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Read Works: Growing Up Long Ago

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the typical life of a child during the 1800's. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Right On

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a program called "Do Something About It" designed to teach kids about the Bill of Rights. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: A Constitution for Kids

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a children's book that translates the Constitution for kids. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Junk Food Battles

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the importance of eating nutritious foods. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Junk Food Ad Attack!

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about companies marketing junk food to children. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Food for Thought

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the implementation of healthy lunches at schools. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: The Weight Debate

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether or not schools should send reports home about students' body mass index (BMI). A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Seven Billion and Counting

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the increasing world population. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Should You Be Afraid of Sharks?

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about sharks and why they should not be feared. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Cutest Animal Finalists

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares the information about animals that students have voted as being "the cutest" in a Weekly Reader contest. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...
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Read Works: From Pet to Threat

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about problems caused by exotic pets like pythons and tigers. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Nasa Stardust Review

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about NASA's probe, Stardust, which recently completed a seven-year journey to explore space and collect particles. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...
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Read Works: Nasa's Stardust Review

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the world problem of unsafe drinking water. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included....
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Read Works: News Debate Tough Cell

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether or not students should be allowed to use cell phones in school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Will You Go to School This Summer?

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating the pros and cons of year-round school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Fashion Do or Don't

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage expresses the pros and cons of school uniforms. 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 Sinking City

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about an idea that might keep the city of Venice, Italy from sinking. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: On Hallowed Ground

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about several Civil War sites that are slowly disappearing due to modern industry. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Tribal Tribute

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian, part of the Smithsonian Institution. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Read Works: Ancient Village at Stonehenge

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about an ancient village archeologists found near Stonehenge. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Coins!

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about coins made in the U. S. Mint. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Sophia: Facts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson clarifies what writers mean when using the term "facts." This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
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Read Works: Grade 2: Two Lesson Unit: Fact and Opinion

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Designed to teach students to identify fact and opinion in a text. Lessons are based on the text "Dear Diary" and the book Penguins by Lynn M. Stone. Includes ideas for direct teaching, guided practice,...
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Read Works: Fourth Grade: Two Lesson Unit: Fact and Opinion

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson plan unit on fact and opinion through which students identify facts and opinions in a newspaper article and understand how facts support opinions in an editorial. With free login, users...