Literature allows for examination of the influences of culture and history on individuals, not simply on our personal responses to texts. Guiding students in understanding
This eye-opening analysis reveals how
shorter texts actually widen the achievement gap by limiting vocabulary exposure. Discover why volume of text—not difficulty level—is the real… Read More »Scaffolding Complex Text: Volume of Text Matters
Dr. Hiebert shows how the Lexile for a text can change with a few simple edits.
A question that parents frequently ask these days is: Does screen time count as reading time? With such a wide variety of online reading experiences
Backpacks are useful for carrying school supplies. A student can fill their backpack with books, notebooks, pens, pencils, and other things a student may
TextProject founder Elfrieda (Freddy) Hiebert’s examination of assumptions in the Common Core State Standards regarding kindergarten instruction and the history of kindergarten text difficulty. Click
… Read More »Are 21st century 5-year-olds cognitively ready to read?
The inclusion of kindergarten in the CCSS about text difficulty represents an implicit assumption about beginning reading that also requires consideration—that earlier is better. Does… Read More »Is Reading in Kindergarten the Means for Ensuring College and Career Readiness?
A day at a zoo can be quite memorable for the zoo visitors. But what about the animals that live at the zoo?
Elfrieda (Freddy) Hiebert TextProject & University of California, Santa Cruz The English language has an incredibly rich vocabulary, and yet we use only about 2%… Read More »The 90-10 Rule of Vocabulary in Increasing Students’ Capacity for Complex Text
Beginning readers need substantial and consistent data about language they are learning.
