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Music
Lesson Plans
Homeschooling
Performance Assessment
Phonics vs. Whole Language
READING & WRITING - General - Vocabulary - Spelling - Phonemes
READING PROBLEMS - Extent of the Problem - Prevention - Tips for Parents - Parent/Teacher Relationship

ART
World Wide Arts Resources from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
See especially, Educational Resources
National Gallery of Art
Art History Resources on the Web

MUSIC
K-12 Resources for Music Educators
Music Education from the Garden State Pops Youth Orchestra
Nick and Cyrene's Classical Music Links
Classical Music Page
D3 Music Learning Network

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
What Should Parents Know About Performance Assessment?
The Show-Me Classroom Performance Assessment Project
Performance Assessment
Performance Based Assessment
ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation
Guidelines for the Development and Management of Performance Assessments
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
StarNET:A Network for Managing Digitized Multimedia Performance Assessent Data
Fairness in Performance Assessment

PHONICS VS. WHOLE LANGUAGE
The Best of Both Worlds
The New Century Reading/Language Arts/Writing curriculum
Whole Language Vs. Integrated Language Vs. Phonics
Phonics and whole language

READING PROBLEMS - EXTENT
Report on Learning Disabilities Research, by Dr. Reid Lyon
Learning To Read/Reading To Learn Campaign: Helping Children with Learning Disabilities to Succeed
Exective Summary for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in Reading
First Look at Reading from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in Reading
NAEP 1994 Reading at a Glance
Why America Has the World's Dimmest Bright Kids

READING PROBLEMS - PREVENTION
Preventing early reading failure with one-to-one tutoring: A review of five programs.
Helping Children With Learning Disabilities to Succeed
Reading Intervention Programs for Beginning Readers
Reading Recovery Programs
Reading Comprehension Instructional Strategies - Elementary Level
Whole Language vs. Phonics: More of the Debate
The Accelerated Reader Program

READING PROBLEMS - PARENT/TEACHER RELATIONSHIP
The Alliance for Parental Involvement in Education
Family Education Network
National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education
Project Appleseed
National Parent Teacher Association
PEP Parents, Educators, and Publishers

READING PROBLEMS - TIPS FOR PARENTS
Parental Involvement in the Reading Instruction of Young Children, including both the latest in research and the most useful Web-based information.

How Can I Improve My Child's Reading?

LESSON PLANS
From the AskERIC site
"Teams" K-12 Lesson Plans
From publications of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English and Communication
Lesson Plan Databses
Lesson Plans

HOMESCHOOLING
John's Homeschool Resource Page
Home Schooling Support Groups, Laws, and State-level Associations
Home Schooling and Socialization of Children
Home Education Magazine
The Homeschooling FAQ
Parent's Place
Homeschooling Conferences and Conventions
Learn In Freedom
Montessori at Home

READING & WRITING - GENERAL
From the AskERIC site
K-12 Sources - Lesson Plans
Teacher Talk Forum
From PREPnet
"Teams" K-12 Lesson Plans
From publications of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English and Communication
From the Teachers Page of the Stanley County Schools
Lesson Plan Databses
From the Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory (McREL)
Lesson Plans

READING & WRITING - VOCABULARY
Vocabulary Instruction and Reading Comprehension: A summary of the research
Vocabulary Instruction in Elementary Schools
Vocabulary Instruction in Secondary Schools
AskERIC Lesson Plans: Language Arts: Vocabulary

READING & WRITING - SPELLING
Spelling Instruction

READING & WRITING - PHONEMIC AWARENESS

Phonemic Awareness: What is it?
What are phonemic awareness skills?
Levels of Phonemic Awareness
Helping Children Learn "Phonemic AND Graphemic" Awareness
Phonics and Phonemic Awareness