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Read Works: The King of Bling

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb and the efforts taken by curators to preserve the finders, while in addition, share the contents of the...
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Read Works: Amazing Animal Helpers

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shared information about the helpfulness of dolphins, dogs, monkeys, and horses. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: Famous Inventors Thomas Edison

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short biographical piece shares information about Thomas Edison, the inventor of the phonograph, light bulb, motion picture camera, and more. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that...
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Read Works: The Helping List

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational passage shares a list of ways to be helpful. 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 Holocaust

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares basic facts about the Holocaust. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
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Read Works: After the Floods

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about a horrific flood that devastated parts of Pakistan in 2010. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading...
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Read Works: Fossils & Dinosaurs Fossils

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This text describes a field trip to Central Park. Information is shared about fossils and the work of archaeologists. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading...
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Read Works: Ancient China: Travel Journal Part 1

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage consists of a journal that shares information about a trip to Shanghai, China. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: The Ivory Billed Woodpecker Returns

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird that was once perceived to be extinct due to excessive logging. This passage is a stand-alone curricular...
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Read Works: A Ton of Trash

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares different projects that have been developed to recycle trash. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: Fleeing Goma

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares the devastating effects from a volcanic eruption in the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...
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Read Works: Welcome Aboard!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares biographical information about Christopher Columbus and his landing on San Salvador. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: A Small Life

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short story shares a fictional account from the perspective of a hamster. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: A Tale of Segregation: Fetching Water

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares a first person account of experiencing the hatred related to segregation while in desperate need of water. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...
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Read Works: Earth Science Hurricanes

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about tropical storms and hurricanes. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: The Ecosystem of the Forest

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about forest ecosystems. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: The Growth Factor

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about ways to project heighth in students. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: The Eco Pyramid

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares nonfiction information about ecological pyramids. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
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Read Works: Focus on Scientists

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction article shares information about different types of scientists. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Firefighters Fight Fires

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text piece shares information about what the job of a firefighter entails. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Explore Space

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about the planets in the solar system. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Watch Out for Ticks

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares nonfiction information about ticks. 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 Write Think: Creating Question and Answer Books Through Guided Research

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for five lessons that develop research skills in primary students by having them create their own question and answer books. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in...
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Wisconsin Rt I Center: Pals [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Classroom teachers will learn about Peer Assisted Learning/Literacy Strategies (PALS) an engaging instructional strategy for students. Teachers will learn how to implement PALS, understand how to measure progress with PALS, and find...