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Free Student Texts for Grades 2-5

FYI for Kids

FYI for Kids!

Magazine articles for second grade through fifth grade

Talking Points for Kids

Talking Points for Kids

Discussion-provoking texts that 4th – 5th graders can read independently

SummerReads

Accessible, engaging texts for an entire summer of reading.

Research: The science behind TextProject’s Texts for Grades 2-5

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Resources for Teacher Educators

  • Teaching Vocabulary: Best Practices
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Resources for Vocabulary Instruction

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Resources for Parents & Educators

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  • Comprehension Response Sheets by Pat Cunningham
  • ToolKit for Tutoring
  • Comprehension Guides from Reading Partners
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Recent Updates

  • Introducing TextProject’s StoryLabs: Building the Reading Fluency Adolescents Need
  • Why Every Minute of Reading Matters
  • Webinar: Using AI to Select, Teach, and Assess Word Knowledge
  • The Power of Text Sets: Freddy Talks with the Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Podcast
  • Freddy joins host Lindsay Persohn on a new episode of Classroom Caffeine podcast!

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Student Texts & Other Resources

  • K–Grade 1: BeginningReads
  • K-Grade 1: DecodableReads
  • K-Grade 1: TopicReads – Primary
  • Grade 2–5: FYI for Kids
  • Grade 2–5: SummerReads
  • Grade 2-5: Talking Points For Kids
  • Middle School: TopicReads™
  • Middle School: Stories of Words
  • High School: StoryLabs
  • High School: Heroes
  • High School: TeenReads™
  • All Grades: TextModels: AI Curated Texts
  • The Reading GPS
  • Read-Aloud Favorites

Resources for Teacher Educators

  • Teaching Vocabulary: Best Practices
  • Choosing Classroom Texts
  • The Science of Reading
  • Text Matters—a Magazine for Educators
  • Webinar Videos
  • Presentation Slide Decks

Resources for Vocabulary Instruction

  • Core Vocabulary Word Maps
  • Core Vocabulary Word Zones
  • Core Vocabulary Word Pictures: Semantic Maps for the Core Vocabulary
  • Academic Word List
  • E4: Exceptional Expressions for Everyday Events
  • S4: Super Synonym Sets for Stories
  • Content Area Word Pictures
  • WordRoots™

Resources for Parents & Educators

  • Teach Your Child to Read & Spell
  • Teach Your Child Lessons: BeginningReads
  • Comprehension Response Sheets by Pat Cunningham
  • ToolKit for Tutoring
  • Comprehension Guides from Reading Partners
  • Lesson Plan for a Fluency Intervention

Recent Updates

  • Introducing TextProject’s StoryLabs: Building the Reading Fluency Adolescents Need
  • Why Every Minute of Reading Matters
  • Webinar: Using AI to Select, Teach, and Assess Word Knowledge
  • The Power of Text Sets: Freddy Talks with the Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Podcast
  • Freddy joins host Lindsay Persohn on a new episode of Classroom Caffeine podcast!

Contact Us

Website Issues & Inquiries:
website@textproject.org

Inquiries about TextProject texts, teaching resources, & research:
info@textproject.org

© textproject.org