Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Fourth Grade: Three Lesson Unit: Cause and Effect

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on cause and effect where students learn signal words to identify cause and effect relationships and then examine those relationships in historical fiction with Pink and Say by...
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Making a Storyboard

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a nonfiction text about a girl whose aunt is a children's book author and answer questions about comprehension, sequencing, supporting details, main idea, vocabulary, and more. Links to a...
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: A Playground Problem

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a nonfiction text about building a model for a new playground and answer questions about comprehension, supporting details, main ideas, vocabulary, and more. Links to a paired text and...
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Grade 2: When Television Became Colorful

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a non-fiction article about colored television and answer questions in comprehension, sequencing, inferences, main idea, transitions, and more.
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Grade 2: A Brush With History

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a non-fiction article about the history of a toothbrush and answer questions in comprehension, sequencing, inferences, main idea, transitions, and more. A link to paired text questions is...
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Lessons: Go, Dog. Go!

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students to identify and describe a fiction text.
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Lessons:

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students to identify and describe a nonfiction text.
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Lessons: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students how to tell the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Lessons: A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students that a biography tells the story of a person's life.
Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Lessons: The Frog Prince

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan and materials to teach kindergarten students that fairy tales start with "Once upon a time" and have a happy ending.
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: The American Revolution, 1763 1783 [Excerpt]

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read an excerpt from an essay on the American Revolution and answer questions on comprehension, main idea, author's purpose, and more. Links to a paired text and paired text questions are...
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Say Hello to the Giant Gorilla

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about a family trip to the zoo and answer questions about comprehension, characterization, main idea, transition, and more. Links to a paired text and paired text questions...
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Partial Eclipse

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about a boy named Marcus who watched a partial eclipse through a telescope and answer questions about comprehension, climax, supporting details, characterization,...
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Could the Futuristic Traveling Tube Become a Reality?

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read an informational text about a possible new form of transportation and answer questions on comprehension, text support, main idea, vocabulary, and more. Links to a paired text and paired...
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Predicting the Future

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read an informational text about the predictions of a futurist and answer questions on comprehension, text support, main idea, vocabulary, and more. Links to a paired text and paired text...
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages:

For Teachers 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about a little girl named Jen who got a surprise message from her grandma and answer questions about comprehension, main idea, and inferences. Links to a paired text and...
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Excerpt From Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail

For Teachers 5th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This primary source features a letter excerpt from Dr. Martin King, Jr. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies. Scaffolding for vocabulary...
Unknown Type
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Letter From Jackie Robinson on Civil Rights

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a Civil Rights letter from Jackie Robinson and answer questions about comprehension, persuasive text, supporting details, inferences, main idea, and more. Links to a paired text and paired...
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: The Unknown Hall of Famer

For Teachers 7th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a nonfiction text about baseball Hall of Famer George "Lolin" Osorio and answer questions about comprehension, supporting details, inferences, main idea, transitions, and more. Links to a...
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: The Noisiest Cat

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about a girl and her pet cat and answer questions about comprehension, conflict, supporting details, main idea, and more. Links to a paired text and paired text questions...
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Forgetting the Words

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about a boy named Andy who has a part in the school play and answer questions about comprehension, conflict, inferencing, main idea, literary devices, and more. Links to a...
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: Lessons From Fishing

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about a boy named Morgan who loved to fish and answer questions about comprehension, comparing details, supporting details, main idea, vocabulary, and more. Links to a...
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: The Mountain

For Teachers 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about an unexpected love and answer questions about comprehension, setting, vocabulary, transitions, and more. A paired text and questions are also available.
Unit Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: The Upside of Dyslexia

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a nonfiction text about dyslexia and the difficulties and successes it brings and answer questions about comprehension, supporting details, vocabulary, transitions, and more. The text is...