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Read Works: Hidden Habitats

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about an endangered species of bats found in a cave in Oklahoma. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Bare Bones

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the bones of a human skeleton. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Explore the Seashore

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about different animals that can be found along the seashore including: crabs, seals, sand dollars, sea gulls, and sea stars. A question sheet is available to help students build...
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Read Works: Mohawk Monkey Discovered

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the highland mangabey, a new species of monkey found in Tanzania. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Extreme Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares extreme animal facts. 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: Archeologists Hit a Homer Run

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a sarcophagus with a colorful depiction of a scene from The Odyssey found in Asia. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Growing Up Long Ago

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text telling what it was like to be a child 200 years ago. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: A Constitution for Kids

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a translation of the Constitution into language children can understand more easily. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Food for Thought

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the implementation of healthy lunches at schools. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Should You Be Afraid of Sharks?

For Students 2nd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about sharks and why they should not be feared. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Cutest Animal Finalists

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares the information about animals that students have voted as being "the cutest" in a Weekly Reader contest. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...
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Read Works: From Pet to Threat

For Students 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about problems caused by importing exotic animals into new environments. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Nasa's Stardust Review

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the world problem of unsafe drinking water. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included....
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Read Works: Will You Go to School This Summer?

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text that gives some pros and cons of year-round school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Fashion Do or Don't

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage expresses the pros and cons of school uniforms. 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: Fashion Do or Don't

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about school uniforms and whether students should be required to wear them or not. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: On Hallowed Ground

For Students 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the battle of Gettysburg and efforts being made to preserve famous battlefields. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Fatty Foods Flunk Out of School

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses how junk foods are being eliminated from many school cafeterias. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
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Read Works: Flu Frenzy

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses influenza and the importance of preventing an epidemic of a flu outbreak. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: Couch Potato Central

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares facts about childhood obesity. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
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Read Works: Big Burger Battle

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about three states battling over the right to be called the birthplace of the hamburger. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Spooky Spiders

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about spiders and the amazing things they can do. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: A Real Life Bat Man

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage describes the responsibilities of a chiroptologist, a person who studies bats for a living. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: A Liger's Tale

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a liger, a cross breed between a lion and a tiger. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.