AI & the Science of Reading

Introducing TextModels, a new series of texts co-created with AI. These texts grew out of Dr. Elfrieda (Freddy) Hiebert’s work on the role of AI in teaching vocabulary, automaticity and background knowledge. More texts will be added as we develop this new TextProject component.

Grades K-2

Bots

Garbage Truck

TextModels k-2 Garbage-Truck

Drones

Stars at Night

Text Models K-2 Stars

From Nest to Sky

TextModels-k-2-02Nest

A Big Storm

Text Models K-2 Storm

Grades 3-5

All About Flutes

TextModels 3-5 Flutes

Rice Around the World

TextModels 3-5 Rice

The Dancing Zoo Animals

TextModels 3-5 Zoo Animals

The Best Fiesta

TextModels 3-5 Fiesta

Middle School

Background Builders- Game by Walter Dean Myers

These texts are intended to develop automaticity with the core vocabulary as well as background knowledge on themes within the book Game by Walter Dean Myers.

Basketball Talk: Words You Need to Know

Basketball Talk: Words You Need to Know

Basketball Positions: The Players on the Court

Basketball Positions: The Players on the Court

Basketball Referees: The Court Official

Othello

Othello

Drew Sees Himself Like Othello

Drew Sees Himself Like Othello

The Game of Getting to College and Beyond

The Game of Getting to College and Beyond

Background Builders- Geology

Foliation & Gneiss

TextModels Middle School Geology 1

Tectonic Plates

Conglomerate Rock

Fissure

Superposition

Background Builders – Health

Supercharge Your Body

Nutrients

Enzymes

Cellular Respiration

High School

The Last Year-Round Resident of Cedar Point

The Last Year-Round Resident of Cedar Point

Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones: One Storm, Many Names

Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones: One Storm, Many Names

Video on Terminology, Texts, and Teachers in an AI World

Terminology, Texts and Teachers in an AI World

Dr. Elfrieda Hiebert delivered a keynote address during the Reading Hall of Fame Mentoring session organized by the Literacy Research Association on December 5, 2024.

The Science of word zones

The Science of Word Zones: How Big Data is Building Better Readers

Unlike the strict vocabulary limits of the past, scaffolded texts use language research to create rich learning opportunities. At their core is the organization of words into morphological families – groups that share the same root. This structure comes from analyzing large collections of texts to identify the word families that occur most often at different grade levels.