Literacy Resources

Adlit - AdLit.org is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers.

Bookshare - Bookshare® is the world’s largest accessible online library for people with print disabilities. Documentation is required for use of this resource. If you think your child/student might be eligible, please contact Mrs. McManus at lmcmanus6@schools.nyc.gov.

MEDIA LITERACY;

PROJECT LOOK SHARP - "Project Look Sharp is a media literacy initiative of Ithaca College that develops and provides lesson plans, media materials, training, and support for the effective integration of media literacy with critical thinking into classroom curricula at all education levels, including integration with the new common core standards."

TEXT READABILITY AND COMPLEXITY

The Flesch Reading Ease Readability Calculator - This free Text Readability Consensus Calculator takes a sample of your writing and calculates the number of sentences, words, syllables, and characters in your sample.

Lexile Framework for Reading - Resources for analyzing texts, finding the right text for a reader, vocabulary builders and many other resources for Lexile usage.