1. Text Sets National Initiative (Student Achievement Partners) Should BE School Library Centered! 1

2. Text Sets - Defined “ A text set is a collection of related texts organized around a topic or line of inquiry.” 2

3. The Process - Rigorous Collection – curated, not a Dewey rack Related – joined by content not level* Organized – carefully crafted build Inquiry – each item is step to next * Levels are present, but as an ascent, not a plateau 3

4. Text Sets – Why? Building Knowledge through content-rich nonfiction Reading, writing, and speaking grounded in evidence from text, both literary and informational Regular practice with complex text and its academic language 4

5. Close ReadingVolume of Reading Fewer pagesMore pages Grade-level complex text Text at different levels of complexity All students same text Student or teacher choice of text Teaches students to attend to text and to words Rapidly builds knowledge & vocab 5

6. Close ReadingVolume of Reading Heavy supportLight support Solely instructionalGuided or Independent Exposes students to higher-level content Builds knowledge of words, and the world Gives all students access Builds love of reading 6

7. Text Set Example Topic Sugar Changed the World 7

8. Search GO: Sugar History Article – Sugar (Lexile 1040) Provides definition and background knowledge with basic history (from New Book of Knowledge in GO) Web Site – Science of Candy: What is Sugar? (Lexile 1110) Questions and answers about sucrose (sugar). Part of an educational resource on cooking produced by the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/candy/sugar.html (Web links from the Sugar article used to find this web site) 8

9. Book – Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science (Lexile 1130) By Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos Selected as a Central Text New York State Grade 9 Module 4 https://www.engageny.org/resource/grade- 9-ela-module-4 9

10. Web Site http://sugarchangedtheworld.com/ (Lexile 1410) Provides background and opportunities for activities. “Share Your Sugar Story” Opportunities to make connections with the history and production of sugarcane 10

11. Text Set Example - Recap Topic Sugar Changed the World Four Resources to build interest and reading volume with increased Lexile levels NEXT Step for this Text Set? It still needs timeline of activities and collection of materials to complete these activities with the resources identified 11

12. Your Take Away Think – Farm to Table Library to Classroom Use LOCALLY SOURCED Resources What’s in YOUR Library? 12