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Read Works: Up in the Air

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Kurt and his first trip on an airplane. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: A Monument for Peace

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passages discusses the Battle of Nashville and the the peace monument that was built to commemorate those who fought in that war, along with others who have fought in other wars. This...
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Read Works: Pythons Invade the Florida Everglades

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the problems pythons, a nonnative species, are causing in the Florida Everglades. 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: 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: 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: 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...
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Read Works:it's Just Part of Who I Am: A Teen Learns to Live With Chronic Illness

For Students 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It can be used as both a read-aloud exercise...
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Read Works: Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction Slavery in the Territories

For Students 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Congressional disagreements about slavery in the territories before the Civil War. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Sense and Sensibility

For Students 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the sense of smell and the sense of taste. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Lost and Found

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about British explorer Percy Harrison Fawcett, a real-life Indiana Jones. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Frogs at Risk

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about frogs and toads in Ecuador that are at risk of dying out. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Dead Zone

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about fertilizer that kills life in the Gulf of Mexico every year. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Puppet Power!

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about puppets. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Security Buzz

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about honeybees that have been trained to find explosives and alert authorities. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Is It Time for a New Toothbrush?

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the proper way to use a toothbrush and how to know when to replace it. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Give Thanks

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Thanksgiving Day, how it originated and how it is celebrated today. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Splash Into Summer!

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text giving tips on how to stay safe during summer activities. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.