http://www.corestandards.org/assets/E0813_Appendix_A_New_Research_on_Text_Complexity.pdf

Resources for locating potential texts:

In terms of where to find additional passages, NovelNY provides access to online databases which have articles on all curriculum topics, with Lexiles indicated for each article. They offer databases for elementary, middle school, as well as secondary curriculum levels. These resources are free for anyone who has access to the Internet and holds a public library card, New York driver license, or New York non-driver ID. Your building librarian likely has links to these resources on your school’s webpage.

http://novelnewyork.org/

Libraries and librarians are also great resources. Your school librarian is likely an under-tapped resource with many library catalogs searchable by Lexile. Your librarian can lead you to a plethora of appropriate materials for learning centers, online access of articles, complexity tools and more. NYS School Library Systems Association has led a resource aggregation for many additional resources to meet the Common Core Learning Standards and curriculum modules. Please visit the following site for an example of such a site:

https://nyslsa-schoollibrarians-elamodules.wikispaces.com/

The Text Project provides teacher resources and trade books aligned to CCSS measures of complexity. There is a section on the site for the Common Core and text complexity.

http://textproject.org

http://textproject.org/professional-development/text-matters/7-actions-that-teachers-can-take-right-now-text-complexity/

The Library of Congress has a database where you can search for classroom materials by CCSS and grade level. In addition, your school librarian can link you to many primary source archives which are available such as the NYS Archives.

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/

http://www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml

For teachers who use Basal readers, the Basal Alignment Project is available at (use the code “etuyrm” to join). Note that this is not a text resource, but more of a task and question resource for existing texts.

http://www.edmodo.com

Other sources of text:

http://www.loc.gov/index.html

http://www.gutenberg.org/

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Places to search for “Lexiled” (leveled) text:

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