Literacy+websites

=**A list of useful literacy related websites. This will continue to be updated:**=

@http://www.readingonline.org/articles/art_index.asp?HREF=/articles/curtis/index.html Useful article “Teaching Vocabulary to Adolescents to Improve Comprehension” @http://www.justreadnow.com/strategies/vocabulary.htm Features a number of vocabulary strategies @http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/r21270/levels/ Students (or you!) can test their vocabulary level @http://www.literacymatters.org/content/readandwrite/vocab.htm Links to vocabulary related sites
 * Vocabulary**:

@http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/tools/index.htm Heaps of graphic organizers to help with comprehension
 * Graphic organizers**:

@http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Reading/Reading%20Strategies/reading%20strategies%20index.htm Reading strategies to increase understanding of texts @http://www.elit.edu.au/Teaching_hints_and_tips/Teaching_Tips/page__1865.aspx Strategies to help struggling readers
 * Reading strategies:**

@http://literacyonline.tki.org.nz/ One stop literacy site for NZ teachers @http://www.readwritethink.org/ Teacher site for the International Reading Association http://www.suu.edu/faculty/lundd/readingsite/readingresources/#Comprehension Links to lots of web literacy resources @http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/webwatch/struggling/index.html “Internet resources to assist teachers with struggling readers”. Written as an academic article, but if you skim through you’ll find links to some useful internet resources for literacy
 * General literacy sites**: