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Test your own ability to read complex text with a free set of text dependent questions from Text Dependent Questions, 6-12.

Sign up for a free trial of the Fisher & Frey Close & Critical Reading PD Resource Center. (K-12)

Post this chart from This Is Disciplinary Literacy to help you remember and make the connection between deeper learning and disciplinary literacy daily. (Secondary)

Shared from Fun-Size Academic Writing for Serious Learning, here are 25 ways to use the essays your students write to further the writing process. (Elementary/Secondary)

Use this handy one-page checklist from The Common Core Companion, K-2, to help you rate the text complexity of a particular book. (Elementary)

You can post this list of essential academic words, found in Academic Moves, along with their definitions in your classroom or give a copy to every student. (Secondary)

These graphic organizers from The Nonfiction NOW Lesson Bank are tools that students can use throughout a reading and writing unit to help clarify their thinking. (Elementary)

In this lesson from Vocabulary Is Comprehension, students practice a strategy that asks them to look at an entire word and then use their knowledge of word parts to decode the word. (Elementary/Secondary)

In this lesson from Smuggling Writing students learn to gather information from video and audio through structured note taking and collaborative discussion. (K-12)

This lesson from Teaching the Social Skills of Academic Interaction shows how to explicitly teach active listening skills, crucial for classroom and life interactions. (K-12)

Use this lesson from The Common Core Companion Booster Lessons, 3-5, to explain to students how an author uses reasons and evidence in informational text. (Elementary)

This lesson from 30-Big Idea Lessons for Small Groups helps students practice summarizing, analyzing, illustrations, and meaning, as well as discussing biases. (Elementary)