Welcome to the Bethlehem Area School District’s Literacy resources web site. Listed below you’ll find links that should be helpful to students, teachers, and parents. Links are sorted into three categories: K-12, Elementary, and Secondary.  There’s a link to the Pennsylvania Department of Education's site that has a wealth of information on PSSA test preparation, among other things. There are some great young adult literature sources and other general professional sources.

K-12 Links:
• International Reading Association
• Keystone State Reading Association
• www.lexile.com - determine the readability of text
• www.ascd.org - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• National Reading Conference
• Reading is Fundamental
• Literature In Use Forms

Elementary Links:
• Read 180 homepage
• http://www.flr.follett.com/login/ - A powerful online collection development and curriculum support tool
• http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/ideas/subj_writing4.htm - Ideas for teaching writing, K-6
• Reading Recovery Council of North America
• Language Arts Reading Strategies
• Read Please or HelpRead
• Reading is Fundamental

Secondary Links:
• American Library Association - Young Adult Literature
• Read 180 homepage
• http://www.flr.follett.com/login/ - A powerful online collection development and curriculum support tool
• Reading Apprenticeship homepage
• www.professornana.com - extensive source on “everything young adult literature”
• Alliance for Excellent Education – great resource for high school reform
• Pennsylvania Department of Education
• http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/ - Daily poems
• http://www.poems.com/ - Daily poems
• Alphabetical list of authors
• http://teacher2b.com/ - Resources for English teachers
• http://www.sonnets.org/ - An archive of English sonnets, commentary, and relevant web links and a forum for poets to share and discuss their own work.
• National Council of Teachers of English
• National Reading Council is a professional organization for individuals who share an interest in research and the dissemination of information about literacy and literacy instruction.