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Text2Reader—A monthly Language Arts program for middle schoolswww.text2reader.com • [email protected]
Easy-to-use, teacher-createdComprehension exercises Reading and writing activitiesReaders TheaterAssessment rubricsOpportunities for enrichmentAll exercises tied to English Language Arts learning outcomes and Common Core
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Text2Reader is a monthly Language Arts program
for grades 6 to 8.
High-quality reading selections and engaging
activities help your students make meaning from what
they read.
What is Text2Reader?
Text2Reader is a monthly stand-alone resource for grades 6 to 8 English Language Arts teachers and is available by subscription. Text2Reader is teacher-created and addresses middle school English Language Arts learning outcomes.
As a supplementary resource, Text2Reader supports you in your goals of teaching students to love reading, to understand a variety of texts, to think critically and personally about the texts they encounter and to make meaning by listening, speaking and writing about what they’re reading. It complements your ongoing Language Arts program. And it’s great to know you can lean on Text2Reader to cover virtually every core outcome!
Each issue of Text2Reader includes an excerpt from a fiction, nonfiction and graphic text with accompanying activities. It also features a new Readers Theater script plus a “Digital Nation” article that addresses current issues in the online world.
Text2Reader is for you, the teacher, with the aim of engaging your students deeply in the works—and words—they read.
How does Text2Reader arrive at my school?
How do I use it in my classroom?
Can I share Text2Reader with another teacher in my school? How?
Text2Reader is available to download as a PDF from the T2R website. Each month, you will be able to access the current issue, all past issues and any additional content developed just for you. Want a print version? We can do that too for a small additional charge.
Text2Reader arrives ready to be used: you don’t have to consult a gigantic unit guide or plan an entire unit around reaching a particular set of outcomes. Text2Reader does it for you. Each section of Text2Reader can stand alone; you can pick and choose parts of the program or use the whole package in its entirety. Need to cover topic sentences for first block tomorrow morning? You can pull just the section dealing with that and have it ready to go when students arrive. Need a home-work assignment on persuasive writing? T2R has that too.
Yes you can! Your Text2Reader subscription may be shared throughout your school. Print it. Photocopy it. Post it on your school’s server for all ELA teachers to use. To share access to the additional materials and resources found on www.text2reader.com, just provide other teachers with your username and password. Really!
Nearly all of the assignments and activities in Text2Reader can be easily adapted to suit the levels your students need. Students will apply their reading, writing and speaking skills to real-world activities: debating current topics that matter to them, writing résumés, setting personal goals, creating visual media and much more—both independently and in groups. These authentic learning experiences are the cornerstone for differentiated instruction.*Visit the FAQ section at www.text2reader.com to find out more about differentiated instruction and Text2Reader.
Does Text2Reader make any provisions for differentiated instruction?
All of the reading selections in Text2Reader are within the interest level and reading range of middle school students. The fiction selections come from our popular Orca Soundings and Orca Currents series, both of which are accessible to developing and advanced readers alike. Similarly, the nonfiction and graphic novel selections are geared toward readers ages ten and up, with an interest level that spans late elementary through middle school and beyond.
The assignments are explicitly created to be usable across the three grade ranges. Each assignment can also be easily modified by the teacher in terms of length and depth.
You can order Text2Reader directly from the www.text2reader.com website or by calling Orca Book Publishers at 1-800-210-5277 or by emailing us at [email protected]. A full-year, school-wide subscription, delivered electronically costs just $175.
Ok. I like the idea. How do I get Text2Reader? And what does it cost?
Are the Text2Reader excerpts and lessons suitable for grades 6 through 8?
Want to know more?Sign up for a free7-day trial today!
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Text2Reader is available as a monthly download as part of an annual subscription.
A single subscription can be used by every Language Arts teacher in your school.
For $175.00 you’ll receive eight issues of Text2Reader plus a full year’s access to additional resources at Text2Reader.com!
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❑ Email me a free sample! Email: (or visit www.text2reader.com and sign up for a free 7-day trial)
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“I am impressed with Text2Reader, with the layout on the site and the substantial presentation and additional resources…
I appreciate the variety of text and the skill complexities that are explicitly
addressed. It is completely appropriate for middle school and not intimidating at all.”
—Kate Schoedinger, Reading Specialist, NH
New iN 2012!Digital Nation—a feature article with accompanying activities based on current issues in the online world.
www.text2reader.com
