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Read Works: Famous African Americans Sojourner Truth

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares biographical content about the abolitionist named Sojourner Truth. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Famous African Americans Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This biographical sketch contains information about the Civil Rights leader, Martin Luther King, Jr. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: An American Leader

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage includes a brief biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Ancient Egypt the Legend of the Pharaoh's Curse

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage idiscusses the legend of the curse of King Tut's tomb and the true events surrounding the attempts to move this tomb. The text is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...
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Read Works: Ancient Egypt Queen of the Nile

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site contains biographical information about the Egyptian Queen, Cleopatra. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Alex's Discovery

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This science fiction passage shares what can happen when an alien arrives at a child's lemonade stand. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: Fixing My Sister's Bike

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This realistic passage is about a girl who uses problem solving strategies to fix her sister's bike. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: The Disappearing Room

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares a short mystery. 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: The Curious Situation of Foxes

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fictional story shares the story of a mysterious hotel with a portal to foxes. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Forgetting the Words

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fictional pieces shares the story about a boy who is afraid of forgetting his lines in a play. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
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Read Works: Amra and the Skateboard

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fiction passage addresses a plot of a girl who wants to try skateboarding like her male peers were doing. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: Famous African Americans Oprah Winfrey

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains biographical informationa about the multi-talented Ophrah Winfrey. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: A Trip to the Beach

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This fictional story shares a description of a child's first trip to the ocean. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: A Rally Against Poverty

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage describes a world-wide social movement called "Make Poverty History," an idea that Nelson Mandela helped promote at an international meeting. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece...
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Read Works: African American Leaders

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Mini-biographical information is shared about the following African American leaders in this passage: Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Jackie Robinson, and Condoleeza Rice. This passage is a...
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Read Works: African American Newsmakers

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site includes mini-biographical paragraphs about some famous African American people, and the people featured include the following: Wynton Marsalis, Ophrah Winfrey, Condoleeza Rice, Muhammad Ali,...
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Read Works: Fit for Life

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage explains concepts related to a healthy diet. 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: African Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares information about lions, elephants, giraffes, and warthogs. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Extreme Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares extreme animal facts. 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 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: Flu Frenzy

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses influenza and the importance of preventing an epidemic of a flu outbreak. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: A New Home

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares information about the topic of immigration. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: The Hiking Trip

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares the story of three characters who prepared and then went on a hiking trip. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Coral Reef Goes Digital

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares facts about This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...