TextProject Word Pictures

Originally known as “QuickReads: Word Pictures” and designed to supplement QuickReads print edition, the main goal of TextProject: Word Pictures is to help English Language Learners connect key words to concepts they may already know. For example, a student may already know the process in which plants grow from seeds but they may not have been introduced to these content vocabulary words: seeds, grow, and plants.

Here are the TextProject: Word Pictures titles, organized by their correspondence to QuickReads levels and topics:

QuickReads, Level AQuickReads, Level B
Life ScienceFrom Seeds to PlantsHow Animals Talk
Your Five SensesInsects
PetsTrees
CivicsAmerican PlacesNational Symbols
The United States of AmericaBrave Americans
Americans Who DreamBeing a Citizen
Earth ScienceHow Things are MeasuredWeather
SeasonsRocks
StarsWater and Us
Geography and EconomicsLakes and PondsMaps
Homes Around the WorldMoney
Places People WorkJobs and Us
Physical ScienceScience on the PlaygroundMagnets
Solids, Liquids, and GasesForces Around Us
Floating and SinkingThinking Like a Scientist
HistoryToys of Long AgoChildren’s Games
American StoriesTransportation Then and Now
The Stone AgeLife in Colonial America
QuickReads, Level CQuickReads, Level D
Life ScienceDinosaursAnimal Communities
Animal GiantsBirds and Their Habitats
PlantsThe Human Body
CivicsAmerican HeroesImmigration to America
CelebrationsThe Constitution of the United States
Our National GovernmentAmerican Pathfinders
Earth ScienceHurricanesVolcanoes
EarthquakesTaking Care of Our Earth
The Solar SystemDay and Night
Geography and EconomicsOceansGeography and How We Live
Rain ForestsNatural Resources and the Economy
EconomicsOur North American Neighbors
Physical ScienceInventionsElectricity
Simple MachinesWind and Solar Energy
SoundCameras and Photography
HistoryAncient EgyptHistory of Sports
The Ways We CommunicateAncient Rome
Native AmericasEuropean Explorers of North America

When students become familiar with some of the key words within a subject, build on that knowledge by reading aloud tradebooks on those subjects. Take a look at these books in TextProject’s Read Aloud Favorites.