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This guide is for those interested in the teaching of English and language arts, both research and practice.

Background information

Handbook of early literacy research / edited by Susan B. Neuman, David K. Dickinson.
New York : Guilford Press, c2002-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139.5 .L35 H37 2001
"Consistent with prior volumes, we retain our focus on the years from birth to the beginning of formal literacy instruction and include chapters that focus primarily on theoretical issues, others that describe and evaluate interventions, and still others that examine policy-relevant topics."
Handbook of educational psychology / edited by Patricia A. Alexander, Philip H. Winne.
2nd ed. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1051 .H2354 2006
Sections include: "Foundations of the Discipline," "Development and Individual Differences," "Cognition and Cognitive Process," "Motivation," "Educational Content," "Society and Cultural Perspectives," "The Educational Context," and "Assessment of Learning, Development, and Teaching." See especially chapters 19, 20 and 24 on reading, writing and second language learning.
Handbook of research on teaching the English language arts / edited by Diane Lapp, Douglas Fisher.
3rd ed. New York : Routledge, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference » LB1576 .H234 2011
"...offers an integrated perspective on the teaching of the English language arts and a comprehensive overview of research in the field."
Handbook of writing research / edited by Charles A. MacArthur, Steve Graham, and Jill Fitzgerald.
New York : Guilford Press, c2006.
Green Library » Stacks » PE1404 .H358 2006
"bringing together critical reviews of the major theoretical, methodological, and instructional advances that have occurred over the last 15 years in the field of writing research, providing a 21st-century look at writing and writing research."
International handbook of English language teaching / ed. by Jim Cummins and Chris Davison.
New York : Springer, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » PE1128 .A2 I58 2007 PT.1
International handbook of literacy and technology.
Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1050.37 .H36 2006 V.2
The Routledge international handbook of English, language and literacy teaching / edited by Dominic Wyse, Richard Andrews and James Hoffman.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reference » LB1050 .R635 2010
The SAGE handbook of early childhood literacy / edited by Joanne Larson and Jackie Marsh.
2nd ed. Los Angeles : Sage, 2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139 .L3 S344 2013

