We crunched the numbers (well, sort of)—and here’s what your answers say about where your school is and where you might go next.
YOUR SCHOOL is ready for…
Supporting Rich, Complex Reading
Congratulations! Your school is ready to stretch readers into richer, more meaningful texts. You’re thinking beyond leveled books and toward reading that builds knowledge, vocabulary, and confidence. Whether your students are emerging readers or multilingual learners, you’re asking how all students can access powerful texts with the right scaffolds. You’re also ready to talk about how reading is taught—not just what’s being read. This is where comprehension starts deepening and academic language begins to soar.
Start here.
Course Taster: But what about older kids?! Research and Application of SOR for G3 and Beyond
Course Taster: Rethinking Text Complexity
Explore selected sessions from these two courses to examine how your school defines “rigor” in reading.
Next…
Use the Vocabulary Mapping Framework to design supports before and during reading. As a team, select 1–2 upcoming texts and collaboratively plan for key word introduction and discussion routines that support comprehension and academic language.
Then…
Facilitate a team protocol to analyze one complex text students are expected to read. Ask:
What makes this text complex?
What prior knowledge or language demands might create barriers?
What scaffolds could make this text more accessible without reducing the rigor?
What might be next?
Conduct a labsite to model vocabulary routines in action.
Co-create or review a text set aligned to unit goals and academic language demands.
Liking what you’ve unlocked?
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