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
Both the Chinese and Japanese languages have more than one system of writing. This means that there could be more than one way to write the word hello! Because the writing systems used in these languages are quite different from the one used in English, some words are spelled in a few different ways. This often happens when people try to spell a word from another language the way it sounds in their own language.
A brief history of TextProject and why all our resources are FREE.
Reading Today Online highlights TextProject’s Teacher Development Series.
Freddy talks about the staircase of Text Complexity in Reading Today (online edition).
A review of The Common Core’s Staircase of Text Complexity: Getting the Size of the First Step Right (Hiebert, 2011).
Take a look at TextProject resources through the eyes of a pre-service instructor.
Batter up!
Whether you play sports or you watch others play sports, chances are some of the everyday words you use came from sports. Want to see which ones they are? Okay, this is the book you’ll want to read. Ready? Get set. Go!
Abbreviations help people save time in writing often used words. Take a look at the most common abbreviations and how they are used. C how many U know!
When things are invented, such as computers, new words are often created to describe them. Also, well-known words sometimes take on new meanings.
Every word has a history. Some of these histories, or origins, are quite surprising. Because people have come to the United States from countries around the world, many English words come from other languages. This is especially true for words about different foods.