Vancouver School Board Learning Services

Recommended Resources for Teaching Literacy

Representative / Publisher / Key Early Literacy Programs / Key Late Literacy Programs /
Ben Minuk
Ph: 604-271-8813 or
1-877-271-8833
Fx: 604-271-2831
/ Ben Minuk & Associates
110-4211 Bayview St.
Richmond, BC, V7E 6T6
Web.mac.com/schoolbooks1
LuckEncore & Associates
Hank Luck
Ph: 604-515-9106
Fx: 604-515-9146
BB (blackberry) 6043750621

www.luckencore.ca / Benchmark Education Corporation P 1-877-236-2465F 1-877-732-8273
www.benchmarkeducation.com
Chestnut Publishing Group
Ph: 416-224-5824 Fx: 416-486-4752
www.chestnutpublishing.com or
www.hip-books.com
Creative Publications (McGraw-Hill)
Wright Group (McGraw-Hill)
Ph: 1-800-565-5758 Fx: 1-800-463-5885
www.mcgrawhill.ca/school
Follett Library Resources
titlewave.ca #: 1.888.511.5114
www.titlewave.ca
Oxford University Press
www.oup.com/ca / $ Sunshine Books
$ The Story Box
$ Storyteller
$ Take-Twos
$ FastTrack Reading
$ Twig
$ Wildcats
$ Explore More (Gr 4-6 non-fiction)
$ Oxford References: Dictionaries, Thesaurus, Atlases, Activity Masters for Junior Atlas
$ Discovering Series: First Peoples, First Contacts; Canada; Castle Days; Canadian Pioneers; Amazon Rainforest; Today=s Japan
$ Fact Finders
$ Outlooks 3 (incl. teacher’s manual)
$ Springboards / § Outlooks Social Studies: (Gr 3 -7)
· Identities (Gr 7-9)
Barbara Fowler
ph: 604-261-3591
fx: 604-261-2858
/ Capstone Publishers
www.capstonepress.com
National Geographic School Publ=g
www.nationalgeographic.com/education
Portage & Main Press
www.portageandmainpress.com
SRA / Open Court (McGraw-Hill)
www.mcgrawhill.ca/SRA / $ Portage & Main Press (has a wide variety of teacher professional resources, math, socials & science programs)
$ Capstone (Red Brick imprint)
- Pebble Books
- Yellow Umbrella
$ National Geographic
- Language Literacy & Vocabulary materials
- Windows on Literacy (modified & extended)
- Reading Expeditions
- Explorer books
· SRA
- Reading Mastery
- Corrective Reading
- Open Court
- Reading Labs / $ Capstone (Red Brick imprint) has wide variety of nonfiction
$ National Geographic
- Language Literacy & Vocabulary materials
- Windows on Literacy (modified & extended)
- Reading Expeditions
- Theme Sets (differentiated instruction)
- Explorer books
· SRA
- Reading Mastery
- Corrective Reading
- Open Court
- Reading Labs
Peggy Woodruff
Ph: 604-540-2355 or
1-888-278-2202
Fx: 604-540-2397 or
1-877-473-3003
/ Core Learning Resources
www.corelearningresources.com
Curriculum Plus
www.curriculumplus.ca / $ Aboriginal PALS Resources
$ Eagle Crest Books Guided Reading (K-1) (36 books)
· Loon Books Guided Reading Set 3 (6 copies of 10 books)
· Porcupine books / $ Aboriginal / First Nations fiction and non-fiction
Erin Pope
Ph: 604-986-2977
/ McGraw-Hill Ryerson school Division
Ph: 1-800-565-5758 Fx: 1-800-463-5885
E-mail:
www.mcgrawhill.ca
