Teaching guide for BeginningReads, FYI for Kids, SummerReads, and Talking Points for Kids texts.
A set of comprehension guides developed by Pat Cunningham for FYI for Kids texts.
Guide for tutors and teachers working with young readers, includes activities for vocabulary development, word study, and writing skills.
Comprehension guides to accompany TextProject’s SummerReads and FYI for Kids
Free downloadable ebooks including TextProject originals and reissued classics
What’s your name? Maybe you were named for someone in your family. Many families name babies after an older relative to honor him or her and to carry on the person’s name. Sometimes places and things are named in this way, too—to honor a person or event, or to keep an important memory alive. Words like this, in which people’s names are used to form new words, are called eponyms. Eponym is a Greek word that means “to give one’s name to something.”