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Read Works: Crisis in Africa

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the problems related to poverty, disease, and war in Africa. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition...
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Read Works: That Tickles!

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about what causes things to tickle and why people cannot tickle themselves. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Look Who's Talking

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how elephants communicate with each other. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works: Aliens Invade!

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This article shares information about the effect of adding certain species into non-native environments. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: What's New at the Zoo

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about some new animals to live at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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Read Works: Pizza Problems

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the problem with reading programs that reward students with unhealthy food. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Growing Up in Darfur: Sudanese Children Struggle to Survive

For Students 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a girl named Sumaya and her life in a refugee camp in Darfur. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Instrumental Talent

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a young lady named Ruby Jane Smith who can play eleven different musical instruments. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Native American

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Native American daily life. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Native American

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about historical Native American daily life including: clothing, beliefs, food, shelter, and goods. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Read Works: A Rally Against Poverty

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage describes a world-wide social movement called "Make Poverty History," an idea that Nelson Mandela helped promote at an international meeting. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece...
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Read Works: Protecting the Platypus

For Students 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the platypus and efforts being made to protect it and its habitat. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: African American Leaders

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about five African American leaders: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson, Condoleezza Rice, George Washington Carver, anD3845:D4144lable to help students build skills in...
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Read Works: Deep Sea Search

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Amelia Earhart and efforts made to find the airplane she was flying when she disappeared. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Eyewitness to History

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares facts about a man who fought for the Soviet Union during World War II. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: Eyewitness to History

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text based on an interview with a German soldier who fought in World War II. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Friendly Faces

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about adult helpers in our community including: a police officer, a doctor, a firefighter, a teacher, and a construction worker. A question sheet is available to help students...
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Read Works: African American Newsmakers

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site includes mini-biographical paragraphs about some famous African American people, and the people featured include the following: Wynton Marsalis, Ophrah Winfrey, Condoleeza Rice, Muhammad Ali,...
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Read Works: Branching Out

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Constitution Week and the three branches of government. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Dawn of the Mayas

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage discusses the discovery of the Mayan ruins in Guatemala. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Fit for Life

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage explains concepts related to a healthy diet. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
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Read Works: Fit for Life

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses how to stay healthy and physically fit through diet and exercise. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading...
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Read Works: Fit for Life

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage includes the information about how to stay healthy for life. This passage is intended as a guided passage to instruct students how to classify and categorize information.
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Read Works: A Ton of Trash

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares different projects that have been developed to recycle trash. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...