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Read Works: Oceans, Rivers, and Lakes by Linda Ruggieri
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage focuses on bodies of water including oceans, rivers, and lakes including explaining how the oceans get salty. A comprehension question set and a vocabulary worksheet for the word "vent" are...
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Read Works: Stuck in the Icy Ocean by Kate Paixao
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is about Ernest Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica, the problems he faced, and how he solved them. A comprehension question set and vocabulary information for the words courage, rescue,...
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English Zone: Dolphins Around the World: Dolphins 1
This reading comprehension exercise uses a passage about the lives of dolphins to quiz readers on what they have learned. Students will learn about these animals while also improving their information seeking skills.
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Read Works: American Symbols Passage & Question Set
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses American symbols. This passage can be used as a guided passage or to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...
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Read Works: The Great Gift
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage includes the story of a girl who is celebrating her birthday. This passage is intended as a guided passage. It contains questions regarding explicit information and drawing conclusions.
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Read Works: My Favorite Alley Cat
[Free Registration/Login Required] Requires free membership. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains...
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Read Works: Get Ready for Winter
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It can be used as both a read-aloud exercise...
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Read Works: Is It Time for a New Toothbrush?
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains questions and teacher guides and...
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Read Works: Cat Treat Stops Mosquitoes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage explains how catnip is used to keep mosquitos away from biting. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...
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Read Works: Bat News
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes the job of a chiroptologist, a bat scientist. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...
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Read Works: Casey Saves the Play
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares the story of a person who fills in at the last minute to fill a role in a play. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for...
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Read Works: Walking Tall
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares the story of Ruby Bridges' rol. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included. Questions and a...
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Read Works: Who Is Sue?
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses information about a dinosaur that researchers named "Sue", which was found in South Dakota. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills....
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Read Works: Columbus Was an Explorer
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short nonfiction book passage is about Christopher Columbus and his contributions to exploration. This book in the SummerReads series, intended to work against the summer reading slide, reinforces...
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Read Works: Casey Saves the Play
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage shares the story of a character who is able to particiapate . This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension...
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Read Works: Caught in a Lie
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage shares the story of a girl who was caught in a lie. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: The Buzz About Honey
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the role of honeybees in producing honey. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Traveling West [Pdf]
"Traveling West" is a one page, nonfiction passage about pioneers traveling west in wagon trains. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes underlining the most important...
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De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: My New Brother [Pdf]
"My New Brother" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about child whose mother has just had new baby boy. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes:...
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De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Animal Studies [Pdf]
"Animal Studies" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about studying the behaviors of animals including the sawfly and the poppy-bee. They learn about animals by observing them. It is followed by constructed-response questions...
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De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Prairie Ecology Questions and Activities [Pdf]
"Prairie Ecology Questions and Activities" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about prairie ecology the interdependence of its plants and animals. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the...
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De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Letter to Grandmother [Pdf]
"Letter to Grandmother" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a family of early settlers who moved west. A girl writes a letter to her grandmother telling her about their new life on the plains. It is followed by...
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De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Making Progress [Pdf]
"Making Progress" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about students clearing the trash from a vacant lot near the school and planting a garden to beautify the neighborhood and show they care. It is followed by constructed-response...
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De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: More Trees [Pdf]
"More Trees" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a student and his mother getting trees from the city and planting them in their neighborhood. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide...