http://aability.com/styled-3/styled-6/index.html

This website includes free games to play that help improve phonemic awareness. Each game also provides different variations of the game to mix things up a bit. There are also beginner level games and also challenges for more advanced learners.

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/phonemic-activities-preschool-or-elementary-classroom

This article talked about different activities that can be used when teaching your students phonemic awareness. It describes each activity in details including materials needed and learning objectives. It is very organized and well put together.

http://www.earlychildhoodteacher.org/blog/5-quick-easy-and-fun-phonemic-awareness-activities/

This website provided different activities and games that can help improve phonemic awareness. The activities are fun and different and I think students would be very engaged with the activities because of that. The games are interactive and give direct feedback which is good for positive reinforcement when the children are learning phonemic awareness skills.

http://pbskids.org/island/preview/gamepreview.html?ww-letterpit

This game teaches the sounds that each letter of the alphabet makes and also begins teaching spelling skills. A dog jumps in the letter pit and jumbles up a bunch of different letters. The student is to build a word by picking out letters that have certain sounds.

http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/patti/k-1/teacher/assessment/tools/tools.html

This is a website that has multiple tools for assessing students' phonemic awareness. They have rhyming activities as well as blending activities, and others. These tools would be useful in testing where the children are at in regards to phonemic awareness and help in discovering where the child might be needing improvement so that instruction can be made.

http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies

Video about phonemic awareness strategies for teachers to use in the classroom. It goes in to detail on specific strategies including examples and how to use the strategy effectively. It also explains what the strategy will do to help the students and why it is important for the students to have phonemic awareness skills.

http://www.earlychildhoodteacher.org/blog/5-quick-easy-and-fun-phonemic-awareness-activities/

This includes an explanation about phonemic awareness and background information on what it involves. It also has five fun games to play with students. It goes into detail about phonemic awareness and why it is important for children to develop those skill

http://www.k12reader.com/effective-strategies-for-teaching-phonemic-awareness/

This website has many different strategies for teachers to consider when teaching their students phonemic awareness. It includes details under each strategy for how to help students that may be struggling. I think these would be very useful for younger students who are having problems with phonemic awareness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzHVmX1pnc8

This video explains how to teach reading using phonics. There are 12 videos that go with this topic. It discusses the use of the alphabet and letter sounds in regards to teaching and learning phonics.

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/lesson-plans-and-activities-teaching-phonics

This article includes different activities to us when teaching phonics. There are other electronic resources that relate to teaching phonics linked in the article. It goes into detail on activities and why they can be useful for children that are developing skills in phonic

http://www.familylearning.org.uk/phonics_games.html

This website includes games for children who are learning phonics can play to master their skills. It includes grade level break downs and a variety of different phonics games. The games are interesting and I think they are a fun way to get students involved and having fun while also working on their phonics skills. 

http://www.teachingdegree.org/2012/12/03/new-elementary-school-teachers-and-phonics/

This is a blog for new teachers with some helpful resources. Also introduces the basic principles of phonics instruction and different strategies when planning for instruction on phonics that teachers can use in the classroom to benefit their students' learning. 

http://jollylearning.co.uk/overview-about-jolly-phonics/

There is a link on the site that links to free phonics worksheets designed for kindergartners. The worksheets work on skills related to phonics and can be useful to help students that are struggling in certain areas. The website also includes a video on teaching literacy using phonics and a background of what exactly phonics is.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/clifford1/index.htm

This is a website full of fun phonics games that are all about Clifford the Big Red Dog! They are interactive story books and there is also the option to read the books in spanish for students who are english language learners.

http://www.education.com/activity/phonics/

The website above has many in activities that teachers can do with students to promote work on phonics. The activities listed are very creative ones that are to be done in class.

http://www.kizclub.com/phonicsactivities.htm

The website above provides teachers with many different activities they can do with students who are working on phonics. Some specific skills that they have practice for are working with homophones, compound words, hard or soft pronunciation of letters, and much more.

http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED309387.pdf#page=74

This explains the effects of early phonics instruction on literacy development in younger children learning to read. This helps explain the importance of instruction on phonics and what aspects of it contribute to the acdemic development in children that are learning to read.

