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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Changing Transportation Routes [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"Changing Transportation Routes" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about how the problem of public transportation could be solved through the process of surveying the community, developing a workable solution, and presenting it...
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Read Works

Read Works: Fixing My Sister's Bike

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This realistic passage is about a girl who uses problem solving strategies to fix her sister's bike. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works

Read Works: The Farmer, the Snake, and the Eggs and Bacon

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares a story about a farmer who must solve a problem during his quest to prepare breakfast for himself. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...
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Rong-Chang ESL

Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): Water Under the Sink (Continued)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, geared toward English as a Second Language students, provides a continuation of "Water Under the Sink" as a reading exercise and audio translation. Multiple choice questions, vocabulary practice, close exercises, crosswords,...
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Read Works

Read Works: Found at Last

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction text tells the story of Sabi, a military bomb-sniffing dog that was lost in Afghanistan and found over a year later. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...
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Read Works: Accident Prone

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This story is an example of fiction and assesses students' understanding of plot. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...