Oral language is an important element in reading and writing.  Students must be given the chance to talk. Oral Language is developmental, if children are not allowed to talk they do not progress.
Alabama Reading Initiative
http://www.ed.uab.edu/ari/

Alabama Reading Association
http://www.alabama-reading.org/

International Reading Association
http://www.reading.org/

Oral Language Development across the Curriculum, K-12
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/digests/d107.html

The Reading Lady
http://readinglady.com/

The Four Blocks and Patricia Cunningham
http://www.wfu.edu/~cunningh/fourblocks/

Balanced Literacy
http://www.rigby.com/classroom/balancedlit.htm

Tampa Reads
http://www.tampareads.com/

National Standards can be found:
http://www.ncte.org/standards/thelist.html

Kindergarten Connect
http://www.kconnect.com/

A teacher in Lafayette, IL put together this site for their teachers
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/fourblocks/general_information.htm
Explore this site- he has chants, research, a bit of everything that is in the Four Blocks.

Click on the book for the page you need.
Riverton/Mt. Carmel and ARI
Oral Language Development
Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
Reading Assessment
Reading Comprehension
Reading and Writing Connection
Struggling Readers
Kid's Pages
Parent's Pages

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