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Please note: Some of these links will take you to sites outside of the Clerc Center.

Resources at the Clerc Center

Books for Beginning Readers
Recommended publishers and American history for beginning readers in middle and high school

Dolch Sight Words
Five PowerPoint presentations designed for classroom use. Also available as PDF files.

Frequently Asked Questions about literacy
This is the "About Literacy" section of the Clerc Center's Frequently Asked Questions Web page

Information on Deafness
Info to Go provides information on topics dealing with deafness and hearing loss in children and young people under 21 years of age including lists of resources outside of the Clerc Center

Kendall School Library
Resources include links to periodicals that the library subscribes to, author's pages, resources for librarians, and more

Language Planning: The Role of Parents and Families
PDF version of a Powerpoint Presentation by Stephen M. Nover, Ph.D., Director Center for ASL/English Bilingual Education and Research (CAEBER) given at Gallaudet University, Washington, DC in the KDES Auditorium on January 16, 2007

Literacy with Deaf/HH Students
Nine Web pages of references with abstracts of works related to literacy with Deaf and hard of hearing students

Literacy Products from the Clerc Center
A list and ordering information for products and publications about literacy available from the Clerc Center

Model Secondary School for the Deaf Link Library
Useful links provided by the Model Secondary School for the Deaf's Learning Resources Center

Odyssey—Summer 2000 Literacy Issue
This issue of the Clerc Center magazine about deaf education focuses on literacy

Odyssey—Fall 2002 Literacy in the Workplace Issue
This issue of the Clerc Center magazine about deaf education focuses on literacy and how it relates to preparing students for jobs and careers

Odyssey—Fall 2003 Keys to English Print Issue
This issue of the Clerc Center magazine about deaf education focuses on some of the philosophies, techniques, and innovative strategies that are used to enable deaf children to develop literacy skills.

Perspectives in Deaf Education—May-June 1999 Literacy Issue
This Clerc Center publication (which has ceased publication) offers practical ideas for the Classroom and community with an emphasis on literacy in this issue.

Tips for Building a Classroom Library—Perspectives in Deaf Education March-April 1991
11 useful ideas for classroom teachers to use for starting or expanding their classroom book collections.

Web Resource Library
An annotated bibliography of links to Web sites related to the nine major components of a comprehensive literacy program.

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Resources at Gallaudet

English Works
Gallaudet's project to improve the literacy skills of deaf and hard of hearing students

Literacy & Deaf Students from Gallaudet Research Institute
Information about the reading level of deaf and hard of hearing people, the language skills of deaf students, and finding related research

The Signs of Literacy Project
Studies deaf children's ASL and English literacy development and examines implementation of the Star Schools Project training.

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General Resources for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing

ASL Access
This non-profit organization provides American Sign Language video resources to libraries

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
A peer-reviewed scholarly journal integrating and coordinating basic and applied research relating to individuals who are deaf, including cultural, developmental, linguistic, and educational topics

The Research Program in Language & Literacy
From the University of California, San Diego. They describe their program, give links to abstracts of their publications, and bibliographies of the faculty and staff, complete with phone numbers and e-mail addresses

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General Literacy Resources

American Library Association
The Web site of the world's largest library association which promotes the highest quality library and information services and public access to information

Bridges Program
More about the Bridges Program, a program that assesses and develops the specific intellectual abilities of students to help them learn more effectively

Center for Literacy (University of Illinois)
This research and community service center is designed to enhance literacy education in the Chicago area

Children's Literature Web Guide (University of Calgary)
Provides a list of Internet resources related to books for children and young adults

ERIC Document Reproduction Service
The document delivery component of the Educational Resources Information Center

Fairview Learning Network
Educational materials and assessment tools for teachers of deaf students

Green Bridge Manipulative Visual Language
A system which presents the rules of grammar visually

Information Literacy Committee Report from Maricopa Community Colleges, AZ
Work to identify the critical and analytical skills students must develop in order to use information appropriately and judiciously

Internet: Literacy's Last Best Hope by Laura Fillmore
Presented at Ed-Media 95

Just Add Kids! Resource Directory
A Resource Directory of learning partners, reading sites, and other literacy organizations that serve children and their families

Literature from Kidsweb
Resources from Syracuse University

National Council of Teachers of English
Working to advance teaching, research, and student achievement in English language arts at all scholastic levels

National Institute for Literacy
Working to strengthen literacy across the lifespan

Parents' Literacy and Their Children's Success in School: Recent Research, Promising Practices, and Research Implications
From 1993, Office of Research, Office Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) of the U.S. Department of Education

Pathways to School Improvement-Literacy
From the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

Reading Themes

From TeachersandFamilies.com

READ*WRITE*NOW!

Activities for reading and writing fun

READ*WRITE*NOW! Partners Tutoring Program
A training guide

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