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Read Works: Fourth Grade: Three Lesson Unit: Compare and Contrast

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-activity unit on comparing and contrasting through which students compare and contrast two non-fiction articles and two editorials, and write a compare and contrast essay. With free login, users...
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Read Works: Telephones: Then and Now

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage is about how telephones have changed over the years. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills...
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Read Works: Winning the Vote

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how Women won the right to vote. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Starting Over

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about rebuilding after a disaster. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Inventions: Then and Now

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the telephone, calculator, television, and clock have changed since they were invented. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Dig This!

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read different fossils, how fossils are made, and three different types of rock on Earth. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Drilling for Alaska

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about drilling for oil in Alaska. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Ryan's Well

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about 15-year-old Ryan Hreljac who created a foundation that has raised over $1.5 million to build wells in Africa. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing...
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Read Works: Dinosaur Discovery

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read text, a map, and a chart about dinosaur fossils. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Fuels of the Future

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about renewable energy sources that may replace fossil fuel in the future. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Kids Weigh In

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read paragraphs and a chart about the weight of the backpacks students carry back and forth to school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Every Hour Counts

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the effects of not getting enough sleep. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Osceola's Last Stand

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about sports teams using Native American names. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Super Stats

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a paragraph and a chart about the popularity of different types of Girl Scout cookies. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Nothing Left to Lose

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about two boys who escaped from North Korea to live in South Korea. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Get Ready for Winter

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about animals that hibernate throughout the winter. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Big Birds, Big City

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about falcons that are now living in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: The Homework Hubbub

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the effectiveness of homework. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: School: How Has It Changed?

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how much schools have changed throughout the years. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Sister Act

For Teachers 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about sisters Tori and Taylor who have some things in common but many differences as well. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Time to Think

For Teachers 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the possibility of making the school day longer. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Remote Control Classroom

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about classrooms where student use remote control to take tests instead of using paper and pencils. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: Heading West

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about every-day life for American pioneers. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works: City Life and Country Life

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage compares and contrasts country life to city life. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included....