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Read Works: Excerpt From "The Fifties": The Affluent Society

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Abridged from the full text located at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, this passage provides information about economic wealth of Americans living during the 1950's. Paired texts are...
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Read Works: Follow That Koala!

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes travels of the author with a team of scientists on St. Bees Island in Australia, where they track koalas to find outmore about the animals and theirenvironment. This...
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Read Works: Final Push

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage discusses the effort to eradicate polio, an effort supported by Bill Gates. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Almost Human

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the topic of robots. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...
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Read Works: When the Empire State Building Was New

For Teachers 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes the early history of the Empire State Building in New York City. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
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Read Works: First Aid, First Response

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains brief directions about how to manage emergency situations. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: A Monument for Peace

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passages discusses the Battle of Nashville and the the peace monument that was built to commemorate those who fought in that war, along with others who have fought in other wars. This...
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Read Works: Fire Museum Has a New Director

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage gives background of Damon Campagna, the new director of the New York City Fire Museum. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
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Read Works: Columbus Was an Explorer

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short nonfiction book passage is about Christopher Columbus and his contributions to exploration. This book in the SummerReads series, intended to work against the summer reading slide, reinforces...
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Read Works: Meet the Ologist Chuck Spencer

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks reading from the American Museum of Natural Anthropology's website called OLogy provides an interview with the archaeologist named Chuck Spencer. A paired passage entitled "Up Close with...
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Read Works: The Ancient City of Petra: A Nomadic Beginning

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks reading from the American Museum of Natural Anthropology's website called OLogy provides a brief history of the city of Petra and its connection to Arabian nomads. A paired passage, a...
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Read Works: Portrait of an Artist

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
[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.
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Read Works: Fossils & Dinosaurs Fossils

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This text describes a field trip to Central Park. Information is shared about fossils and the work of archaeologists. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading...
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Read Works: A Rally Against Poverty

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage describes a world-wide social movement called "Make Poverty History," an idea that Nelson Mandela helped promote at an international meeting. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece...
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Read Works: Fit for Life

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage explains concepts related to a healthy diet. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
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Read Works: Fit for Life

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[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...