Ryerson, MacMillan, Glencoe, Jamestown / $ Jamestown Publications - high interest-low vocabulary resources for struggling and reluctant readers as well as ESL for Gr 5-12 (interest level) , reading levels Gr 1-12
$ Science: a Closer Look (K-3) / $ Jamestown Publications - high interest-low vocabulary resources for struggling and reluctant readers as well as ESL for Gr 5-12 (interest level) , reading levels Gr 1-12
$ Science: a Closer Look (4-7)
Debra Smith
Ph: 778-329-6945
/ Pearson Education Canada
P.O. Box 580 or
26 Prince Andrew Place
Don Mills, ON M3C 2T8
Ph: 416-447-5101 Fx: 416-447-2551
www.pearsoned.ca/school / $ Addison Wesley Math Little Books (K-3)
$ Dominie Press
$ Ginn Reading Steps (K-3)
$ Reaching Readers and Writers (K-6)
$ Information Texts (Gr 1-6)
$ Quick Comprehension Assessments (Gr 3-6)
$ Canadian Biographies (Gr 3-6)
$ TRIOS (Gr 3-6) / $ Reaching Readers and Writers (K-6)
$ Information Texts (Gr 1-6)
$ Quick Comprehension Assessments (Gr 3-6)
$ Canadian Biographies (Gr 3-6)
$ TRIOS (Gr 3-6)
$ Inquisitives (Gr 4-6)
$ Literacy In Action for (Gr 4-7)
Zinta Williams
ESL Consultant BC/Yukon
Pearson Longman ESL/ ERPI
www.longman.com www.longmanesl.ca
Ph (604) 254-7959
/ Pearson Education ESL / ERPI
5757 Rue Cypihot
Saint-Laurent, Québec H4S 1R3Tel: (514) 334 2690 or 1 800 263 3678Fax: (514) 334 4720 or 1 800 643 4720
E-mail: ttp://www.erpi.com
ON-LINE CATALOGUE & Price List www.longman-esl.ca/
Orders: 1-800-263-3678 / / $ Penguin Young Readers (K-5)
$ Longman Children=s Picture Dictionary (with 2 workbooks and teacher resource - Gr 1-4)
$ Scott-Foresman ESL Sunshine Edition www.longman.com/sfesl
$ Longman ESL
$ Addison-Wesley ESL
$ Prentice-Hall ESL / $ Penguin Young Readers (K-5)
$ Penguin Readers, Easystarts to Lvl 3 (Gr 4-8)
$ Longman Young Children’s Picture Dictionary
$ Longman Children=s Picture Dictionary (with 2 workbooks and teacher resource - Gr 1-4)
$ Newcomer Phonics (student book, teacher=s guide, audio CD or cassette - Gr 5-6)
$ What a World (4 student books, 2 audio CDs)
$ Stories We Brought with Us – 3rd ed. (Gr 4-8)
$ Fast Track Phonics (student book, teacher’s guide, 2 audio cassettes & 1 CD, picture cards)
$ English Extra
$ Picture Stories
$ More Picture Stories
$ Picture This 1 & 2
$ A Conversation Book & Conversation Book 2
Virender Sain
Ph: 604-464-7385
Fx: 604-464-7385
/ Sain Enterprises Ltd. - Bilingual Books
www.sainbooks.com
Jonathon Lillow
Ph: 604-873-4138
Fx: 1-800-561-1763
/ Saunders Book Company
Knowbuddy Resources
www.librarybooks.com
J. Appleseed
3041 East 28th Avn
Vancouver, BC V5R 1S6
www.jappleseed.ca
Ailsa Howard
Ph: 604-943-8016 or
1-800-268-3848
Fx: 604-943-8042 or
1-866-346-1288
/ Scholastic Canada Ltd.
www.education.scholastic.ca / § Go Facts - Gr 1-5: Two new themes just introduced for Grades 4/5: Space and Natural Disasters. Three new themes on the Arts, Habitats and Physical Sciences coming in December 2007.
