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Read Works: Earth Science Earthquakes
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about earthquakes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Earth Science Floods
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about floods. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Earth Science the Weather
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about weather. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Earth Science Volcanoes
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about volcanos. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Brazil Today: The Amazon River and Basin
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Amazon River Basin in Brazil. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Earth Science Tornadoes
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about tornadoes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Oh No! Volcano
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about volcanic eruptions and the problems they create. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Earth Science Pangaea
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Pangaea, the one continent that became the current seven continents. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Partial Eclipse
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Marcus who wanted to learn about and watch an eclipse. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Life Cycle of a Snowman
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about water as a liquid, a solid, and a gas. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Tornado Scientists
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about tornadoes and the scientists who study them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Attack of the Nerves
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about anxiety and how to keep it under control. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: A Chance for Freedom
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a family spent a year fleeing from North Korea to South Korea. . A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Fat and Fed Up
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains arguments about the problem of obesity in America. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: A Good Night
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about what to do if you are having a hard time falling asleep at night. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Me and My Habits
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a typical day in the life of a girl who is used to routine habits. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Cross Train Your Way to Fitness
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining the benefits of cross-training. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Brazil Today Cities of Brazil
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about two Brazilian cities: Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Canadian Beaver
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text Canadian beavers in Tadoussac, Quebec. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Main Idea 3rd Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit teaching students to use the first and last sentence to identify the main idea of a paragraph and the first and last sentence in each paragraph to identify the main idea of a...
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Read Works: What's Your Cycle, Style?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about seven different types of bikes and the benefits of bicycling. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Theme 3rd Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides a series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to identify and support the theme of a fable and a fiction selection based on main idea and supporting details. Lessons are...
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Annenberg Learner: Teaching Reading 3 5: Session 3: Building Comprehension
This is a workshop for teachers of grades 3-5 with a focus on building reading comprehension. It includes a video demonstrating some of the strategies used as well as activities, printouts, and even tips for new teachers. [28:25]
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Read Works: Main Idea 4th Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson unit on main idea and details through which students use the topic sentence to identify the main idea of a paragraph and categorize details as main idea or supporting. With free login,...