INFO TEXT  LITERACY AND VOCABULARY RESOURCES

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Vocabulary Strategies

• Frayer Model - Teaching Vocabulary in Context Tool
• Mind The Gap - Teaching Vocab 
• Reading Rockets - Teaching Vocabulary In Context
• Reading Rockets - Using Semantic Mapping to Reinforce Vocab
• Word Analysis to Expand Vocabulary - Reading Rockets
• The Magic of Words - Teaching Vocabulary In the Early Childhood Classroom.  American Educator - Summer 2014
• Using Expert Text Sets to build vocabulary

• Achievethecore.org Expert Packs
• Readworks.org K-12 Text Sets

• Achievethecore.org Academic Word FInder Tool - looks for words below, at and above grade level and provides all possible definitions
• Wordsift.org - Makes word clouds out of key words, content words or academic words in a text. Also has connected images.

• Sources for Complex Text:

• Newsela - free non-fiction, leveled texts available online
• InfOhio.org - talk with your district librarians.
• ReadWorks.org - K-8 leveled texts by content area
• Reading Rockets - CCSS resource page
• ColorinColorado - ELL Resources

• Sources for Literacy In Content Areas

•  Reading Like A Historian - Stanford History Education Group (SHEG)
• What's In A Graph? Science NetLinks
• Writing Technical Instructions - ReadWriteThink
• ASCD Book Literacy Strategies for Improving Mathematics Instruction - C2 Reading In the Mathematics Classroom (Diane Metsisto)
• Guide For Writing Text Based Questions - achievethecore.org
• k-8 Lexiled Reading Passages - informational text  readworks.org
• Text Rater website - need to cut/paste in a text sample to assess complexity
• Reading Through the Arts - Kennedy Center ArtsEdge
• Pennsylvania Dept of Education - Phys Ed and Literacy Resource Page
• Think Literacy - Cross Curricular Ideas for Phys Ed developed by Calif. Dept of Ed
• Exemplars of Close Reading - Achievethecore.org gr 3-12
• Exemplar Units For Close Reading - EngageNY gr 6-12
• Engage NY - NY Dept of Ed - Selecting Authentic Texts Resource Page
• ASCD Article - The Case for Informational Text (Neil Duke. EdLeadership. March 2004)
• University of North Carolina Teacher Resources - Reading Info Text k-5
• Informational Text Resource Toolkit - INFOhio
• ASCD Article - Closing In On Close Reading (Nancy Boyles. EdLeadership. Dec 2012)
• Building World Knowledge - Getting Children To Read and Enjoy Info Text - Reading Rockets
• Literacy Implementation Guidance for ELA/Literacy Standards - International Reading Association
• Reading Skills - An Introduction to Visual Literacy ( University of North Carolina)
• The Fine Arts 21st Century Skills Map  ( National Art Education Association)

Article Resources for Close Reading

• Closing In On Close Reading - Nancy Boyles, EdLeadership Dec 2012/Jan 2013.ASCD
• Achieve the Core.org - A Guide To Creating Text Dependent Questions for Close Reading
• All of Achievethecore.org CLOSE Reading Resources http://achievethecore.org/search?q=close+reading 
• Checklist for writing text dependent questions -as part of Close Reading [achievethecore.org]
• Char’s Blog Post - How Do We Teach Readers To Read With A Purpose - lots of resource links for writing text dependent questions and leading close reading in this post)
• Get Close to Think Deeply - Creating Primary Level Close Readings.  Jennifer Neff. ReadWriteThink.org
• Close Reading of Poetry  OWL Purdue
• Amelia Bedelia Up Close - Closely Reading A Classic Story [ReadWriteThink.org]
• NPR Story on Close Reading - what is sounds like in a MS classroom
• Reading in the Mathematics Classroom by Diana Metsito ASCD Books

Teacher Channel Videos - Close Reading Of Informational Text

• Tips and Strategies - 3 videos

• The Omnivore’s Dilemma Model Lesson

• Instructional Practices Guide  - use this to help you think about the lesson as you watch it.
• The Omnivore’s Dilemma Lesson Materials

• Selective Highlighting - reading with a purpose
• Thinking Notes - A strategy for Close Reading
• The Art of Questioning
• Interacting With Complex Text - the Jigsaw Project

Text Complexity Resources

• Text Complexity - Selecting  Informational Text Rubric - achievethecore.org

• It’s Complicated. Laura Varlis. ASCD Edcuation Update. April 2012.
• Simplifying Text Complexity - Teacher Channel Video

Writing As A Part of Close Reading

• Writing To Learn. AdLit.org
• Using Evidence To Support Your Writing - Indiana University
• Evidence - Univ of North Carolina Writing Center