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Read Works: Kick It!

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about different forms of martial arts and the benefits of martial arts training. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Go Outside and Play!

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining the benefits of playing outside and providing a list of possible activities. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Do You Have Good Posture?

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about posture and problems created by sitting at a computer. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in understanding cause and effect.
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Read Works: Never Too Late

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about adults who believe it is never too late to learn to read. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: A New Letter for the Alphabet

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage discusses the history of the schwa sound. 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: Is Big Tobacco Out to Hook Kids?

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the addictive nature of tobacco and the dangers teens face due to tobacco marketing strategies. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Read Works: Life as a Country Girl

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining what it is life to live in the rural mountains of West Virginia. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: A New Neighborhood Farmers Market

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage is about the addition of a farmers' market in New York City. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Quebec's Sugar Season

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how people in Quebec, Canada celebrate the time when sap flows from the maple trees. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: How Plastic Is Recycled

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining how plastic is recycled. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Steps to Inventing

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text listing the four steps kids can follow to become inventors. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Playing for Clean Water

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a marry-go-round pump that provides clean drinking water while children play. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: It's All in the Mind

For Teachers 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether or not psychics are real. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Water Worries

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage discusses the world-wide shortage of clean drinking water and ways to conserve water. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading...
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Read Works: A Million Dollar Nickel

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the history of the rare coin referred to as the "Liberty Head nickel" and its rarity. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading...
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Read Works: Oral Histories

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support elementary students' reading comprehension, students will learn about jobs that require them to conduct interviews to collect oral histories. Questions that assess multiple reading...
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Read Works: Young Couple Finds a Way to Make Commuting Fun

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about two students who took a picture of themselves at every subway stop in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Going Up a Mountain

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about climbing Mount Everest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Getting Water From a Well

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how to get water from a well. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Getting Water From a Well

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support early elementary students' reading comprehension, information about water wells is provided in this informational text. Questions that assess multiple reading skills are provided.
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Read Works: Native American Settlements

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the different types of homes lived in by Native Americans throughout America. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Native American Homes

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses how Native Americans arrived in North America and where they lived when they settled. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for...
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Read Works: Native Americans

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about various Native American tribes who have lived throughout North America. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Play Time

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the importance of play for many different types of animals. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.