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Reading

Last Updated on Wednesday, November 02, 2011 at 5:05 AM

Reading is the complex, recursive process through which we make meaning from texts, using semantics; syntax; visual, aural, and tactile cues; context; and prior knowledge.

--from Standards for the English Language Arts: A Project of the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), 1996

Kentucky Reading Project
The Kentucky Reading Project (KRP) is a professional development initiative for Kentucky public school elementary (P-5) teachers. It is designed to improve student achievement and emphasize family involvement in literacy.

Read to Succeed
Kentucky's Literacy Plan developed by the Kentucky Literacy Partnership in June, 2002.

Teaching Tools
Welcome to Teaching Tools! We've designed Teaching Tools to provide teachers, schools and districts with a Web-based community of learning. This is where you can share standards-based resources as you strive to move your students to proficiency and beyond.

 

Curriculum Resources for Reading
Includes links to the Implementation Manual, Program of Studies, Core Content for Assessment, Student Performance Standards and links to additional reading related resources.


 

Literacy - MRSIA - Professional Development
Learn more about using More Reading Strategies in Action for professional development.  


 

Literacy-Student Reading Materials
This site includes reading lists by interest and age levels as well as a list of interviews with authors from NPR (National Public Radio) broadcast and a list of E-books which can be read on the Internet.


 

Literacy-Technology Resources
This site includes resources for books-on-line, software which reads text, as well as web search engines which teachers can use to integrate the Internet into their classroom and much, much more.   Assistive and Adaptive Technology: This web site was created to provide information about assistive technology, including available resources, such as the ... More


 

More Reading Strategies in Action
More Reading Strategies in Action is a CD-ROM-based professional development tool from the Kentucky Department of Education produced by Kentucky Educational Television.  This tool showcases videotaped examples of excellent teachers modeling strategies that help students in grades 6-10 improve their comprehension of informational texts.  To see a videoclip, click on the ... More


 

Read to Succeed
Developed by the Kentucky Literacy Partnership in June 2002. The Kentucky Literacy Partnership was established by executive order on April 26, 1999. Its purpose: to coordinate statewide literacy efforts among the public and community entities that share an interest in improving the reading and literacy skills of children and adults throughout Kentucky. ... More


For more information contact:

Cindy Parker
500 Mero Street, 19th floor CPT
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-2106 x4528
cindy.parker@education.ky.gov