This resource provides an article that discusses the importance of summer reading for students. Find out what schools can do to help improve student's participation in summer reading.

Useful, extensive site for the Spanish-speaking ELL. This grammar section focuses on use of the articles "a/an" and plurals. A variety of interactive, self-correction exercises are provided. A "Teacher's Lounge," section is available...

This instructional workshop provides eight sessions on teaching reading in intermediate classrooms: "Creating Contexts for Learning," "Fluency and Word Study," "Building Comprehension," "Writing," "New Literacies of the Internet,"...

Great reading guide for "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain. Provides pre-reading material, including an author bio, book introduction, background articles, and journaling activities, as well as charting and brainstorming ideas...

Complete study guide for "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. Prepare for the novel with an author biography, vocabulary preview, introductory article, and pre-reading questions and activities. While reading, participate in...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the types of foods needed to fuel the body for sports and exercise. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Colima Volcano, and active volcano in Mexico called the "Volcano of Fire." A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Read this news article and view the sad images of those suffereing in the 2011 drought and famine in the Horn of Africa. [July 19, 2011] Included are related resources, including classroom activities and an interactive map showing the...

A great reading guide for "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare. Provides plenty of pre-reading material, including an author biography, an introductory article, activities, and vocabulary, as well as brainstorming and...

A great reading guide for "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George. Provides plenty of pre-reading material, including an author biography, an introductory article, activities, and vocabulary, as well as brainstorming and writing...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares facts about the importance of physical activity on the body. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...

This Khan Academy resource is an article that discusses the activities you can pursue to make the most of your high school experience in preparation for college.

While this resource was developed to support adult literacy learners, it can easily be used from junior grades and up. After reading an article about how people today interact on the Internet, students complete a variety of vocabulary...

Students are presented with a real-life problem as a challenge to investigate, research and solve. Specifically, they are asked to investigate why salt water helps a sore throat, and how engineers apply this understanding to solve other...

This resource features an author study of Eric Carle. Students and teachers can gain a deeper understanding into this author's life and work when they visit.

For most people, the threat of jail is enough to convince them to abide by society's laws. But for Gangaram Mahes, the promise of jail time is what prompts his criminal activity. In this New York Times article, Rick Bragg discusses why...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining the benefits of playing outside and providing a list of possible activities. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Find out how Arctic foxes flourish in a land where few animals survive with an audio article that includes photos of foxes and their cubs.

Find out how Arctic foxes flourish in a land where few animals survive with an audio article that includes photos of foxes and their cubs.

While this resource was developed to support adult literacy learners, it can easily be used from junior grades and up. After reading an article about the three-strikes law in California, students complete a variety of vocabulary and...

Article and activity in which students read and analyze the historic challenges faced by African Americans as they sought to gain an unimpeded right to vote in the segregated South followed by activity asking students to evaluate current...

This interactive exhibit follows three friends as they present information about child labor, forced labor, workers' rights, and organizations that are working to help workers. There is also information about where articles are made and...

Activity on the Mexican Revolution in which students read the article provided, answer questions for discussion, and write an informed essay on why they think Villa or Zapata or both should or should not have become president of Mexico.

Great reading guide for "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls. Provides pre-reading material, including an author bio, book introduction, background articles, and journaling activities, as well as charting and brainstorming ideas...