§ Early Science Resource Centre (K-1) – NLA
§ Wiggleworks (K-3) - New software being introduced in December 2007
§ Kindergarten units - NLA
§ Gay Su Pinnell Guided Reading Kits (K-6)
(A-Z)
- Rededition 70% fiction
- Blue edition 60% non-fiction
- NEW Orange edition Content area focus (45% science, 40% social studies and 15% mathematics)
§ Alphakids (K-2) mix of fiction and non-fiction
§ Alphaworld (K-2) all non fiction
§ Social Studies Resource Centre (K-1) NLA
§ Literacy Place forthe EarlyYears(K-3)
§ Momentum (K-3) / § Literacy Place (Gr 4-6) NLA
§ New program: Moving Up with Literacy Place (Gr 4-6) Gr 4 Oct 2007; Gr 5 Spring 2008; Gr 6 Fall 2008
§ Momentum (Gr 4-6)
§ Read XL (Gr 6, 7, 8) (struggling readers)
§ Second Chance (Gr 4-10) (struggling readers)
§ Pan Canada Science Place (K-6) Plus new series of independent books to match the BC curriculum. "Why is it so" series - 15 books to match 15 kits for Gr 1-6
Janet Sutherland
604.608.4864 or 1.800.660.1244
c/o / Tilley Point Education
40407 Ayr Dr, PO Box 2319, Squamish, BC V8B 0B5
/ § Oxford Reading Tree / § Literacy Web -non fiction (Gr 4-6) (struggling readers)
§ Treetops Fiction and Non Fiction (Gr 4-6)
§ Wolf Hill - fiction (Gr 4-6) (struggling readers)
Mary Lou Hamill
Ph: 604-789-3277 or
1-800-668-0600 x6053
Fx: 604-882-1836 or
1-800-668-0602
/ Spectrum Educational Supplies
www.spectrumed.com / § Creative Teaching Press (Learn to Read)
§ Jolly Phonics
§ Reading Recovery Materials
§ Aims Materials
§ Box Cars and One Eyed Jacks
§ K=nex
§ Lego Dacta
§ Gems - Series
§ Texas Instruments
· Links to Learning
· Little Critter First Readers
· I Can Do It (for reluctant or ESL readers)
· Reading for Fluency Collection
· Extreme Readers (K-2 non-fiction)
§ Math & Literature Series
§ AIMS resources (math)
Randy Arduini
Ph: 604-464-1515 or
1-800-668-0671 x2250
Fx: 604-464-1522
Cell: 604-837-6804
/ Thomson Nelson, Head Office
1120 Birchmount Road
Scarborough, ON M1K 5G4
www.nelson.com
/ § Nelson Language (K-6)
§ Networks
§ Spelling
§ Early Success
§ Soar to Success
§ PM Starters
§ Little Readers for Guided Reading
§ Reidmore Books
§ Write Source
§ Little Books/ Info Read (K, 1, 2, 3)
§ Big Books (Gr 2)
§ Story Worlds
§ Irwin Writing Program
§ BC Math Workbooks
§ Cornerstones Assessment Pkg
§ Cornerstones (Gr 1-6)
§ Pair-It Books (Steck-Vaughn)
§ Canadian Spelling Program
§ Canadian School References
§ Carousel Readers
§ Side by Side (K) / § Crossroads (Gr 7-9)
§ Nelson Language (Gr K-6)
§ Cornerstones (Gr 1-6)
§ Nelson Skyriders (Gr 3-5)
§ Power Magazines (Gr 4-6) (struggling readers)
§ Book Web Chapter Books (Gr 3-6)
§ Power Zone Magazine (Gr 7-10) (struggling readers )
§ Write Traits Kits (Gr 1-8)
§ Boldprint (Gr 4-12) (struggling readers)
§ Literacy Power (Gr 6-12)
§ Soar to Success (Gr 3-8) (struggling readers)
§ Communicating Skills (Gr 3-9)

PUBLISHERS' LITERACY RESOURCES revised March 31, 2008