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TextProject

Strategies, tools, and texts to bring beginning and struggling readers to proficient levels of literacy
  • Home
  • Teachers
        • Free Student Texts
          • Grades K-1
            • BeginningReads™
            • DecodableReads™
            • TopicReads™ – Primary
          • Grades 2-5
            • FYI for Kids
            • SummerReads™
            • Talking Points For Kids
          • Middle School
            • Stories of Words
            • TopicReads™ – Middle School
          • High School
            • TeenReads™
            • Heroes:  Inspiring Stories for Teens!
          • TextModels
        • Vocabulary Instruction
          • The Core Vocabulary
            • Core Vocabulary Word Zones
            • Core Vocabulary Word Maps
            • Core Vocabulary Word Pictures
          • Academic Vocabulary
            • Academic Word List
          • Literary Vocabulary
            • E4: Exceptional Expressions for Everyday Events
            • S4: Super Synonym Sets for Stories
          • Content Area Vocabulary
            • Content Area Word Pictures
          • WordRoots™: Building Vocabulary Through Word Families
        • Read-Aloud Favorites
        • Recommended read-aloud books for knowledge-building and social-emotional learning
        • The Reading GPS
        • The Reading GPS gives teachers information about whether students are moving toward the goal of proficient reading.
        • Dr. Elfrieda Hiebert’s Text Elements by Task (TExT) model underlying our texts has been validated through scientific research

  • Parents & Tutors
        • Teach Your Child to Read & Spell
        • Teaching guide for BeginningReads, FYI for Kids, SummerReads, and Talking Points for Kids texts.

        • Pat Cunningham's Comprehension Response Sheets
        • Book cover ofComprehension Response Sheets by Pat CunninghamA set of comprehension guides developed by Pat Cunningham for FYI for Kids texts.

        • Teach Your Child Lessons: BeginningReads
        • Tutoring lessons for all 10 levels of BeginningReads.

        • ToolKit for Tutoring
        • Guide for tutors and teachers working with young readers, includes activities for vocabulary development, word study, and writing skills.

        • Comprehension Guides from Reading Partners
        • Comprehension Guides for TextProject TextsComprehension guides to accompany TextProject’s SummerReads and FYI for Kids

        • Lesson Plan for a Fluency Intervention
  • Teacher Educators
        • Professional Development Resources
          • Teaching Vocabulary: Best Practices
            • Teaching Networks of Words
            • Using AI to Teach Word Networks
            • Getting Back to the Page & Staying There
          • Choosing Classroom Texts
            • Text Complexity Modules
            • Creating Student Texts With AI
          • The Science of Reading
        • Text Matters—a Magazine for Educators
        • Practical, research-based ideas for improving reading instruction.

        • Presentation Slides
        • Webinar Videos
  • Research
        • illustration of 3 adolescent readers
        • Latest Research from TextProject
          • Unpacking Automaticity: Scaffolded Texts and Comprehension
          • “CATERing” to Readers’ Needs with AI: Innovation in Text Design and Instruction
          • Enhancing Opportunities for Decoding and Knowledge Building through Beginning Texts
          • What the Quasi-Regular Orthography of English Means for Bringing Students to Proficient Reading
        • Reading Research Snapshots
          • Text types & Their Relation to Efficacy
          • “Making sure the books check every box”
          • Fostering Hope with Children’s Literature
        • Articles on the Science of Reading
          • Beginning Readers: Instruction & Texts
          • Reading Volume & Silent Reading Stamina
          • Text Complexity
          • Vocabulary & Knowledge
        • Reading Research Reports
        • Books
        • Free downloadable ebooks including TextProject originals and reissued classics

  • Frankly Freddy Blog
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Assessment and Instruction in the Era of the CCSS in the English Language Arts

    Assessment and Instruction in the Era of the CCSS in the English Language Arts

    Dr. Karen Wixson’s presentation at IRA 2013-IN19 Assessment In The Era Of The Common Core State Standards.

    Author: Karen Wixson

    Assessment and Instruction in the Era of the CCSS in the English Language Arts

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    Student Texts

    • 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: Heroes
    • High School: TeenReads™
    • All Grades: Read-Aloud Favorites

    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

    Recent Updates

    • Text types and their relation to efficacy in beginning reading interventions: The effects of decodable and non-decodable texts in early reading instruction
    • Making sure the books check every box: Preservice teachers learning to select texts for reading instruction
    • How Misunderstandings of Text Complexity May Have Widened the Achievement Gap
    • Using AI to Teach Word Networks
    • The AI Story Problem: Why Stories for Children and Adolescents Still Need Human Writers

    Contact Us

    Website Issues & Inquiries:
    website@textproject.org

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