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Read Works: Hispanic Population Soars

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the soaring Hispanic population in the United States. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: American Symbols Passage & Question Set

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses American symbols. This passage can be used as a guided passage or to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...
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Read Works: American Symbols

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage lists and explains some of the different American symbols. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Smoking Hurts the Lungs and Heart

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage includes six reasons why people should not smoke. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Questions are provided as supplements to the passage.
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Read Works: Give Thanks

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Thanksgiving traditions in a Native American family. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Read Works: Vocabulary in Context Kindergarten Unit: Using Sound and Picture Cues

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert to teach students to use picture cues and initial word sounds to identify unknown words. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent...
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Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 3rd Grade Unit: Dictionary

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which young scholars learn to use a dictionary to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of a Beetle by Bobbie Kalman and Molly Aloian and...
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Read Works: Bright as the Sun

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about sunflowers. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Busy Bees

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how bees can be helpful and how they can be dangerous. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: I Am a Robin

For Teachers 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text with a robin telling the story of his parents have raised him. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Meet a Baby Panda

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a baby panda and how it grows. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: About Your Bones

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the skeletonThis passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning....
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Read Works: How Plants Work

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the different parts of a plant: the leaves, stem, roots, and flowers. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Spiders

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An information text spiders and how they can be helpful. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: A Class of Twins

For Teachers 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a Mr. Reed's class as they learn that everyone looks different, but everyone also looks alike. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Chicks Grow Up

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An information text about how a little chick grown into a rooster or a hen. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Rain Forest Plants Are Helpers

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An information text about rain forest plants that can be used to make medicines. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: A Shell Is Great for Protection

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares information about the topic of shells. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
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Read Works: How Do Seeds Grow?

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] An information text explaining how a seed grows into a plant. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Two Kinds of Whales

For Teachers 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An information text telling similarities and differences between killer whales and blue whales. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Meet a Rattlesnake

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An information text about rattlesnakes and how they make their rattling sound. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Ready for Cold Weather

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] An information text about hedgehogs and how they hibernate in the winter. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: How Plants Get Water and Food

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An information text about a plant's roots and why they are important. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Ants in Action

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An information text about worker, scout, and soldier ants and their functions within the colony. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.