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29 January 2013

Article

Academic Word List

A list of 343 words that appear on both AWL list developed by Coxhead (2000) and the 4,000 Simple Word Families.

29 January 2013

Article

Familiar and Concrete Word List: Animals

A list of 68 animal-related words that appears in the 4,000 Simple Word Families.

25 January 2013

Presentation

Research and the Common Core: Can the Romance Survive?

Presentation slides from Dr. Pearson's Jan 25, 2013 webinar.

22 January 2013

Article

Many Uses: The 100 Most-Frequent Words in Written English

This list illustrates the multiple uses of words in the core vocabulary, especially the most frequent 100 words in written English. What these many uses mean for reading development is explained at the TextProject Topics page for Core Vocabulary.

17 December 2012

Research Article

Core Vocabulary And The Challenge Of Complex Text

Pre-publication of Freddy's chapter in S. Neuman & L. Gambrell's (Eds.) soon-to-be published Reading Research in the Age of the Common Core State Standards.

Hiebert, E.H. (in press). Core vocabulary and the challenge of complex text. In S. Neuman & L. Gambrell (Eds.), Reading Research in the Age of the Common Core State Standards. Newark, DE: IRA.

5 December 2012

Presentation

Text Complexity and the Common Core Moving Into Action With Confidence

Presentation slides from Nov 11, 2012 in Cobb County, GA.

26 October 2012

Presentation

Text Complexity and the Common Core State Standards: A Quick View

PowerPoint slides from Freddy's presentation at the California Reading Association, October 20, 2012 in San Diego, California

Text Complexity and the Common Core State Standards: A Quick View. Presentation by Elfrieda H. Hiebert at the California Reading Association's 45th Annual Professional Development Institute, October 20, 2012 in San Diego, California.

26 October 2012

Presentation

Inside Text Complexity: Its Role in Meeting the Common Core State Standards

PowerPoint slides from Freddy's keynote presentation at the Scholastic Book Summit, October 22, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia

Inside Text Complexity: Its Role in Meeting the Common Core State Standards. Keynote presentation by Elfrieda H. Hiebert at the Scholastic Book Summit 2012 "The New Common Core State Standards Literacy Block" October 22, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia.

26 October 2012

Presentation

Taking 7 Actions to Build Student Capacity With Complex Text

PowerPoint slides from Freddy's breakout presentation at the Scholastic Book Summit, October 22, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia

Taking 7 Actions to Build Student Capacity With Complex Text. Breakout presentation by Elfrieda H. Hiebert at the Scholastic Book Summit 2012 "The New Common Core State Standards Literacy Block" October 22, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia.

14 August 2012

Resource

WordZones™ for 4,000 Simple Word Families

We have renamed a version of our popular WordZones™ for 5,586 words list to WordZones™ for 4,000 Simple Word Families. The list has not changed. Only the name has been changed to highlight the number of word families the 5,586 most frequent words have been sorted into.