Resources for Reading Across the

Resources for Reading Across the Content Areas

Databases that allow sorting by Lexile or level:

Databases with "adaptable" content

Beyond Books
Facts.com / Today's Science (written at 9th grade level) / Editorial Cartoons
EBSCOhost: Select Middle School Plus (can search by Lexile)
SIRS Discoverer

New York Times Learning Network (scroll down to explore articles and lessons by content area)

Scaffolds scaffolds.html

Inspiration (on your desktop)

Strategies:

Read*Write*Think (NCTE) http://www.readwritethink.org
**Greece Athena: Reading Strategies http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/reading/Reading%20Strategies/reading%20strategies%20index.htm
SEDL Building Reading Proficiency at the Secondary Level http://www.sedl.org/pubs/reading16/ and Strategies http://www.sedl.org/pubs/reading16/12.html
Literacy: NASSP http://www.principals.org/s_nassp/sec.asp?CID=62&DID=62
Dan Kurland's Critical Reading http://www.criticalreading.com/
Reading Strategies http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/isa/staff/abita/english/reading_strategies.htm
Secondary Content Teacher Reading Strategies http://www.ops.org/reading/secondarystrat1.htm
READING NEXT: A Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy http://www.edteck.com/read/
Rigor, Reading, and Relevance for Average Readers http://www.edteck.com/read/pdf/low-complete.pdf
Rigor, Reading, and Relevance for High Performance Readers http://www.edteck.com/read/pdf/high-complete.pdf
Reading Quest: Making Sense in Social Studies http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/
Teaching and Learning: Reading Strategies http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/ela20/teach5.html
Strategies for Reading Comprehension http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/strat/
NCREL Before, During, and After http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr2befor.htm
NCREL Building on Student Knowledge http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr100.htm
NCREL Working Toward Self Direction http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr200.htm
Improving Understanding of Textbook Content http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/understanding_textbooks.html
KWLH http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1kwlh.htm
Framed Paragraphs http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/edis771/paragraph_frms.html
Paired Summarizing http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/edis771/pr_sum.html
Group Summarizing http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/edis771/group_sum.html
Clarifying Routine: Vocabulary http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/ellis_clarifying.html
Reciprocal Teaching http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/atrisk/at6lk38.htm
Semantic Maps http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/edis771/semantic_maps.html
What Secondary Teachers Can Do to Teach Reading http://www.edletter.org/past/issues/1999-ja/secondary.shtml
High School Reading Task Force Report http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/tnl/langarts/hsread.htm#commitment
Teaching Today: Reading http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/tiparchive.phtml/7
Content Area Reading Strategies http://www.wm.edu/education/reading/webquests/deanna/Content%20Area%20Reading.html
Guys Read http://www.guysread.com/

GaleNet Tools http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC?vrsn=3.0&locID=erde79591&helppg=toolbox_main.htm&ste=134

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