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Read Works: Ride of the Century

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the centennial celebration of New York City's subway system. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Dig This!

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about learning history by studying fossils and rocks. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Dinosaur Discovery

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text dinosaur fossils found on an island in Germany. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Fuels of the Future

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about renewable energy sources that may replace fossil fuel in the future. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Get Ready for Winter

For Students 2nd 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 Homework Hubbub

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the effectiveness of homework. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: School: How Has It Changed?

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how much schools have changed throughout the years. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: School: How Has It Changed?

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the changes that have taken place in school buildings, tools and rules. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Remote Control Classroom

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about students who take tests using remote control instead of pencil and paper. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Heading West

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about every-day life for American pioneers. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Heading West: Learn About a Pioneer's Life

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about what life was like for pioneers. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: First Ladies

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the women leaders of Chile, Sirleaf of Liberia, and Germany. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Not So Loony Toons

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about editorial cartoons and how they use symbolism, exaggeration, humor, and caricature. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Great Wall Great Jump

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about daredevil skateboarder Danny Way and his attempt to jump the Great Wall of China. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Read Works: Great Lakes

For Teachers 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about environmental issues causing problems for the Great Lakes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Read Works: Great Lakes? Not for Long

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about problems in the Great Lakes including: toxic substances, over fishing, invasive species, and more. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Read Works: Rain Forest Rescue

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the Amazon rain forest and how Brazil is trying to protect it. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Read Works: Saving the Animals

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read this passage on helping zoos in war torn Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and then they can answer five questions designed to improve thier skills on drawing conclusiong.
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Read Works: African Animals

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text different animals that can be found on the African savanna. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Awesome Animal Homes

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about four different types of animal homes: mounds, nests, burrows, and lodges. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Spiders and a Balanced Diet

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how spiders choose to eat a balanced diet. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Read Works: All Split Up

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text article presents both sides of the issue of coeducational classes. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Finger Food

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is sharing information about the implementation of finger scanning technology in a school cafeteria. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills...
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Read Works: Space Vacation

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about tourists paying for vacation trips to the space station with astronauts. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.