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


Vocabulary:
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

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

Reading strategies:
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

General literacy sites:
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