New books

DIY project based learning for ELA and history / Heather Wolpert-Gawron.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1027.43 .W65 2016
Practice-oriented
Teaching informational text in K-3 classrooms : best practices to help children read, write, and learn from nonfiction / Mariam Jean Dreher, Sharon Benge Kletzien.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1528 .K57 2015
Practice-oriented
In the archives of composition : writing and rhetoric in high schools and normal schools / edited by Lori Ostergaard and Henrietta Rix Wood.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1631 .I55 2015
Newsworthy : cultivating critical thinkers, readers, and writers in language arts classrooms / Ed Madison ; Foreword by Renee Hobbs.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1631 .M353 2015
Practice-oriented
No more teaching a letter a week / Rebecca McKay, William H. Teale.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1525.65 .M45 2015
Practice-oriented
Pose, wobble, flow : a culturally proactive approach to literacy instruction / Antero Garcia and Cindy O'Donnell-Allen ; foreword by Linda Christensen.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1631 .G235 2015
Practice-oriented
Writers are readers : flipping reading instruction into writing opportunities / Lester L. Laminack, Reba M. Wadsworth.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1576 .L254 2015
Practice-oriented
The power of extreme writing : how do I help my students become eager and fluent writers? / Diana Cruchley.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1576 .C8418 2015
Practice-oriented
The common core companion : booster lessons, grades 3-5 / Leslie Blauman.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1576 .B49824 2016
Practice-oriented
Vocabularians : integrated word study in the middle grades / Brenda J. Overturf ; with Leslie H. Montgomery and Margot Holmes Smith.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1631 .O87 2015
Practice-oriented
The unstoppable writing teacher : real strategies for the real classroom / M. Colleen Cruz, foreword by Lucy Calkins.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1576 .C8454 2015
Practice-oriented
Creatively teach the common core literacy standards with technology : grades 6-12 / Catlin R. Tucker.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1631.3 .T83 2016
Practice-oriented
Change over time in children's literacy development / Marie M. Clay.
Auckland : The Marie Clay Literacy Trust, 2015.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1139.5 .L35 C54 2015
Practice-oriented
Developing strategic writers through genre instruction : resources for grades 3-5 / Zoi A. Philippakos, Charles A. MacArthur, David L. Coker Jr. ; foreword by Steve Graham.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1576 .D457 2015
Practice-oriented.
Uncommonly good ideas : teaching writing in the common core era / Sandra Murphy, Mary Ann Smith.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1576 .M863 2015
Practice-oriented.
Identity-focused ELA teaching : a curriculum framework for diverse learners and contexts / Richard Beach, Anthony Johnston, and Amanda Haertling Thein.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1631 .B354 2015
Practice-oriented.
Teaching and learning English grammar : research findings and future directions / edited by MaryAnn Christison, Donna Christian, Patricia A. Duff, and Nina Spada.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » PE1128 .A2 T389 2015
Self-regulation and the Common Core : application to ELA standards / Marie C. White and Maria K. DiBenedetto.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC32 .W55 2015
New directions in teaching English : reimagining teaching, teacher education, and research / edited by Ernest Morrell and Lisa Scherff.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1631 .N358 2015
Storying : a path to our future : artful thinking, learning, teaching, & research / Elizabeth P. Quintero & Mary Kay Rummel.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1042 .Q56 2015
Time to write : the influence of time and culture on learning to write / John Sylvester Lofty.
Second edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1576 .L59 2015
Research on teaching and learning with the literacies of young adolescents / edited by Kathleen F. Malu (William Paterson University), Mary Beth Schaefer (St. John's University).
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1632 .R45 2015
Common Core State Standards for grade 9 : language arts instructional strategies and activities / Michelle Manville.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1631 .M38546 2015
Practice-oriented.
Adolescents rewrite their worlds : using literature to illustrate writing forms / [edited by] Vivian Yenika-Agbaw and Teresa Sychterz.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1631 .A347 2015
Practice-oriented.
Securing a place for reading in composition : the importance of teaching for transfer / Ellen C. Carillo.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1575.8 .C37 2015
Practice-oriented.
Making literacy real : theories and practices for learning and teaching / Joanne Larson and Jackie Marsh.
Second edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LC149 .L275 2015
Practice-oriented.
Vocabulary is comprehension : getting to the root of text complexity / Laura Robb ; foreword by Kathy Ganske.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1574.5 .R64 2014
Practice-oriented.
Research on preparing preservice teachers to work effectively with emergent bilinguals / edited by Yvonne Freeman, David Freeman.
Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing, 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1028 .A1 V.21
Critical encounters in secondary English : teaching literary theory to adolescents / Deborah Appleman.
Third edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » PR33 .A66 2015
Practice-oriented.
A teacher's guide to organizational strategies for thinking and writing / Billie F. Birnie.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1576 .B4939 2015
Practice-oriented.
Casework in K-6 writing instruction : connecting composing strategies, digital literacies, and disciplinary content to the common core / edited by Jenifer Jasinski Schneider.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » LB1576 .C31795 2014
Practice-oriented.

Journals

Children's literature in education.
[New York, etc., APS Publications, etc.]
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » Z1037 .A1 C5 V.39 2008
Children's literature review.
Detroit, Gale Research.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » PN1009 .A1 C5139 V.169 2012
ELT journal / Oxford University Press in association with the British Council.
[Oxford, Eng.] : The University Press, [c1981-
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » 370.5 .E592 V.68 2014
English education.
Champaign, Ill., National Council of Teachers of English.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » 370.5 .E57 V.46 2013/2014
English journal.
[Urbana, Ill., etc., National Council of Teachers of English, etc.]
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » 370.5 .E58 V.104 2014/2015
The Horn book magazine.
Boston, The Horn Book Inc.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reading Room
Internet TESL Journal
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Journal of adolescent & adult literacy : a journal from the International Reading Association.
Newark, DE : International Reading Assoc., c1995-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » 370.5 .J815 V.55:NO.1-3 2011
Journal of literacy research : JLR.
Chicago, Ill. : National Reading Conference, c1996-
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » 370.5 .J8942 V.42 2010
Language arts.
[Urbana, Ill., National Council of Teachers of English]
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » 370.5 .E35 V.92 2014/2015
Reading & writing quarterly : overcoming learning disabilities.
Washington, DC : Hemisphere Pub. Corp.,
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reading Room
Reading improvement.
Oshkosh, Wis, [etc.] Academia Press [etc.]
Education Library (Cubberley) » Reading Room
Reading research quarterly.
[Newark, Del.] International Reading Association.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » 370.5 .R27 V.46 2011
The Reading teacher.
[Chicago]
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » 370.5 .R28 V.65:NO.1-4 2011/2012
Research in the teaching of English.
[Urbana, Ill., etc., National Council of Teachers of English]
Education Library (Cubberley) » Stacks » 370.5 .R431 V.49 2014/2015
TESOL quarterly.
[Washington]
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » 370.5 .T337 V.43 2009

