The Common Core State Standards define text complexity as three interrelated components: Qualitative dimensions, Quantitative dimensions, and Reader and Task considerations.

Qualitative Dimensions: Refer to those aspects of text complexity measure by an attentive reader, such as levels of meaning or purpose; structure; or clarity.

Quantitative Dimensions: Refer to word length or frequency, sentence length, and text cohesion.

Reader and Task Considerations: Refers to variables specific to readers such as motivation, knowledge, experiences, and to particular tasks (such as purpose and the complexity of the task assigned).

** Text Complexity Raising Rigor in Reading Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Diane Lapp.**

In this 1:41 video Dr. Timothy Shanahan, a literacy expert, shares his advice on text complexity and its implications for the new rigorous classroom.

Mrs. Roberts' class, along with many others in our school, participated in the Bay Area Food Bank Food Drive. Her third grade class brought in the most canned goods and non-perishable food items for the food bank!! They were rewarded for their hard work with a field trip to the Mobile Museum of Art and University of South Alabama's Archaeology Museum.

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