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Read Works: The High Dive

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares the story of a girl who gets the courage to go off of the high dive. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: All About Ants

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes the roles of different types of ants. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
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Read Works: Famous African Americans Duke Ellington

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains biographical information about the famous jazz composter, Duke Ellington. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Famous African Americans Marian Anderson

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains brief biographical information about the famous singer named Marian Anderson. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
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Read Works: When Music Is a Steal

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the topic of illegal downloading of music. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Famous African Americans Maya Angelou

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains biographical information about the famous author and civil rights leader and activist named Maya Angelou. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...
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Read Works: Famous African Americans Thurgood Marshall

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This mini-biographical pieces shares information about Thurgood Marshall. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Watching the Weather

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage talks about weather indications of global warming. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Fossils & Dinosaurs Plant Eaters

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage describes an example of a plant-eating dinosaur, the Stegosaurus, its appearance, and its eating habits. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading...
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Read Works: Water Worries

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage discusses the world-wide shortage of clean drinking water and ways to conserve water. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading...
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Read Works: Fossils and Dinosaurs Meat Eaters

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage describes the characteristics of theropods, meat-eating dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus Rex. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: Friends Food Fun at the Zoo

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage about animal keepers is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It...
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Read Works: Friends, Food and Fun at the Zoo

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage describes how animals play at the zoo and explains the roles of the animal keepers at the zoo. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: A Polar Bear Grows Up

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage gives a brief explanatin of the life cycle of the polar bear. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Fiesta!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage explains the term "fiesta" to the readers. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...
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Read Works: Fire Safety

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains a how-to checklist for safety. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...
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Read Works: A School Trip to the Aquarium

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This text is a fictional story about a field trip to an aquarium. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
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Read Works: Welcome Back!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares advice about how to make the first day of school a great one. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Alyssa Wears a Bow Tie

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a fictional narrative about a girl who chooses to show her creativity by wearing a bow tie on the first day of school. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...
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Read Works: The Grey Sheep [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This nonfiction narrative entails a young girl describing her family's grey sheep on the farm activities related to raising them. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: The Harmonica

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares facts about the harmonica. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
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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: The Grasshopper and the Ant

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site shares the fable of The Grasshopper and the Ant. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
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Read Works: Where Does Food Go?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains the process of food digestion. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...