This week's section focuses on the (R)ead portion of Talk Read Talk Write. One of the essential components of this entire structure is having a text relating to the content objectives that is appropriate for your students.
Nancy lists many great resources, so I am including what she wrote in this section of the texts, with links (and a few of my own comments) included.
1. Existing curriculum-use texts from curricula that you have easy access to.
2. Online Resources
www.timeforkids.com- Weekly news magazine addressing a wide range of topics for students in grades K-6.
www.dogonews.com- Current events articles connected to Common Core ELA, science, and social studies topics. Intended for students in grades K-12.
www.newsela.com- Articles addressing current events, science, kids, money, law, health, arts, sports. Each article is offered at several different Lexile levels and some articles are offered in Spanish. Teachers can create text sets as well of articles with related topics. Intended for students in grades 6-12. There is also a newsela elementary version
www.kellygallagher.org- Author and teacher who posts an "article of the week" intended to build students' background knowledge. Intended for students in grades 9-12.
www.tweentribune.com- Twice daily AP news articles. Lexile leveled for K-12. Critical thinking questions and self-scoring quizzes also available.
www.naturalnews.com- News website about natural health and other science-related topics. In addition to articles, this website offers Infographics, cartoons, and videos. Intended for grades 6-12.
www.teenink.com- 100% of the content on the website is created and submitted by teens. Writing, art, photos, and forums for and by teens about topics they are connected to. Intended for grades 6-12.
3. Student notes:students read their own notes
4. Teacher-created Text: Rather than delivering content verbally, the teacher constructs a text for student to read that includes the pertinent information. Although time consuming, teachers can ensure that the text aligns to the greatest extent possible to the content objective being addressed.
You can also check out this post by Larry Ferlazzo called The Best Places to get the "Same" Text Written for Different "Levels"
And, one more I came across when searching:
News-2-You
"News-2-You is a wonderful website full of great stories and headlines from news around the world. N2Y dedicates it's time to connecting students to the world. The topics are contemporary and adaptable in the classroom. N2Y is interactive as it provides auditory guidance through reading passages. N2Y also provides visual images and symbols to support the topic students are reading. N2Y topics provide quizzes, opinion questions, and recipes for food that would relate to the topic.
