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Read Works: After the Floods
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares information about a horrific flood that devastated parts of Pakistan in 2010. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading...
English Zone
English Zone: Elephants
After reading this informative article about elephants, students will hone their reading comprehension skills by answering a series of related questions.
Read Works
Read Works: Genre 2nd Grade Unit: Encyclopedias
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the book Children's Illustrated Encyclopedia edited by Jayne Parsons to learn to locate information and find facts about a subject in an encyclopedia. Lesson includes...
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Classic Reader: Authors: Georg Ebers
This site features the author Georg Ebers including the full text of 18 novels, one nonfiction work, and two short stories.
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Classic Reader: Authors: Thomas Bailey Aldrich
This site features the author Thomas Bailey Aldrich including the full text of the novel The Story of a Bad Boy, the nonfiction work An Old Town by the Sea, the poetry collection The Sister's Tragedy, and two short stories.
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Classic Reader: Authors: Stephen Leacock
This site features the author Stephen Leacock including the full text of five novels such as Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich and Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, as well as, the nonfiction work My Discovery of England.
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Classic Reader: Authors: Gilbert K. Chesterton
This site features the author Gilbert K. Chesterton including a biography, the full text of eight novels including The Innocence of Father Brown and The Man Who Knew Too Much and the nonfiction work All Things Considered.
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Classic Reader: Authors: Thomas Carlyle
This site features the author Thomas Carlyle including a biography and the full text of the nonfiction book The French Revolution.
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Classic Reader: Authors: Ralph Waldo Emerson
This site features the author Ralph Waldo Emerson including the full text of the two essay collections: Essays, 1st Series and Essays, 2nd Series. Included in these essays are "Self Reliance" and "Politics".
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Classic Reader: Authors: Anonymous
This site features the Anonymous author including the full text of the following: Forest & Frontiers; The Holy Bible, King James Version; Beowulf; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (poetry and prose versions); and 11 short stories.
EL Education
El Education: Wisconsin for Kids and by Kids
An online book entitled Wisconsin for Kids and By Kids created by the students of Winnequah Middle School in Monona, Wisconsin that features some famous people, places, and events throughout Wisconsin's history. Original writing and...
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Reading Charts and Graphs
Practice graph reading skills with these exercises and companion tutorials.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Making Measuring Meaningful!
This activity helps students recognize that measuring tools can come in many different shapes and sizes. The student's will develop creative-thinking, math, and social skills as they use nontraditional and traditional measuring tools....
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Unit: Reading Comprehension and Structure
This unit focuses on reading comprehension and structure. It includes lessons on the main idea and supporting details, theme, sequence, fact and opinion, literary devices, character, text features, inferences, organization of nonfiction,...
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Read Works: Einstein in Time
[Free Registration/Login Required] This four-page PDF nonfiction passage entitled "Einstein in Time" features a timeline of Einstein's life. It is part of Paired Texts: "Everyday Einstein - Lasers" and "It's All Relative" (See link above...
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Classic Reader: Authors: Charles Darwin
This site features the author Charles Darwin including the full text of the nonfiction book Origin of Species.
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Classic Reader: Authors: Edward Everett Hale
This site features the author Edward Everett Hale including the full text of the nonfiction work The Life of Christopher Columbus, and the short story "My Double; and How He Undid Me".
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Classic Reader: Authors: Jack London
This site features the author Jack London including a biography and the full text of 13 novels, 2 nonfiction pieces, and 130 short stories. His most famous works include "Call of the Wild," "The Sea Wolf," and "White Fang".
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Classic Reader: Authors: Nicolo Machiavelli
This site features the author Nicolo Machiavelli including a biography and the full text of the nonfiction work The Prince. Machiavelli is considered one of the great early modern analyzers of political power.
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Classic Reader: Author: Jean Jacques Rousseau
This site features the author Jean Jacques Rousseau including a biography and the full text of the nonfiction work, The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right.
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Quizlet: Ccisd 4th Grade Main Idea Flashcards
Reading strategy terms (nonfiction) are included in this review exercise. Flashcards are provided for the following words: topic, main idea, supporting details, summarizing, conclusion, point of view, author's perspective, author's...