership organization offering monthly publication on Web site and information about various publications for teachers and families)

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
P.O. Box 1492
Washington, DC 20013
Tel: 1-800-695-0285 (V/TT); fax: 202-884-8441
Materials available

• Reading and Learning Disabilities (briefing paper, includes resources)
• The Bridge to Braille: Reading and School Success for the Young Blind Child

National Information Center on Deafness (NICD) Shared Reading Project
Gallaudet University
800 Florida Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20002-3695
Tel: 202-651-5051(V); 202-651-5052 (TTY); fax: 202-651-5054
E-mail: nicd@gallux.gallaudet.edu
Web site: http://www.gallaudet.edu/~nicd
Materials available

• Publications brochure
• Directory of National Organizations of and for Deaf and Hearing People
• The Shared Reading Project’s Tips for Reading to Your Deaf Child

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
(Federal statute requires medical certification, application and approval for services)
Library of Congress--Department of Publications
1291 Taylor Street NW
Washington, DC 20542
Tel: 202-707-9275; TDD: 202-707-0744; fax: 202-707-0712
Web site: http://lcweb.loc.gov/nls/

National Organization of Parents of Blind Children (NOPBC)
1800 Johnson Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
Tel: 410-659-9314; fax: 410-685-5653
E-mail: nfb@access.dgex.net
Web site: http://www.nfb.org
and http//ftp.nrb.org

Orton Dyslexia Society
8600 LaSalle Road
Chester Building, Suite 382
Baltimore, MD 21286-2044
Tel: 1-800-222-3123; 410-296-0232
(A national nonprofit membership organization)
Materials available

• Catalog of publications is available
• Basic Facts about Dyslexia: What Everyone Ought to Know

Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
600 Maryland Avenue SW Suite 600
Washington, DC 20024
Tel: 202-287-3220; fax: 202-287-3196
E-mail: rifsi.@si.edu
Web site: http://www.si.edu/rif/
(Note: RIF site is located under Smithsonian Institution’s home page)

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (Approval of application is required for services)
20 Roszel Road
Princeton, NJ 0840
Tel: 1-800-221-4792; fax: 609-987-8116
E-mail: custserv@rfbd.org
Web site: http://www.rfbd.org
Materials available

• Catalog (includes audio library and electronic text (E-text) materials)
• Individual application for service & product information packet
• Learning Through Listening: An Information Guide for Educators and Parents of Students with Learning Disabilities
• Tips for using RFB&D audio books
• Titles for audio books and E-text (on the Web): http://www.rfbd.org/offtitles.html

Other Resources for Materials (fee may be involved for books, brochures, and kits)

America's Smallest School: The Family, by Paul E. Barton and Richard J. Coley
Education Testing Service 1992
Princeton, NJ 08541-0001
Tel: 609-734-5694.

Assessing Success in Family Literacy Projects, 1994
Center for Applied Linguistics
Delta Systems Company
Tel: 1-800-323-8270 (orders)

Family Literacy for Language Minority Families: Issues for Program Implementation
by Margaret Mulhern, Flora Rodrigues-Brown & Timothy Shanahan
Program Information Guide Series, Summer 1994
National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education (Available online)
Website: http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/ncbepubs/pigs
Tel: (202) 467-0867

Helping Our Children: Reading and Writing at Home; Learning Outside the School: Using Our Community Resources; Helping Our Children Learn at Home, in School, and in the Community; six other brochures available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Korean.
Center for Literacy
University of Illinois
Project FLAME
Tel: 312-996-3013

Read to Me (Brochures--A series) Booklines Limited, Hawaii. Tel: 808-676-0116

Ready to Read Parent Manual, 1992; handouts in Spanish/English
c/o Books and Beyond
309 North Rios
Solana Beach, CA 92075
Tel: 619-755-6319 (orders); fax: 619-755-0449

The Literacy Club: A Cross-age Tutoring/Paired Reading Project
by Barbara Cook & Carole Urzua
Program Information Guide Series, Spring 1993
National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education (available on line)
Web site: http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/ncbepubs/pigs
Tel: 202-467-0867

Tutorial Kit
Assistance League of Hawaii
Tel: 808-531-6666

Additional Web Sites

Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education
http://www.cal.org/ncle/

Alphabet Superhighway
http://www.ash.udel.edu/

America Reads Challenge
http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/

Content Literacy Information Consortium
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/clic/

English and American Literature
http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~hblad128/engweb.html

ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools
http://www.ael.org/eric/

ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education
http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu

Guide to Family and Parent Education
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/comatt/websites.html#family!--/a-->

Home Schooling
www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/

National Council of Teachers of English
http://www.ncte.org

National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education at the Office of Educational Research Improvement (U.S. Department of Education)
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/ECI

Office of Special Education Programs (U.S. Department of Education)
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/OSEP

Parent brochures on a broad array of education-related topics
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/gninf/parentbr.html

U. S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov

Web Site (Links to scholarly articles, book excerpts, reviews, hypertexts)
http://www.web-cite.com/

Books for Children (Library of Congress Recommended List)
Included under the National Parent Information Network suggested resources
http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/npin/respar/texts/home/books10.html

Great Fiction List
http://cfsd.k12.az.us/~cfhsweb/lic/LIC/gf.html

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