Growing up is something that most kids can't wait to do. As you grow up, you might experience growing pains. Use this site to learn more about the reasons for growing pains and what to do about them.

This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "What does it mean to be grown up?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration...

Complete teaching unit for 6th Grade Thematic Unit: "Growing Up." Students will read eight texts that speak to the theme of growing up. They will revisit the essential question: "What does it mean to grow up?," read thematically-paired...

A learning module that begins with "The Role Reverser: Growing Up Too Soon" by Gregory L. Jantz, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Pollyanna Grows Up, a book from the early 1900's series, "Glad Books." This is the second book in the series written by Eleanor H. Porter.

Explore what you want to be when you grow up here on this career information delivery system portal. Discover the many different career paths that match your interests and talents, and learn about numerous types of careers.

This collection of six images captures the magnificence of human development -- the transformation from baby to woman.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a baby polar bear as he grows and learns to be on his own. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, "Why should we value our youth?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account registration...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This reading passage is about polar bears growing into adult bears.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about polar bear cubs and how they grow. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem about a child who is not so eager to grow up. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Explore the handicap of autism and the inability to recognize faces. Create a mixed-up face with the mouth and eyes flipped upside down and conduct a survey of how five people are able to describe the expression on the face.

In this poem by Shel Silverstein, a speaker tells an adult that he should try "growing down" rather than growing up. A specific purpose for reading and vocabulary notes are provided. This site offers links to paired texts, questions and...

Information and analysis on the practices and habits of children and teens who live their lives online. Focus is on teen culture in the digital age and on how online media have intensified fears of the dangerous dimensions of adolescence.

Meet Akira, a Japanese macaque. Learn how a zoo raised her from birth after her mother was unable to care for her until she was finally accepted by the other macaques. Includes audio narration in Spanish and English, with English text.

Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Girls: A History of Growing Up Female in America" by Penny Colman. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem about growing up. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This ebook version of Eleanor Hodgman Porter's Pollyanna Grows Up has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.

Read the full text of the short story "The Growing Up of Cornelia" by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

[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.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a girl named Sumaya and her life in a refugee camp in Darfur. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

In this informational text, Brent Staples explores how the Internet may be impacting teenagers' development. As you read, take notes on what teenagers use the Internet for and how it impacts their development. [Free account registration...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the typical life of a child during the 1800's. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.