Other Vocabulary Resources
Free Classroom Materials
Core Vocabulary Resources
To become proficient readers, students must become automatic in recognizing and understanding the core vocabulary of 4000 simple word families.
Vocabulary Instruction
Vocabulary instruction unlocks the key to reading comprehension. In addition to our core vocabulary resources, TextProject offers free resources for academic vocabulary, literary vocabulary, and content area vocabulary.
Free Student Texts
Free texts for reading instruction!
- BeginningReads
- DecodableReads
- TopicReads – Primary
- FYI for Kids
- TopicReads- Middle School
- SummerReads
- Stories of Words
- Talking Points For Kids
- Heroes!
- TeenReads
For programs such as BeginningReaders and FYI for Kids, world-renowned researcher and teacher educator, Patricia Cunningham, has written lessons to accompany the texts.
Teaching Tips
Frankly Freddy Blog
New podcast: Linking Automaticity, Vocabulary, and Text With Dr.Freddy Hiebert
Jake Downs, host of the Talking Literacy podcast, welcomes guest Dr. Freddy Hiebert, a renowned literacy researcher and CEO/Founder of TextProject. The conversation covers topics such as the importance of automaticity, the core vocabulary, reading volume, and shifts in text complexity over the decades.
How Misunderstandings of Text Complexity May Have Widened the Achievement Gap
Reading scores for the lowest-performing students have plummeted to historic lows. Misunderstandings of text complexity have contributed to this achievment gap.