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Inspiration 
1.  ​​The Role of Motivation in Teaching with Complex Text (Shanahan, 2017)
2. Claims about Text Complexity within the Common Core State Standards: Examining the Evidence (Hiebert, 2014)






​Using Retell as an Assessment Tool
​7.  Google Suite-How to use with students
Language Supports (Importance of speaking and listening while reading)
1.  Jeff Zwiers Scaffolds
2.  LACOE Language Supports

Tools

Where to find Complex Text

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ReadWorks provides a wealth of complex texts, many of them informational texts that provide deeper level questions
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Newsela provides complex text that can be searched by lexile level.

Tools to Support Reading Comprehension

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Rewordify is one of the main tools I used to provide an alternate source of feedback to students.  It provides a guided practice setting, a great next step after your whole group instruction around a text.
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5 Finger Retell 
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Vocaroo is a tool that allows students to record their reading, questions, vocabulary definition or partner discussion.  They can then save and share with teachers, peers, and parents.
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Academic Papers
1.  What Teacher Need to Know about Language (Fillmore, 2000)
2.  Rand Report: Reading for Understanding (Snow, 2002)
3. Teacher practices and perspectives for developing academic language (Zwiers, 2007)
Seminal Research:  Immersion Education for the Millennium: What We Have Learned from 30 Years of Research on Second Language Immersion (Cummings, 2000)
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Reference Articles/Books