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Read Works: Lonely

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a story about a girl Jessica who feels very lonely at school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Macy the Elephant

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a story about an elephant named Macy who lives in the jungle with her parents. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Temporary Employment

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a young man and his experience working for a difficult boss. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Best Dancer

For Students 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about little girl whose attempt to ruin a classmate's audition backfired. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Meadowlands

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl who learns to see both the disgusting and the beautiful parts of wetlands. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Saving Anna's Family

For Students 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl with cancer and the financial an emotional strain it puts on her family. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Siblings

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a brother and sister whose relationship starts to change as they grow older. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: See if I Care

For Students 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a newspaper editor who is tricked into following a false lead. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Baths

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about one girl's experience in a Hungarian bath house in Budapest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Grace's Painful Pattern Repeated; See It?

For Students 7th Standards
[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: The Chicken Pen

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary passage personifies a chicken and his life in the chicken pen. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included....
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Read Works: The Ants and the Grasshopper

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a brief version of the Aesop's Fable "The Ants and the Grasshopper" which is followed by a comprehension question set.
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Read Works: William's Windmill by Kate Paixao

For Students 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is about what windmills can do; it is followed by a comprehension question set and a vocabulary worksheet for the word "village" is provided.
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Read Works: In the Night

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a cat who likes to go hunting at night. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: In the Night Passage & Question Set

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares a first person account of a cat and its night on the prowl. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are...
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Read Works: "Jose and the Blue Crayons" Passage & Question Set

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares the story of a boy who listened to his teacher during a lesson about "sharing" and then shared a crayon with his classmate. This passage reinforces essential reading...
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Read Works: Callie Learns to Listen

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares the story of a girl who wants to pack up her backpack but first needs to stop and listen for directions from her teacher. This passage reinforces essential reading...
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Read Works: Back Roads

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares the story of two young men who decide to travel from New York City to Pittsburgh by taking back roads. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills....
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Read Works: Aunt Melba

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a crazy relative, a clairvoyant aunt named Melba. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Earth 2072

For Students 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about what school might be like in the future. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Boy and a Wish

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a baby who was born different and a wish that should not have been granted. Questions at various points throughout the text help students build skills in making predictions.
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Read Works: Save the Whales

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Jake who works with his family and others to rescue a whale stranded on the beach. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: A Leaping Birthday

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Catherine who was born on February 29th. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Park

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about girl named Julie who had an odd dream. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.