Critical Linking

In 2000, The National Reading Panel (NRP) issued an extensive report of their findings, as directed by Congress in 1997, to assess the status of research-based knowledge about reading, including the effectiveness of various approaches to teaching children to read. The Websites listed below can help to explain the Five Elements of Reading Instruction identified by NRP as effective approaches.

1. Phonemic Awareness

http://www.sedl.org/pubs/sedl-letter/v14n03/3.html

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/408

http://www.reading.org/downloads/positions/ps1025_phonemic.pdf

2. Phonics

http://www.reading.org/resources/issues/positions_phonics.html

http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/literacy/phonics0.html

http://www.projectpro.com/ICR/Research/Phonics/Summary.htm

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/254

3. Fluency

http://www.auburn.edu/~murraba/fluency.html

http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first1fluency.html

http://www.reading.org/publications/journals/rt/v58/i2/abstracts/RT-58-2-Griffith.html

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/c59/

4. Vocabulary

http://www.vtaide.com/png/ERIC/VocabComprehension.htm

http://www.learningpt.org/pdfs/literacy/vocabulary.pdf

http://www.literacymatters.org/content/readandwrite/vocab.htm

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/9943

5. Comprehension

http://www.reading.org/resources/issues/focus_comprehension.html

http://www.readingrockets.org/research/topic/comprehension

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB8024/index1.html

http://www.fcrr.org/FCRRReports/PDF/ElementsReadingComp.pdf

Additional Resources

Research and Resources

http://www.reading.org/resources/issues/focus_comprehension_reading.html

http://www.readingrockets.org/research/

http://www.fcrr.org/

http://www.cehd.umn.edu/reading/

Graphic Organizers

http://www.nifl.gov/partnershipforreading/publications/reading_first1vocab.html

http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer

http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Tools/Index.htm

Motivation

http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/Research/readmotivabstracts.html

http://www.readingonline.org/articles/handbook/guthrie

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/clic/nrrc/gambrell.html

http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/motivation/motivate.html

http://www.middleweb.com/StdntMotv.html

English Language Learners

http://iteslj.org/Articles/Stott-Schema.html

http://www.reading.org/publications/journals/rrq/v39/i2/abstracts/RRQ-39-2-Carlo.html

http://www.wested.org/policy/pubs/fostering

Response to Intervention

http://www.rtinetwork.org/

http://www.rtitools.com/

http://www.interventioncentral.com/

http://www.rti4success.org/

The International Reading Association’s
Commentary on Scientifically Based Reading Instruction:

http://www.reading.org/General/AboutIRA/PositionStatements/EvidencedBasedPosition.aspx