Writing
Check out these Writing Resources:
- This NCTE Policy Research Brief, Writing Now!
- The position statement, NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing
- What we know about writing in the Early Grades, K-2 and Intermediate Grades, 3-5
- "Nurturing Our Very Youngest Writers," School Talk, January 2009
- "Looking Closely: Teaching Writing/Creating Writers," School Talk, October 2008
- "Writing Workshop," Language Arts, November 2004
- The Writing Workshop: Working Through the Hard Parts (And they’re all hard parts) by Katie Wood Ray
- Becoming Writers in the Elementary Classroom: Visions and Decisions, by Katie Van Sluys
- Using the Writer's Notebook in Grades 3-8, by Janet Elliott
- The NCTE National Gallery of Writing
Reading
Check out these Reading Resources:
- The position statement, Read Together: Parents and Educators Working Together for Literacy
- Teaching Phonics in Context, and the On Demand Web seminar, Reading and Writing in the Elementary Classroom: Teaching Phonics in Context by David Hornstein and Lorraine Wilson
- Literacies, the Arts, and Multimodality, by Peggy Albers
- Becoming Teammates, by Charlene Klassen-Endrizzi
- Building a Knowledge Base in Reading, Second Edition, by Jane Braunger and Jan Patricia Lewis
- Grade K-2 or Grade 3-5 Virtual Conference: Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards
- Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards: Grades K-2 by Susi Long, William Hutchinson and Justine Neiderhiser
- Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards: Grades 3-5 by Jeff Williams, Elizabeth Homan and Sarah Swofford
- The Rights of the Reader, Language Arts, January 2011
- Who is Reading? What is Being Read?, Language Arts, January 2010
- 21st Century Literacies: Young Children Reading and Writing in a Digital World, School Talk, January 2010
- Creating Readers: Talking about Books in Multilingual Classrooms, School Talk, January 2008
NCTE Web Seminars
These virtual events are a convenient and meaningful form of professional development. On Demand Web seminars provide the recorded version of the virtual event and include all audio, video, chat discussion, and actions within the presentation.
Read the Journals
Language Arts is a professional journal for elementary and middle school teachers and teacher educators. It provides a forum for discussions on all aspects of language arts learning and teaching, primarily as they relate to children in pre-kindergarten through the eighth grade. Read the latest issue today!
School Talk is a lively six-page newsletter designed specifically to help classroom teachers bridge the gap between the ideal and the real world of teaching. Presented in a friendly, informal voice, each issue focuses on a topic and deals in practical terms with questions that teachers everywhere are asking. Read the latest issue today!
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Lesson Plans
ReadWriteThink.org offers a wide audience opportunities to find just the literacy resources they need and to share their thoughts and experiences with other community members.
Poetry
Check out these NCTE poetry resources including books, lesson plans, Poetry Award and more!
English Language Learners
English language instruction continues to be a hot topic in the news--from achievement gaps to funding and professional development for teachers. These resources focus on supporting students' cultural language and identity as they work to learn a second language.