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There are several ways to find materials on the ReadWriteThink site. The Search Resources tool is available on the left-hand side of every page and allows you to filter what you see by a variety of different categories, including grade level and resource type.
You can also use the keyword box at the top of the Search Resources tool to search using a specific term or phrase. When you do this, you will see results from the ReadWriteThink site.
You can also browse each of the main sections of the ReadWriteThink site using the buttons that line the top of every page. You'll find content as follows
Classroom Resources contains lesson plans, student interactives, printouts, and calendar activities.
Collections features curated sets of lesson plans, teaching materials, and professional learning resources on topics frequently taught in classrooms.
Professional Development contains information about professional development opportunities online and in your community, as well as instructional strategy guides and a professional library listing books and journals from NCTE.
About Us is where you'll learn about the ReadWriteThink site, including our partners, our staff, our authors, our advisors, and our community.
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We have recently updated our student interactive tools to work since the discontinuation of Flash. They should work on all computers, tablets, phones, and other devices. If that is not the case, please contact us and let us know what browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, etc.) and operating system (Windows 10, Mac OSX, etc.) you are using, including version numbers, so we can investigate the issue further. Please also let us know if you are using a computer, tablet, or phone to access the tools.
We realize that some devices do not run Flash. Therefore we have created a number of Mobile Apps that can be used on tablets. We are also working to make some of our other tools to be platform agnostic.
Currently, work can be saved only in some of our interactive tools. Issues of student privacy, passwords, server space, and cost have prevented us from offering this service widely. However, some tools have been revised to safely include saving of work. We will continue to update more over time as we can!
In order to maintain strict privacy measures, we do not save any user information on our servers, including any artifacts the user makes. We also don’t use logins on our site.
We welcome links to ReadWriteThink.org from school, classroom, educational, and personal websites that are freely available to the public. You do not need to formally request permission for these links, but we ask that you abide by the terms below.
ReadWriteThink is very selective of the sites chosen to be included as links in our activities and lesson plans. We do not link to any websites that contain numerous advertisements, require a subscription, or are not related to literacy education. If you believe that your website meets ReadWriteThink's rigorous criteria, please contact us with your URL and a description of where you think it might best go on our site.
The link will be examined by our staff and advisors, who will determine whether it will be included. All decisions are final.
ReadWriteThink materials may be reprinted for use in K-12 or higher education classrooms or for out-of-school educational settings. Please feel free to photocopy the materials for student portfolios and to share with your colleagues.
Note, however, that ReadWriteThink integrates the internet into the teaching and learning process. We spend a considerable amount of time updating links as external websites reorganize or remove content from the internet. A hard-copy reprint from ReadWriteThink would therefore be dated before long. Rather than reprint the entire resource, we encourage you to print the title, author, overview, and URL, along with a copyright line citing ReadWriteThink.org as the publisher.
You need not seek permission to print the suggested items, but we would appreciate it if you would contact us with your curriculum guide title and the districts in which it will be distributed.
Authors of upcoming professional books who wish to reprint ReadWriteThink materials or include screenshots of our materials should contact us to request permission.
ReadWriteThink materials (e.g., lessons, rubrics, and handouts) may be adapted as needed to serve students' needs in and out of school.
ReadWriteThink's student interactive tools are proprietary items and are copyrighted by the National Council of Teachers of English. These tools are not available for sale or adaptation.
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ReadWriteThink seeks classroom-tested, evidence-based lesson plans, printouts, and strategy guides for our Classroom Resources and Professional Development sections. If you are interested in submitting materials to the site, please visit Contribute to ReadWriteThink and fill out the form to sign up. Please note: If you are a teacher educator, please contact us before assigning your students to submit lessons.
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