Databases

Education databases

ERIC [electronic resource] : the educational resources information center.
[Washington, DC : National Library of Education?, 199?-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Bibliographic database of educational resources including articles, reports, and curriculum.
Education full text [electronic resource].
[Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Indexes and abstracts articles of English-language periodicals and books on education from 1983 on. Abstracting coverage begins with January 1994. Full-text coverage begins in January 1996 and is available for over half the 600 journals indexed.
Education week American education news site of record [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Teachers College record book reviews [electronic resource].
Birmingham, AL : Teachers College Record
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
"Teachers College Record Book Reviews provides comprehensive reviews of the leading books in education and educational research by major scholars in these fields. "

Related databases

Children's literature comprehensive database [electronic resource].
[New Haven, Conn.?] : Children's Literature
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Literature online [electronic resource].
[S.l] : Chadwyck-Healey, [1996]-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Linguistics and language behavior abstracts : LLBA.
La Jolla, Calif. : Sociological Abstracts, Inc., 1985- 2004.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » P1 .L26 V.27 PT.2 1993
PsycINFO [electronic resource].
[Bethesda, Md.] : Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines.
Sociological abstracts.
[San Diego, etc., Sociological Abstracts, inc.]
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » HM1 .S67 V.52:NO.6 2004
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

Curriculum resources

Writer to writer : from think to ink / Gail Carson Levine.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PN159 .L48 2015
Gr.5-8
Cover image of Avenues
Avenues. grade 1, level B : success in language, literature, and content / Alfredo Schifini ... [et al.].
Carmel, Calif. : Hampton-Brown, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » LB1528 .A954 2004 F PRACTICE BK
Avenues. Grade 2, level C : success in language, literature, and content / Alfredo Schifini ... [et al.].
Carmel, Calif. : Hampton-Brown, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PE1128 .A94 2004 F PRACTICE BK
Avenues. Grade 4, level E : success in language, literature, and content / Alfredo Schifini ... [et al.].
Carmel, Calif. : Hampton-Brown, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » LB1528 .A957 2004 F PRACTICE BK
Avenues. Grade K, level A : success in language, literature, and content / Alfredo Schifini ... [et al.].
Carmel, Calif. : Hampton-Brown, c2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » LB1528 .A953 2004 F A SCHOOL
Edge : reading, writing & language : fundamentals / program authors: David W. Moore ... [et al.].
Carmel, Calif. : National Geographic School Publishing : Hampton-Brown, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » LB1631 .E34 2009

Websites

Annenberg Learner.org
"Teacher resources and teacher professional development programming across the curriculum"
California Learning Resource Network: English-Language Arts
English-Language Arts/English-Language Arts Common Core content area
Center for Applied Linguistics
"CAL is a private, nonprofit organization working to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture. Established in 1959, CAL is headquartered in Washington, DC."
Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
"The purpose of this database is to create a tailored reading list of quality children's literature or to find out if a book has won one of the indexed awards."
English Learners (California Department of Education)
"There are many programs and services to help students who do not speak, read, write or understand English well. There are programs for students, parents, and immigrants. The overall goal of these programs is to improve the English language skills of students."
Google for Educators
"Leading-edge technologies will play a vital role in helping equip future generations with the skills they need to thrive in the workforce of today and tomorrow. That is why we support collaborative learning in communities around the world, and why we invest heavily in education programs initiatives and partnerships through our products and tools."
International Reading Association
"a membership organization of literacy professionals."
Literacy Center Education Network
"The LiteracyCenter.Net serves millions of free literacy lessons to children in more than a 160 countries. We provide safe learning activities for parents and teachers to share with young children. All online lessons are free of advertising and free of charge."
Literacy Information and Communication System
"The Literacy Information and Communication System, commonly referred to as LINCS, is a national dissemination, resource gathering, and professional development system providing information on a wide variety of literacy relevant topics, issues, and resources."
National Council of Teachers of English
"The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education."
PBS Learning Media
Multimedia resources & professional development for America's preK-12 educators.
San Jose Library Educational Resource Center
"Located on the fourth floor of King Library, the Educational Resource Center provides materials for students, educators, professors, parents, and all others interested in K-12 education in Silicon Valley."