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Read Works: The Inside Scoop

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passages shares the backstory of a couple who own and work on an ice cream truck. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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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: A Million Dollar Nickel

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the history of the rare coin referred to as the "Liberty Head nickel" and its rarity. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading...
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Read Works: All the 'Buzz'

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains an interview between a writer from Weekly Reader and Buzz Aldrin. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: A Well Kept Secret

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passages describes the discovery of an ancient civilization relics in the Range Creek Canyon of Utah. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading...
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Read Works: A Smelly Skunk

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fictional passages shares the story of a man and his dog who come across a skunk. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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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: Fly Our Flag for Veterans Day

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage explains the significance of Veterans Day. 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: The Four Seasons

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about the four seasons of the year. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Water

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discuss the concept of "solids" as it applies to water. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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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: Firefighters Are Helpers

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains the duties of a firefighter. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
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Read Works: The Difference Between Maps and Globes

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares the difference between maps and globes. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Cool in the Hot Desert

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is about the fennec fox that lives in the African desert. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
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Read Works: An Elephant's Excellent Trunk

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage includes information about the elephant's trunk. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: The Flying Machine

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage gives a brief history of the airplane and ideas that came before the invention. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills...
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Read Works: The First Americans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informatioanl text passage includes information about the first Americans, Native Americans. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
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Read Works: The Liberty Bell

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text shares information about the Liberty Bell. 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: A Sticky Idea

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares the history of Band-Aids. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning....
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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...