http://secondgradeperks.blogspot.com/2015/02/best-classroom-read-aloud.html

This article talks about a story that is good to use as a read aloud to teach fluency. It explains what the read aloud is and how it can be extremely beneficial to students who are trying to improve their fluency. It also talks about the story and how to read it out loud to stuents to emphasize certain aspects of fluency. 

http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=46&sid=c2ee8f56-b19c-4771-a3fa-c1e784c286ea%40sessionmgr114&hid=102&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=eft&AN=507855347

This website gives twenty ways to increase oral fluency. It is an article that explains oral fluency, why it is important, and ways for teachers to help their students become more fluent readers. It includes strategies to increase oral fluency that teachers can use in their instruction when working on fluency with their students. 

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/literacy/fluency.html

This website gives a great background of what fluency is and what the elements of instruction are for teaching fluency to students. It talks about how teachers can use certain tools and methods in order to help their students with their fluency and encourage improvement overall. 

https://www.reading-tutors.com/tips/TH_Tips_Fluency.pdf

This article discusses tips for teaching fluency. It talks about reader's theater, repeated reading, developing reading vocabulary and poetry. Each of the activities explains instructions and tips to use when trying to implement them into the classroom. 

http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/bestpractices/fluency/pdfs/building_fluency_fit.pdf

This link leads to a pdf that explains how teachers can specifically fit fluency instruction into their schedule. It gives suggested ways to do this, as well as a sample calendar for a month that outlines what fluency activities to do on that day. I think this will be really helpful to future teachers who are trying to plan out their instruction.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1598/RT.59.7.3/abstract

This source provides teachers valuable assessment tools for fluency. This can be useful when trying to asses the students' fluency as well as allow for progress monitoring. This can be useful when trying to plan instruction based on the areas that a majority of students might be struggling in.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/140878294565474286/

This sign can also be put in the classroom to help engage students and allow them to do some self-refelection. It would be a useful tool when reminding the students to check for their fluency improvements.

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/multidimensional-approach-vocabulary-instruction-supporting-english-language-learners

This article discusses strategies for teachers to help children with their vocabulary, particularly English Language Learners in an inclusive classroom. At the end of the article their is a video of an interview with Dr. Rebecca Silverman about what you can do to help children build their vocabulary skills

http://www.k12reader.com/effective-strategies-for-teaching-vocabulary/

This website gives strategies for teaching vocabulary including repeated exposure to words, keywords, and how to pre teach vocabulary. It talks about the importance of learning vocabulary and how to help the students that need improvement in their vocabulary skills. 

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-hard-vocabulary-words

This website gives a video on learning difficult vocabulary and different strategies/ teaching methods that teachers can use when working on vocabulary, particularly difficult words that students often struggle with.

http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/vocabulary/

This website is specifically for ESL vocabulary games. There are a huge number of different games that listening only memory games, text only memory games, as well as other assorted vocabulary games. The activities are all interactive and can be used in the classroom or at home.

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept09/vol67/num01/Six-Steps-to-Better-Vocabulary-Instruction.aspx

This resource provides six steps for better vocabulary instruction. It talks about different strategies that teachers can use when teaching vocabulary and different ways to make the most of the instruction and allow for the children to learn the most. 

http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/30570/

This resource talks about effective ways of teaching ESL students math vocabulary. It discusses what to do when a child who is ELL is struggling with understanding the vocabulary in math. This is important becuase if the child doesn't understand the vocabulary, they will not be able to perform the math. 

http://www.merriam-webster.com/game/index.htm

This is a website that has a lot of word games & quizzes for students to play on the computers or Ipads in the classroom. It includes a variety of games that focus on different skills related to vocabulary in reading. This would be a cool thing to include in a stations rotation during vocabulary instruction. 

https://www.pinterest.com/textproject/core-vocabulary/

This resource has multiple ideas for core vocabulary, and gives creative ideas for implementation in classroom instruction. It gives examples of different ways to approach vocabulary instruction that can benefit the students' learning the most. 

