Recommended Links
The following are links to recommended organizations and web sites that provide information on learning disabilities, ADHD, and other issues.
You can also see this list organized by type of organization, by focus, or by audience.
Southwest Youth Collaborative (SWYC)
The Southwest Youth Collaborative (SWYC) is a community-based network of youth and community development organizations working together in five diverse neighborhoods on the southwest side of Chicago. Our programs work to build self-esteem, personal and social growth, cooperation, leadership, cross-cultural understanding, and community awareness among our participants.
Spanish for Kids provides activities, multimedia clips, online dictionaries, a directory of Spanish-language schools, travel logs, and a forum for Spanish-language learners.
Spanish Technology Vocabulary and Activities
Spanish-English vocabulary list and accompanying activities.
Spanish-Language Electronic Library
This electronic library holds an archive of books in Spanish, all available to download and view online.
Star Bright Books is an independent publishing company dedicated to producing the highest quality books for children. Star Bright Books produces books that embrace children of all colors, nationalities, and abilities, and they currently publish books in 16 languages.
The Starfall learn-to-read website is offered free as a public service. Primarily designed for first grade, the site is also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade, and Home Schooling.
Printable little pages and books for each letter of the alphabet. Includes a picture for each letter such as "A for Apple."
State Education Resource Center (CT)
SERC is a nonprofit agency primarily funded by the Connecticut State Department of Education. SERC provides professional development and information dissemination in the latest research and best practices to educators, service providers, and families throughout the state, as well as job-embedded technical assistance and training within schools, programs, and districts.
State English Language Proficiency Standards: New York
The New York State Education Department Office of Bilingual Education has developed these standards, which are meant to serve as the foundation for ESL curriculum, instruction, and assessment for all LEP/ELLs in New York State, grades Pre-K through 12. The NYS ESL learning standards also serve as the framework for the New York State ESL Achievement Test (NYSESLAT), which is administered annually to all LEP/ELLs in New York.
State English Language Proficiency Standards: Wisconsin
This website from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction includes information on the ACCESS test, translation accommodations, standards, and criteria for reclassification of ELL students.
Stern Center for Language and Learning
The Stern Center is a non-profit learning and literacy center providing direct service to individuals (instruction and diagnostic services), professional development for educators, and research on learning and literacy.
Story Arts: International Folktales
An online library of short international folktales for children to retell.
The Screen Actors Guild Foundation produces this site, which presents audio and video clips of actors reading favorite children's books. Related activities are also included with each story.
StoryPlace is an interactive site for children (with both an English and Spanish version), created to provide a virtual experience of going to the library and participating in the types of activities the library offers. StoryPlace currently consists of two libraries, the Preschool Library and Elementary Library, with new activities and themes added each month.
Strategies and Resources for Mainstream Teachers of English Language Learners
This downloadable booklet is one in a series of "hot topics" reports produced by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. These reports briefly address current educational concerns and issues as indicated by requests for information that come to NWREL. Each booklet contains a discussion of research and literature pertinent to the issue, a sampling of how Northwest schools and programs are addressing the issue, selected resources, and contact information.
Structure of the Five Paragraph Essay
Sample outline with links to examples from the Glendale Community College website.
An online portal from the U.S. Department of Education offering information on student financial aid. Information in Spanish is also available.
Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education
SCALE supports campus-based literacy programs across the country. In these programs, college students serve as literacy tutors or teachers in their community.
Students Can Find the Main Idea
Teach your students to "consciously look for the main idea." This page from the School Success Library of McDowell High School provides a list of questions, and suggestions, to guide students as they read.
StudyDog is a complete Early Reading (pre-K thru 2nd grade) computer-based program aligned with the findings of the National Reading Panel. StudyDog Reading provides all of the components of a complete, evidence-based, comprehensive, and effective early-childhood reading program.
