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Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "The Wishing Tree" by Kyria Abrahams

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] The two passages "A Lion in the Bedroom" and "The Wishing Tree" both have fantastical elements. Question sets are available for each passage separately on one combined.
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Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "Trouble at Reading Railroad" by w.m. Akers

For Students 2nd - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] The two passages "Apple the Cat Calls a Meeting to Order" and "Trouble at Reading Railroad" share the theme of problems and their consequences. Question sets are provided for each passage separately and...
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Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "Chirping Chirp"

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] The passages "Clara and Philip the Turtle" and "Chirping Chirp" share the common theme of caring for injured animals. Question sets are provided for each passage separately and one combined.
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Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "A Day on the Slopes" by Jaclyn Einis

For Students 2nd - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] These two passages "Amra and the Skateboard" and "A Day on the Slopes" share the common theme of trying new things. Question sets are provided for each passage separately and combined.
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Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "Nighttime in Texas"

For Students 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The paired passages "Flying Blind" and "Nighttime in Texas" are both suspenseful. Question sets are provided for each separately and combined.
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Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "Finding Salinger"

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] The paired passages "Taken by Surprise" and "Finding Salinger" share the common theme of change. Question sets are provided for each passage separately and combined.
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Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "Back Roads" by Vinnie Rotondaro

For Students 7th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The paired passages "A Winter's Drive" and "Back Roads" share the common themes of road trips. Question sets are provided for each passage separately and combined.
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Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "Learning to Skate" by w.m. Akers

For Students 6th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The paired passages "Brown Onions" and "Learning to Skate" share the theme of father-daughter relationships. Question sets are provided for each passage separately and combined.
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Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "Jumping Bodies"

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] The paired passages "Magic in the Classroom" and "Jumping Bodies" share the theme of magic. Question sets are provided for each passage separately and combined.
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Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "The Treasure Map"

For Students K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This paired text focuses on the theme of Discovery; it includes two reading passages, "Jack's Lost Kite" and "The Treasure Map," comprehension questions for each passage, and a combined set of questions...
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Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "Shawn the Speedy Snail" by Michael Stahl

For Students 3rd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The paired passages "Jam Session" and "Shawn the Speedy Snail" share the theme of personal change brought about by experience. Question sets are provided for each set separately and combined.
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Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "See if I Care"

For Students 7th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The paired passages "I Don't Like Ron Gonzales" and "See If I Care" each have a narrator with a very distinct voice. Question sets are provided for each passage separately and combined.
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Read Works: Passages: Paired Text: "World's Greatest Robot" by w.m. Akers

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] The paired passages "Streetcar!" and "World's Greatest Robot" explore the nature of sibling relationships. Question sets are provided for each passage separately and combined.
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Read Works: Passages: The u.s. Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is the Constitution of the United States; a vocabulary worksheet is provided for the words "favor" and "right."
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Read Works: Passages: "Zebra Mussels and the Hudson River"

For Students 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The information passage "Zebra Mussels and the Hudson River" focuses on the Hudson River ecosystem and how the introduction of Zebra Mussels would impact it. A Step Read, an easier version of the...
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Read Works: Passages: "Sandwich Money"

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The literary passage "Sandwich Money" features a young woman who works at a restaurant and lives on a tight budget, but splurges to free a bird. A Step Read, an easier version of the story, is provided...
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Read Works: Passages: "Many Kinds of Dogs" by Rachelle Kreisman

For Students 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] The passage "Many Kinds of Dogs" by Rachelle Kreisman focuses on three breeds of dogs: beagles, boxers, and greyhounds. A reading comprehension question set is provided as well as a vocabulary worksheet...
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Read Works: Yawn! By Dan Risch

For Students 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This article is about sleep including how much people need, why some people are not able to sleep, and some tips for overcoming sleeping problems. A comprehension question set and a vocabulary worksheet...
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Read Works: A New Tail

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is about Winter, a dolphin who got caught in a crab trapline and lost his tail, and how they made a prosthetic tail for him so he could swim. A comprehension question set and a vocabulary...
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Read Works: Bug Power

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage focuses on social insects: honey bees, ants, and termites. A comprehension question set and vocabulary are provided.
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Read Works: When Will We Have Flying Cars? By Linda Ruggieri

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is about the possibility of flying cars in the future. A comprehension question set and a vocabulary worksheet are also provided.
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Read Works: Oceans, Rivers, and Lakes by Linda Ruggieri

For Students 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage focuses on bodies of water including oceans, rivers, and lakes including explaining how the oceans get salty. A comprehension question set and a vocabulary worksheet for the word "vent" are...
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Read Works: Stuck in the Icy Ocean by Kate Paixao

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is about Ernest Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica, the problems he faced, and how he solved them. A comprehension question set and vocabulary information for the words courage, rescue,...
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Read Works: Jumping Grasshoppers by Linda Ruggieri

For Students 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage describes grasshoppers and explains how they can walk, hop, and fly. It is followed by a comprehension question set and a vocabulary worksheet for the word "insects" is provided.