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Read Works: The Phonograph

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Adam who finds a secret place to escape family tension. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Stalled Out

For Teachers 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl and her mother caught in a traffic jam. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Mr. Max the Math Teacher

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Bobby who learns math from a teacher named Mr. Max, who does things a little differently. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Read Works: Energy Screams

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about potential and kinetic energy on a roller coaster.. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Fire Museum Has a New Director

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage gives background of Damon Campagna, the new director of the New York City Fire Museum. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
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Read Works: Squeak the Skater Goes Surfing

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Squeak, a very good skateboarder, who decided to give surfing a try. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Christianity: The Apostle's Creed

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] "The Apostles Creed" is a statement of basic beliefs in Christianity. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Frost

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site includes a poem about frost. This passage 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: The Snowbird's Song

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poem about two little girls who see a chickadee through the window. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Three Blind Mice

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read the song lyrics to "Three Blind Mice." A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Three Blind Mice

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage is the nursery rhyme about three blind mice. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Winter Time

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A poetic description of winter time by Robert Louis Stevenson. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Washington Rides Again

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about wax statues of George Washington at Mount Vernon in Virginia. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in identifying fact and opinion.
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Read Works: Helping Hands

For Students 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text written by ten-year-old Rose Brooks about her trip to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in understanding...
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Read Works: Johnny's First Job

For Students 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A historical fiction text about a boy named Johnny who is looking for a job on the docks in April of 1850. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in understanding setting.
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Read Works: Killing Fields

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text the problems created for African elephants by the ivory trade. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in identifying explicit information.
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Read Works: Killing Fields

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about African elephants being killed illegally for the ivory trade. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Freedom's Road

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An elementary student named Areil Chang interviews her grandfather about his experiences when Japan invaded him home in China. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...
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Read Works: Hispanic Population Soars

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text the population growth of Hispanics in the United States. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in understandig author's purpose.
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Read Works: A New Home

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A historical fiction text about a girl named Patience who is traveling with her family to clear land and make a new home. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in understanding...
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Read Works: Endangered Animals at a Glance

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about four endangered animals that are increasing in population, the gray wolf, the bald eagle, the grizzly bear, and the Sumatran rhinoceros. A question sheet is available to help...
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Read Works: Endangered Animals at a Glance

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about endangered animals that are increasing in population including the gray wolf, the bald eagle, the grizzly bear, and the Sumatran rhinoceros. A question sheet is available to...
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Read Works: The Making of a President

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the process artists used to create a sculpture of George Washington. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Making of a President

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about methods various types of artists used in order to determine what George Washington must have looked like. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...