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Read Works: Local Mailman

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a mail carrier who became friends with people along his route. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: How to Make a Better Robot

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about improvements in robotics. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Books Through Bars

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a group in Brooklyn working to provide books to prison inmates. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: An Urgent Message

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This narrative nonfiction pieces shares how the Pony Express began. 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: Are the Everglades Forever?

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Everglades and some of the dangers they are facing. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Routine

For Teachers 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a person who becomes tired of the routineness of life. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Venus Flytrap

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the insect-eating Venus Flytrap. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Scales

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how the human brain organized past memories. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: A Drop's Journey

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about water and the water cycle. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Cliff Dwellers

For Teachers 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwelling people. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Designing the First Flying Machine

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Wilbur and Orville Wright designing the first airplane. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Benjamin Franklin: The Ultimate Solution Creator

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Benjamin Franklin and some of his inventions. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: California and Mesopotamia: Similarities and Differences

For Teachers 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the similarities and differences between California and ancient Mesopotamia. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Measure R

For Teachers 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about taxes collected to improve traffic conditions in Los Angeles, California. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Water Main Break Downtown New York City

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational report describes a water main, causes of water main breaks and the effects a water main break in New York City.This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...
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Read Works: The New Kid

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Dylan who was new at school. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Luisa Builds a Model

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Luisa who wants to build a model of her neighborhood. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: When Grandma Was a Girl

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about two children who like to listen to their grandmother tell stories. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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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: Alex's Discovery

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Alex who meets a man from outer space in need of some help. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in understanding plot.
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Read Works: Puppies, Puppies, Puppies

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Kamil whose dog had puppies. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Jen's Surprise

For Teachers 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little girl named Jen who got a surprise from her grandmother. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Kareem's Playdate

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little boy named Kareem who had a playdate with a friend. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: What Did People Wear?

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about the clothes worn by early Americans. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.