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Read Works: Amra and the Skateboard
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fiction passage addresses a plot of a girl who wants to try skateboarding like her male peers were doing. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: First Aid, First Response
[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: From One to Many
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about reproduction. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Amusement Park Motion
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text is an article about the physics topic of "momentum" that occurs at amusement parks. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: A Monument for Peace
[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: Flying Blind
[Free Registration/Login Required] This realistic passage isshares the story of a state trooper who responds to an accident during a dangerous storm. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills...
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Read Works: Fire Museum Has a New Director
[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:the American Civil War
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides a brief history of the American Civil War. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension. An additional answer sheet is included to...
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Read Works: John Brown's Antislavery Raid
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides a brief history of John Brown, an American abolitionist. A paired passage, a lower level passage with related content, and a question sheet are available to help students...
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Read Works: Saints, Snakes & Pirates
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides a brief biography of St. Patrick, the man credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. A questions sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Read Works: Cat Treat Stops Mosquitoes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage explains how catnip is used to keep mosquitos away from biting. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...
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Read Works: Columbus Was an Explorer
[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: Back From the Brink
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage gives information about animals that are on the brink of extinction, including the following: bald eagle, grizzly bears, Hawaiian sea turtles, and Southern sea turtles. This...
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Read Works: The Story of the Three Little Pigs
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage shares the fairy tale of the Three Little Pigs. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Bat News
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes the job of a chiroptologist, a bat scientist. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...
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Read Works: The Chicken Pen
[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: Three Symbols of the United States
[Free Registration/Login Required] Three main symbols of the United States are provided in this informational text: The Liberty Bell, the American flag, and The White House. " Early readers can use the visual cues to help them comprehend...
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Read Works: What Is a Memorial?
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage defines the term "memorial" and describes the following famous ones: Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, and Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Questions that...
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Read Works: Let Freedom Ring
[Free Registration/Login Required] Several songs representative of the United States are provided in this informational text: "My Country 'Tis of Thee"; "America"; and "The Star-Spangled Banner". A question sheet is available to help...
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Read Works: Learn About Maps
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support early elementary students' reading comprehension, the basic terminology associated with map are explained in this informational text. A question sheet is available to help students...
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Read Works: What Is a Crossing Guard?
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support early elementary students' reading comprehension, the meaning of the term "crossing guard" is explained in this informational text. Visual cues are provided to support the passage...
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Read Works: This Is North America
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support early elementary students' reading comprehension, geographical information about North American is provided in this informational text. Questions that assess multiple reading skills...
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Read Works: Making Butter, Long Ago and Today
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support early elementary students' reading comprehension, this passage compares how butter was made in the past with how it is made in the present. A questions sheet is available to help...
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Read Works: Countries Solve Problems
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support early elementary students' reading comprehension, this short story helps students understand how countries solve problems. Questions that assess multiple reading skills are provided.