Introductory+Resources


 * Introductory Resources**

>> (i) Find y, the average number of sentences per 100-word passage (calculating to the nearest tenth). >> (ii) Find x, the average number of syllables per 100-word sample. >> Then use the Fry graph (below) to determine the reading age, in years. >> This test is suitable for all ages, from infant to upper secondary. >> The curve represents normal texts. Points below the curve imply longer than average sentence lengths. Points above the curve represent text with a more difficult vocabulary (as in school science texts).
 * Annenberg Video Series
 * Teaching Reading Grades K-2
 * [|Teaching Reading Grades 3-5]
 * Teaching Reading Workshop Grades 3-5
 * Nancy Keane's [|Booktalks Quick and Simple] including the [|new podcasts]
 * [|Rhode Island PreK-12 Literacy Policy] (Dec. 2005)
 * National Reading Panel Report: Teaching Children To Read (watch the [|video] or read [|related materials]
 * Rhode Island Grade Level Expectations (GLES) for Grades K-5 in [|Reading] and [|Writing]
 * Rhode Island [|Beginning Teacher Standards]
 * [|Montgomery Public School Reading/Language Arts Curriculum]: good guidelines for grade level "curriculum look-fors", instructional reading levels, and frameworks to consider
 * **Topics for EDC423 Quizzes**
 * [|Information on Fry Readability Graph] or [[file:fry.pdf]]
 * Select three samples of 100 words from different parts of the book.
 * [|Readability Index Calculator]
 * **Leveled Texts**
 * [|The Lexile Framework for Reading]