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Teaching Reading and Language Arts All of Keith's "good stuff" in one handy location, including the 27 page Picture Books Across the Curriculum Handout.

List of Sites that Discuss Teaching with Picture Books In one post I compiled some of the best blogs out there that truly show teachers and parents how to use picture books as instructional tools.

Ten Not-To-Be-Missed Picture Book Reference Sites These sites help you search out the exact picture books needed for any occasion.

Effective Teaching Solutions Reading Lists A few categorized lists of selected books.

Free Resources from Children's Publishers (Part I)

Free Resources from Children's Publishers (Part II)

Free Resources from Children's Publishers (Part III)

Free Resources from Children's Publishers (Part IV)

Making Books with Children This site features crafty ways to create books with children; these would certainly inspire students to want to write more.

Targeted Readership Lists A wiki (collaborative site) that has grouped book titles according to many teacher interests.

Into the Book Great site which helps teachers teach eight essential comprehension strategies.

Teacher Book Wizard The Scholastic Book Wizard is a terrific tool for choosing books at specific reading levels, or "read-alike" books for those students who are stuck on a certain genre or series.

Book Trailers Book preview videos are a great way to get students excited about books.

Picture Book Bibliography A collection of mostly nonfiction picture books related to Math, Science, and Social Studies.

Teachers Domain Lessons correlated to the new standards, incorporating video segments.

Simple, Awesome Search Tools Some search sites you haven't tried out yet, but should.

To Make a Long Story Short... A few writing sites that encourage brevity in writing.

100 Top Learning Tools These are from 2009, but if you're playing catch-up, this is a good place to start!

Teaching Reading and Language Arts This is a compilation of many original resources and sites created by Keith Schoch.

Organizing Thinking About a dozen links to Graphic Organizer sites.

Using Author Studies in the Classroom Links and suggestions for using author studies.

Read Kiddo Read Some lesson plans from picture books and popular children's novels. Simply click on a book cover to check them out.

Teaching with Picture Books Thirteen really good reasons you should be teaching with picture books, with some suggested titles.

Primary Games A collection of simple games which can be played and enjoyed with minimal language skills.

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature Fantastic searchable database allows you to find that "just right" book.

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