1869 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/index.html
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Welcome to a world of story! Here are loads of free resources for teachers,
librarians, storytellers, children’s writers, and story lovers of all
ages-all from award-winning children’s author and folklore reteller Aaron
Shepard. You’ll also find info on Aaron and his books. Great resource for
reader’s theater.

http://www.poetry4kids.com/
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My car is constructed of pickles. It’s wonderfully crunchy and sweet. If
ever I’m hungry while driving I pull off a pickle to eat. Poems for all
occasions!

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

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The Number One FUN poetry site for kids on the web!!!

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/
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ReadingQuest is designed to provide you with the philosophical bases for
sound comprehension strategy instruction, directions for a range of
comprehension and content reading strategies, and printable handouts and
masters for transparencies. You will be invited to think about how a social
studies skills framework might help you choose the right strategies for your
lessons.

http://www.hendersonedsoft.com/
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WordSort is a word study educational software program for teaching reading and teaching spelling

http://www.ed.gov/programs/readingfirst/awards.html
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NO APPROVED LIST OF READING FIRST PROGRAMS

In response to a number of questions received from the field, the Reading
First program office wants to clarify that there is no Department “approved
list” of reading programs for use under the Reading First program. The U.S.
Department of Education has not developed or endorsed any list of
instructional programs as appropriate for this grant program.

The Department would like to clarify and correct any misunderstandings there
may be about which programs and materials may be used in connection with
Reading First. Department officials have continually stressed that there is
not any sort of list of “sanctioned” programs. The critical issue is that
any and all reading programs and materials used in the Reading First program
must be based upon scientifically based reading research as that term is
defined in the program statute. Program Guidance in the answer to Question
H-7 discusses the considerable flexibility States have in ensuring that
Reading First funds go only to local educational agencies that will
implement high quality programs that meet the requirements of Reading First.
This guidance is available on the Reading First Grant Information page.

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/search.asp?searchcat=pubslast6month
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Every year since 1969, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
releases the results of its annual survey of students. Called the “Nation’s
Report Card,” it measures student achievement in subjects such as reading,
mathematics, science, writing, U.S. history, civics, geography, and the
arts. Two informative areas on the NCES Web site are the one-page profiles
for each state and a great feature called the �data tool� that makes it easy
to pick and choose the statistics you want.

http://www.educationnews.org/

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