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TextProject aims to bring beginning and struggling readers to high levels of literacy through a variety of strategies and tools, particularly the texts used for reading instruction.

The leader of this project, Elfrieda Heibert, is on the IRA Common Core ELA standards committee as well. One of the most interesting things I saw on the text complexity module is how we can modify the complexity levels of texts (higher and lower) by making a few changes to word choice, conventions, sentence length, etc. There are good examples included. This may be something valuable for students with IEPs and those learning English.

This is a free website with some good material - very fitting for the CCGPS literacy standards.  I saw the American Civil Rights Movement: A Time for Justice.  This kit includes a 38-minute video CD plus a CD full of teacher resources.  

Good site for content area literacy activities in the area of evidence and argumentation. Students use higher-order thinking skills when they learn to critically construct, evaluate, and defend their arguments using the "Showing Evidence Tool". Project examples and strategies are also provided here.

There is a correlation between the Historical Thinking Standards and the Literacy Standards for Social Studies.

While this site is limited to four main historical concepts, the teacher and student sections contain valuable information on using primary and secondary sources. This could be used as a guide to create your own literacy activities.

This is a great resource specifically for K-2 teachers to support the CCGPS. Many links to terms and research based practices which may provide guidance where the ELA units have left gaps.

This is a great resource specifically for K-2 teachers to support the CCGPS. Many links to terms and research based practices which may provide guidance where the ELA units have left gaps.

Great resource on visualization.  Also, may help us understand why some students have a difficult time with concept maps---some of these are challenging.

Lots of resources for writing strategies, reading in the content area, assessment, and lots more.

This is one of the all time BEST ELA sites! Thanks for sharing on Diigo, Virginia.

Readers exchange letters with adult pen pals to discuss books that are being read.

This brief article describes the benefits and purposes of using read alouds in the classroom.