This strategy guide focuses on planning and implementing close reading of complex text in the primary grades which fosters progressively deeper thinking as students become more responsible for their own learning. It offers a step-by-step...

Choose a story from seven stories to read and/or listen to. Practice reading comprehension by completing the interactive quizzes and exercises. Answer the questions, then look for your score.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the different depth levels of the ocean and the types of animals that live in each. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This helpful overview for teachers recommends strategies that aid young readers with oral reading.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage discusses Charles Darwin and his theory of natural selection in evolution. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...

[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...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about the role of the United Nations and its leader, Ban Ki-moon. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Reading comprehension...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares the story of a scared cat who will not come down from a tree. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the soaring Hispanic population in the United States. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.

[Free Registration/Login Required] "A Scared Tiger" shares the story of a scared cat that will not come down from a tree. This literary text passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares facts about famous African American leaders. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares a first person account of an artist's life. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the New York's subway system history. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage includes six reasons why people should not smoke. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Questions are provided as supplements to the passage.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This fiction story shares the story of a girl who is taking care of animals and makes a mistake. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses distinguishing features of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This fictional first person account shares the story of a child whose fears are overcome while experiencing a safari in Africa. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage gives a brief biography of Hippocrates and background of the Hippocratic Oath. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains a short biography of Robert Hooke, his development of a microscope, and his discovery of cells. he developed. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a short biography of Sir Isaac Newton and his discovery of the force of gravity. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares a brief history of the zipper. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares brief biographical information about Alexander Graham Bell and his role in inventing the telephone. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains biographical information about the first African American to play in Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Biographical information about the famous boxer Muhammad Ali is contained in this passage. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...