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Read Works: Saints, Snakes & Pirates

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[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: Excerpt From "Meet the Ologist Laurel Kendall"

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks reading from the American Museum of Natural Anthropology's website called OLogy provides an interview with the cultural anthropologist named Laurel Kendall. A question sheet is available...
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Read Works: Up Close With a Zapotec Urn

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks reading from the American Museum of Natural Anthropology's website called OLogy provides a curator's interview with an Zapotec urn. Visual cues are provided to support the passage, and...
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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:what's the Big Idea About Archaeology?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks reading from the American Museum of Natural Anthropology's website called OLogy explains what archaeologists do. A paired passage entitled "Meet the Ologist-Chuck Spencer" is provided in...
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Read Works: Non Colonists in the American Revolution

For Teachers 4th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage gives information about the roles of some French, Native Americans, Hessians, and Polish citizens during the American Revolution. A question sheet is available to help students...
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Read Works: The Code of Hammurabi

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides a brief history of ancient Mesopotamia's Code of Hammurabi. A paired passage, a lower level passage with related content, and a questions sheet are available to help...
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Read Works: Where Did King Tut Get His Eyebrows?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides a brief history of how King Tut got his distinctive eyebrows. A questions sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension, and an additional...
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Read Works: Legend of Ganga Ji

For Teachers 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides the lHindu egend of Ganga-ji and its connection to the Ganges River (River Ganga) in India. Vocabulary support, a questions sheet, and an additional answer sheet are...
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Read Works: Reception Hall From the Palace of Duke Zhao (Zhaogongfu)

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks module contains a pair of informational texts from the Philadelphia Museum of Art that describe the reception hall from China's Palace of Duke Zhao (Zhaogonfu) and the dog cage of Emperor...
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Read Works: Who Is a Good Citizen at School?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks informational text explains how a student can be a good citizen at school. A question sheet with pictures is available to help young students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Analysis of the Declaration of Independence

For Teachers 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides a brief analysis of the Declaration of Independence. A paired passage, a lower level passage with related content, a questions sheet, and an additional answer sheet are...
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Read Works: Snowflake Bentley

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this ReadWorks read aloud lesson, students will describe Bentley's environment and his interactions with it. Students will evaluate the impact a person's environment can have on life. Then students...
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Read Works: The United States Constitution

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended for early elementary students, ReadWorks provides a brief history of The United States Constitution. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Tomb Figures: Bactrian Camel and Central Asian Groom

For Teachers 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login Required] ReadWorks provides tomb figures featured at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Bactrian camel and a Central Asian groom are the figures shown, alongside a descriptive article. Paired passages, a...
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Read Works: Article a Day Set: Time: Parts of a Day

For Students Pre-K - K
[Free Registration/Login Required] ReadWorks provides numerous resources filled with informational articles. "Parts of a Day" provides information about the parts of a day: morning, afternoon, evening, and night. This passage is designed...
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Read Works: Singing Time

For Students K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] ReadWorks provides texts for pre-fluent and fluent readers. This resource is a short poem about joyful mornings.
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Read Works: Using Headings to Determine the Main Idea: The Shark: Silent Hunter

For Students 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Reading comprehension strategies are the focus of this ReadWorks lesson. Students will pay attention to headings, subheadings, and other text features to help them comprehend nonfiction text. Renee Le's...
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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: The Ancient City of Petra: Controlling Trade Routes

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage from the American Museum of Natural Anthropology's website called OLogy provides a brief history of the city of Petra and its importance to ancient trade routes. A paired passage,...
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Read Works: Dog Cage (Goulong)

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks module contains a pair of informational texts from the Philadelphia Museum of Art that describe the dog cage of Emperor Qianlong and the reception hall from China's Palace of Duke Zhao...
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Read Works: Before Jackie: How Strikeout King Satchel Paige Struck Down Jim Crow

For Teachers 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides a brief biography of the baseball player Satchel Paige and his significant accomplishments. A paired passage, a vocabulary support sheet, a questions sheet, and an...
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Read Works: Passages: A Shell Is Great Protection

For Teachers 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read an informational text about turtles and answers questions about reading comprehension, supporting details, main idea, and more. Links to a paired text and paired text questions are provided.
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Read Works: Passages: An Elephant's Excellent Trunk

For Teachers 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read an informational text about elephants and answers questions about reading comprehension, supporting details, main idea, and more. Links to a paired text and paired text questions are...