http://www.greatschools.org/special-education/LD-ADHD/1153-special-considerations-for-evaluating-ell-students-for-ld.gs

This article is related to English language learners. It talks about how to determine if a student's learning difficulties are solely a result of trying to learn a second language, or if it is due to an additional learning disability.

http://www.visualdictionaryonline.com/

Here is a visual dictionary you could use to help support vocab development. I think it would be particularly helpful for students with disabilities who could have difficulty with abstract thinking. It will also allow them to practice looking up words and discovering new meanings. 

http://reading.ecb.org/teacher/index.html?login=

This website, into the book, is a reading comprehension resource that is for elementary students and teachers to use in their instruction and practice. It includes teaching tools such as lesson plans, activity guides, and student videos. There are sections that are applicable to student use as well as teacher use. The website also has a professional learning section with behind the lesson information, PDP plans and educator effectiveness resources.

http://www.weeklyreader.com/article/top-tips-teaching-reading-comprehension/

This article discusses tips for teachers when they are trying to teach their students to read for understanding. It describes all of the elements that go into reading comprehension and examples of how to teach each concept to students. Some of the concepts included in the article were plot, cause and effect, text features, and many more.

http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/comprehension.html

This is a website that has multiple different reading comprehension worksheets for multiple grade levels. A good number of them you can access for free and download for your own use. The website separates the worksheets by grade level so they are easy to access and use in the classroom with a variety of different students.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Comprehension-Dice-Game-1033106

This site introduces a comprehension game. Students read a book in pairs, and then they roll the dice, and answer the question that corresponds with the number rolled. It includes a PDF with rules and how to play the game step by step.

http://edhelper.com/language/Reading_Skills.htm

This website breaks down reading comprehension into specific skill areas that you can click on, for example cause and effect, point of view, summarizing, etc. For each specific skill area there are multiple reading passages that teachers can use to help students improve these specific skill areas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Xw9yoYCRY

Here is a video that shows students explaining a self-questioning strategy to support better reading comprehension. I could see students being very engaged with it! It is interesting to have the students explain the strategy to see how effective it is in improving reading comprehension.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/trading_cards_2/

This is an interactive resource for helping student's character comprehension and reading comprehension. It has activities that students can participate in online that help to improve reading comprehension. It will engage the students because it is interactive through the computer. 

http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/motivating-students/

This article talks about ways to motivate students using extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. It also talks about the effects of motivation on differing learning styles.

http://literacyconnects.org/img/2013/03/Motivating-and-engaging-students-in-reading-Cambria-Guthrie.pdf

This article talks about ways to motivate and engage students in the classroom. It also talks about what motivation is and why it is important when a child is learning to read. It gives a background on motivation and ways to activate it extrinsically and then eventually intrinsically.

http://www.achievementfirst.org/resources/login/

This website explains different ways to help teachers motivate their students. It also has a lot of great downloadable content to use in the classroom. There are links to content that can be printed off and used in the classroom that can help motivate students in reading and literacy. 

http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/reading-language/reading-tips/what-to-do-when-your-child-hates-reading/

This article talks about what to do when you child doesn't want to read and different ways that you can use motivation to help them learn to love reading and actively engage in it. It gives suggestions on different ways to get your students motivated when they are feeling that they hate to read. 

http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/107034/chapters/Student-Motivation,-Engagement,-and-Achievement.aspx

The link above leads to a chapter from a book specifically about student motivation, engagement, and achievement. It explains why these concepts are important in the classroom and gives specific strategies that teachers can use in the classroom to implement these concepts.

https://www.msu.edu/~schavean/TE891.ResearchPaper.htm

This article talks about ways to motivate the child that is not intrinsically motivated. It talks about the importance of reading and why being motivated is crucial when learning the different skills. It helps to make extrinsic motivation become more intrinsic so that they students are engaged and wanting to learn more. 

http://www.readingonline.org/articles/handbook/guthrie/

This website talked about the importance of motivation and different strategies that can be used to motivate your students to want to read. This can be especially helpful when your students have become discouraged and need a boost to get them actively engaged in their reading.