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Mrs. Hegan ~ 5/6 Gr. Resource Room Teacher ~ Thomaston Grammar School ~ jhegan@msad50.org mailto:jhegan@msad50.orgshapeimage_3_link_0
This page lists resources by category and provides descriptions for many of these resource links. ACADEMIC HELP & INFORMATION MIDDLE SCHOOL.net A Parent to Mentor website Few resource websites assist adults in supporting children’s educational development more than this. It is sponsored by the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development(ASCD), a leading professional educational organization. Website links provide worthwhile parent-as-mentor support as well as student research lists. READING IS FUNDAMENTAL Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. prepares and motivates children to read by delivering free books and literacy resources to those children and families who need them most. All RIF programs combine three essential elements to foster children's literacy: reading motivation, family and community involvement, and the excitement of choosing free books to keep. This website offers a large variety of activities and strategies parents can do to help build children’s literacy skills, beginning at a young age. Founded in 1966, RIF is the oldest and largest children's and family nonprofit literacy organization in the United States. RIF’s highest priority is reaching undeserved children from birth to age 8. Through community volunteers in every state and U.S. territory, RIF provides 4.5 million children with 16 million new, free books and literacy resources each year.  MAINE CHILDREN’S ALLIANCE The Maine Children's Alliance is a strong, powerful voice for children, youth and families and provides leadership to create or change policy on their behalf. The Maine Children's Alliance collects the voices and data of various organizations, develops, promotes and advocates a substantive strategic plan including desired outcomes to insure positive change for children and their families. INCREDIBLE HORIZONS Provides lots of valuable information about dyslexia and getting help for your child. CONNECTING READING AND WRITING A useful website that contains many links to other websites under the categories of: Writing Websites for Educators, Instructional resources for Writing, and Websites to use in Grades K-4 and 5-12 that provide useful tools and resources for writing. http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/writing.htm SCHWAB LEARNING A parents guide to helping kids with learning disabilities. BOOKS, BOOK LISTS & LEXILE LEVELS LEVELED BOOK LISTS http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/ LEVELED BOOKS BY LEXILE http://www.readinga-z.com/fluency/index.html http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4478 CONTROLLED TEXT http://www.flyleafpublishing.com/ LEXIA http://www.lexialearning.com/customer_support/documentation/Scope_PR.pdf READING ROCKETS: Strategies for Young Readers http://www.pbs.org/launchingreaders/parenttips.html READING ALOUD LITERACY CONNECTIONS http://www.literacyconnections.com/ReadingAloud.html JIM TRELEASE http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/hey.html http://www.MiddleSchool.nethttp://www.rif.org/parents/5_8.mspxhttp://www.mekids.org/http://www.incrediblehorizons.com/reading.htm%0Ahttp://www.literacy.uconn.edu/writing.htmhttp://www.literacy.uconn.edu/writing.htmhttp://www.schwablearning.org/http://home.comcast.net/~ngiansante/http://www.readinga-z.com/fluency/index.htmlhttp://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4478http://www.flyleafpublishing.comhttp://www.lexialearning.com/customer_support/documentation/Scope_PR.pdfhttp://www.pbs.org/launchingreaders/parenttips.htmlhttp://www.literacyconnections.com/ReadingAloud.htmlhttp://www.trelease-on-reading.com/hey.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2shapeimage_4_link_3shapeimage_4_link_4shapeimage_4_link_5shapeimage_4_link_6shapeimage_4_link_7shapeimage_4_link_8shapeimage_4_link_9shapeimage_4_link_10shapeimage_4_link_11shapeimage_4_link_12shapeimage_4_link_13shapeimage_4_link_14
Mrs. Hegan ~ Thomaston Grammar School ~ 207-354-6353 ~ jhegan@msad50.org mailto:jhegan@msad50.orgshapeimage_5_link_0
 
 
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