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Read Works: The Mermaid of Kona, Hawaii
[Free Registration/Login Required] A biographical text about a woman named Dana Richardson who free dives near her home in Hawaii dressed as a mermaid. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: News Debate Battle of the Binge
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text arguing for and against competitive eating contests. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: A Bumpy Ride
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the bumper car ride at an amusement park. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Famous African Americans Jackie Robinson
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains biographical information about the first African American to play in Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...
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Read Works: No Horsing Around
[Free Registration/Login Required] A biographical text about Shannon Uske, a female teenage race horse jockey. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Shark Tale
[Free Registration/Login Required] A biographical text about Bethany Hamilton, a surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Taking Out the Trash Talk
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text that argues whether trash talking should or should not be banned from professional sports. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Bird Man
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Felix Baumgartner, the first man to fly across the English Channel without an aircraft. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: How Extreme Should Sports Be?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text arguing the merits of extreme sports. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Sherry's Game
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Sherry who lives in New York City and loves to play handball with her friends. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Turn It Off
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the effects of watching too much television and the challenge of TV-Turnoff Week. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Read Works: Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the television game show "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?" A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Read Works: Kwan's Crusade
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Michelle Kwan becoming a public diplomat for the United States. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Big Dreams
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about a disabled man from Ghana who became a triathlete. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: No Snow Required
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the invention and growth of the sport of mountainboarding. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Return of the Cube
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Rubik's Cube. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Are Roller Coasters Safe?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about scientists studying the safety of roller coasters. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Let's Play Lacrosse
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about lacrosse. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Mc Gwire Strikes Out
[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 contains questions and teacher guides and...
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Read Works: Pitcher Perfect
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Katie Brownell, a female Little League pitcher who threw a perfect game. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Juiced
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about steroid use in Major League Baseball. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Let the Games Begin!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about some of the sports in the Winter Olympics. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Shoot and Score!
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a big sister teaching her little sister to play soccer. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Brazil Today: Futebol Brazil's Sport
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about futebol (soccer) in Brazil. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.