Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Guiding Students: Expository Text With Text Feature Walks
Explains how to guide students in examining text features during a walkthrough of an expository text.
Arizona State University
Archaeological Research Institute: A Walking Tour of Plimouth Plantation
A visual exploration, supported by interpretive text, of Plymouth Plantation as it existed in the 1600s. Includes photographs of buildings, a wigwam, European and Native American clothing, and tools used.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Community: Left, Right, Left: Our Safe Walk
Learn how to cross the street and train tracks safely in your neighborhood. Includes audio narration in 7 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Animals: Who Walked Here?
Try to guess which animal left tracks on the ground. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish and Turkish, with text in English.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Walking Down Park by Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni is one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement and has won numerous awards. Her work ranges from covering topics on race, gender, the African American experience and social issues to children's literature and...
Read Works
Read Works: Walking Tall
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Ruby Bridges, the first African American to attend a Southern, all-white elementary school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Walking Tall
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Ruby Bridges and her experience as the first African American to attend an all-white elementary school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
Read Works
Read Works: When Fish First Walked
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about natural selection and its role in the theory of evolution. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Gallery Walk (Carousel)
This strategy helps students refine their understanding of texts to meet reading expectations and engage in group conversations to meet speaking and listening expectations.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Country Walks of a Naturalist With His Children by W. Houghton
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by W. Houghton [1870], an illustrated novel describing ten country walks and what can be seen along the way.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Walks With Mamma O'er Hills and Dales by Myles Birke Foster
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Walks with Mamma O'er Hills and Dales by Myles Birke Foster [1870], a collection of tales and rhymes as they take walks with Mama.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: How Do I Know? Walks and Talks With Uncle Merton by a.t. Elwes
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book How Do I Know? Walks and Talks with Uncle Merton by Alfred Thomas Elwes [1870], an illustrated novel.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Sea Side Walks of a Naturalist by Rev. W. Houghton
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Seaside Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by Rev. W. Houghton [1870], a book about marine natural history.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: A Walk and a Drive by Thomas Miller
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book A Walk and a Drive by Thomas Miller [1870], an illustrated children's novel.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Oxford Book of English Verse: "She Walks in Beauty"
Contains the text of Byron's famous poem, "She walks in Beauty."
EL Education
El Education: A Historical Walk Through Massachusetts
This book was created by 3rd grade students from the Alice B. Beal Elementary School in Springfield, Massachusetts. A Historical Walk through Massachusetts was created as part of a learning expedition on colonial history. Through...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Rosie's Walk
[Free Registration/Login Required] A rewritten version of Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins. In this flipchart many of the animals have sounds attached to them. The bird in the top right hand corner of each page will read the text for that...
Read Works
Read Works: Walking Tall
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares the story of Ruby Bridges' rol. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included. Questions and a...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning:romantic Poetry:second Generation: Lord Byron, George Gordon
This lesson on Romantic Poetry focuses on the second generation poet Lord Byron (George Gordon). It features links to his biography, and two of his poems both offered in both text and audio forms: "She Walks in Beauty" and "Don Juan...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: Would You Step Out Into Space?
Imagines what it is like to travel to space and what you can see through the window of a spacecraft. Book includes audio narration in 14 additional languages with text in English.
Read Works
Read Works: Rise Up
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about technology used to help a paraplegic man walk again. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Robert Frost
The site provides background and texts of numerous poems. Follow the links at the bottom of the page to specific poetry books to find complete text of individual poems.
Read Works
Read Works: Snowy Town
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Johnny who takes his dog for a walk on a snowy day. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 7: Written in Bone
This unit focuses on learning the stories of our past. Students will explore various texts (literary and informational) and their unique perspectives on history to consider how different experiences offer a different historical...