2016 CLEL Bell Award Winners

 Looking for great books that incorporate the five early literacy practices: Read, Write, Sing, Play, Talk?  Look no further than the recently announced CLEL Bell Award Winners!  Each year the Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy (CLEL) short-lists 25 picture book titles, with 5 final winners.  The categories reflect the 5 early literacy practices emphasized in libraries.  Too see the winners and explore the short lists, click HERE.   

Read, Write, Think - Best Practices in Reading Instruction

From the Monday Memo - ALS

http://www.readwritethink.org

Literacy teachers will find a gold mine of information and a wide array of standards-based lesson plans that meaningfully integrate Internet content into the teaching and/or learning experience. Each lesson is research based, and includes a detailed instructional plan and such student materials as worksheets, interactives, and Web resources. The lessons make the connection between theory and classroom practice while providing assessments, correlations to national standards and interactive tools to assist students with a reading or writing activity. Lessons can be sorted by grade level (K-2, 3-5, 6-8) and by three areas of literacy practice: learning language, learning about language, learning through language. All recommended Web resources have been reviewed and selected by educators. The selection criteria are posted on the site.