From the former CTAP 4 Information Literacy Website...

Determining Appropriate Reading Level

These documents guide you through the process of using Microsoft Word to find reading Flesch-Kincaid reading levels of passages. It also explains how to access the Lexile Levels Online service to determine the appropriate reading level on that scale.
Determining Reading levels (.doc) (Flesch-Kincaid); Determining Lexile Levels (.doc) (lexile levels)

The Lexile Framework for Reading Reading Website

The Lexile Framework for Reading is widely adopted approach for measuring reader ability and text difficulty. Lexile measures put readers and reading material on the same scale. Lexiles tie day-to-day classroom instruction to high-stakes tests and everyday books and articles, encouraging reading progress.
http://www.lexile.com

The Lexile Framework for Reading Chart

This framework matches varied lexile levels with approximate grade level. Sample titles of literature and text books are also included. Benchmarks cited on this framework take the form of sample passages at the various lexile levels.
Lexile Map (.pdf)

When I Read I Will . . .

Reading strategies to use throughout the year.
When I read (.doc)

Vygotski article

vygotsky.doc

Reading Strategy Definitions

Overview of all the strategies presented.

Strategy Definitions (.doc)

Tea Party

This pre- reading strategy allows students to predict what they think will happen in a text as they make inferences, see causal relationships, compare and contrast, practice sequencing, and draw on their prior experiences.
Tea Party (.doc); Tea Party Sample (.doc)

Mayan Article

This article by Nasa considers the reasons for the disintegration of Maya society.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Maya/

Mark the Bold

A bookmark for students to use as they are reading in their content area textbooks--or any book that has a lot of boldfaced terms.
Mark the Bold (.doc)

Traveling Terrain: Comprehending Nonfiction Text on the Web

This web site is a lesson to teach students the unique structure of a web site. It includes samples and blackline masters
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=98

Rules for Say Something

This is a simple strategy that will help struggling readers attend to what they are reading.
Say Something (.doc)

It says guide

The guidelines for teachers to use with students.
It Says Guide (.doc)

It says

Struggling readers often have difficulties making inferences. This strategy helps students organize their thoughts as they move from considering what's in the text to connecting that to their prior knowledge.
It Says (.doc)

Pre, During, and Post Strategies

Where do all of the different strategies belong in the reading process. This overview chart can help to keep them straight.
Pre During Post  Strategies (.doc)

Reformulation

When reformulating text, students have a variety of choices. This list of choices can help teachers and students remember different way to reformulate texts of different styles.
Reformulation (.doc)

Online Reading Resources

• Reading Quest Making Sense in Social Studies is a website designed for social studies teachers who wish to more effectively engage their students with the content in their classes.
• Read Write Think Providing educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction.
• Reading Online A journal of K-12 practice and research, published by the International Reading Association.
• Filamentality A site that lets teachers make quick web page that guides students or colleagues to specific websites chosen by the teachers. This site also lets others browse those lists of teacher created websites.
• Blue Web'n This is a constantly updated list of some of the best educational websites on the Internet.
• Greece Central School District English Language Arts Home Page This website provides a variety of reading and writing strategies/tools for teachers.
• ALL AMERICA READS One of Olivia's favorites. What else needs to be said?