Literacy Resources

Lessons and Activities

The following resources provide lesson plans and student activities for literacy.

ReadWriteThink provides peer reviewed literacy lesson plans and student interactives for EC-12.    

Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR) provides research-based activities for Pre-K-5 students in the areas of phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.

Recommended Websites and Blogs

We Need Diverse Books is a website to assist educators in finding diverse books to use in the classroom.

The Nerdy Book Club provides book suggestions for all grade levels.

Colby Sharp shares book recommendations

X Suggestions

The following people on X share teaching and book ideas: 

• @uhclliteracy 
• @regieroutman
• @pernilleripp
• @GeorgiaHeard1
• @KellyGToGo
• @Donalynbooks
• @colbysharp

Professional Organizations

Texas

• Texas Association for Literacy Education
• Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts

National/International

• International Literacy Association
• National Council of Teachers of English

Journals 

• Texas Journal of Literacy Education
• The Reading Teacher
• Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy
• English in Texas
• Language Arts
• Voices from the Middle