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Read Works: Amusement Park Motion
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text is an article about the physics topic of "momentum" that occurs at amusement parks. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: Flying Blind
[Free Registration/Login Required] This realistic passage isshares the story of a state trooper who responds to an accident during a dangerous storm. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills...
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Read Works: John Brown's Antislavery Raid
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides a brief history of John Brown, an American abolitionist. A paired passage, a lower level passage with related content, and a question sheet are available to help students...
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Read Works: Cat Treat Stops Mosquitoes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage explains how catnip is used to keep mosquitos away from biting. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...
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Read Works: Columbus Was an Explorer
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short nonfiction book passage is about Christopher Columbus and his contributions to exploration. This book in the SummerReads series, intended to work against the summer reading slide, reinforces...
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Read Works: Non Colonists in the American Revolution
[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: In the Night Passage & Question Set
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares a first person account of a cat and its night on the prowl. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are...
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Read Works: The Scientific Method
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage lists steps in the scientific method. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included. Several...
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Read Works: Portrait of an Artist
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares a first person account of an artist's life. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: A Tricky Move
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage explains the difficulty of moving the Liberty Bell. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Classical Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
[Free Registration/Login Required] A biographical text about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Got Tissues?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about allergies and what causes them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Get Up and Go
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the importance of eating a good breakfast. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Read Works: Goodbye to Lice
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction, informational text passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains...
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Read Works: Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage discusses the show entitled Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grade? and its debut in 2007. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for...
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Read Works: Aliens Invade!
[Free Registration/Login Required] This article shares information about the effect of adding certain species into non-native environments. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: Fit for Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage includes the information about how to stay healthy for life. This passage is intended as a guided passage to instruct students how to classify and categorize information.
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Read Works: African Animals
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares information about lions, elephants, giraffes, and warthogs. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Nasa's Stardust Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the world problem of unsafe drinking water. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included....
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Read Works: Fatty Foods Flunk Out of School
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses how junk foods are being eliminated from many school cafeterias. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
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Read Works: Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans: The Mayans
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares facts about the Mayan civilizations. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included....
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Read Works: A Stargazers Guide to Mission Control
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a tour of the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control room. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Story of the Pilgrims
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the colonists' journey on the Mayflower and their first year in Plymouth. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Buzz About Honey
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the role of honeybees in producing honey. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.