Literacy Links

APA Style - KSRA uses APA style for all of its printed material. If you write anything for KSRA or for your LOCAL COUNCIL, please be sure to use the APA format. All publications for KSRA should be sent for proofreading by publications co-chairs Hollie D’Agata and Jane Helman, who try their best to catch errors. It is highly recommended that local councils also choose someone to proofread in order to avoid embarrassing mistakes. All printed material should be professional. To access information for the new 6^th edition, please refer to the following websites:

The Owl at Purdue Website

Complete format guide is available.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Download a wonderful APA PowerPoint Slide Presentation

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/17/

American Psychological Association’s APA Style Website

Clicking on “What’s New in the Sixth Edition?” takes you to a page where there are also two free tutorials.

http://www.apastyle.org/

Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers

Children's Literature Assembly - CLA is an organization dedicated to bringing children's literature and advocates of children's literature together. The CLA is affiliated with the National Council of Teachers of English and its members have a personal and professional interest in promoting children's literature for children and adults. Also found on this site is the list of Notable Books in Language Arts.

eMBEDDED LEARNING Academy – Pennsylvania Department of Education is providing free K-3 Early Literacy online professional development courses through Learning Sciences International to all PA school districts.   Features include:  12-15 hour format, self-directed study groups, classroom look-for videos, job-embedded activities, reporting and monitoring capabilities, and automatic Act 48 reporting.

International Reading Association

History of Reading, IRA Special Interest Group - Includes scholarship information for theses/dissertations on the history of reading.

IRA Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group

National Council of Teachers of English

National Reading Conference

Pennsylvania Center for the Book

Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English Language Arts - State affiliate of NCTE

Pennsylvania Department of Education

Rand Reading Study Group

Read Across America

Teen Read Week (American Library Association)

The Education Policy and Leadership Center

Thinkfinity - designed to improve learning in traditional settings and beyond the classroom by providing high-caliber content and professional development needed to improve student achievement – anytime, anywhere, at no cost.

United States Department of Education