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Read Works: What's Up in Space?
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses what is up in outer space. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included. Several questions...
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Read Works: Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans Tenochtitlan
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares the legend of the creation of the Mayan city of Tenochtitlan. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are...
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Read Works: Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans Cuzco: City of Gold
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes the ancient city of Cuzco, the center of activity during the Inca Empire. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary...
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Read Works: Cat Treat Stops Mosquitoes
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage explains how catnip is used to keep mosquitos away from biting. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...
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Read Works: Nasa's Stardust Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the world problem of unsafe drinking water. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included....
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Read Works: Walking Tall
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares the story of Ruby Bridges' rol. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included. Questions and a...
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Read Works: Native American Homes
[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: Who Is Sue?
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses information about a dinosaur that researchers named "Sue", which was found in South Dakota. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills....
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Read Works: Forms of Art Watercolor
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage explains the process of watercolor painting. It includes comprehension questions and a teacher guide and can be used as both a read-aloud exercise and an individual practice tool.
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Read Works: Follow That Koala!
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses how and why koala bears are tracked by scientists. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: The Helping List
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational passage shares a list of ways to be helpful. 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: The First Thanksgiving
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage describes the first Thanksgiving. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included. Several...
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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...
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Read Works: In the Night Passage & Question Set
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares a first person account of a cat and its night on the prowl. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are...
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Read Works: Star Power
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the philanthopic acts of music group and movie stars. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...
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Read Works: Ride of the Century
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the New York's subway system history. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: An Owl Is a Bird
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage provides facts about owls. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included. Several questions and a...
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Read Works: The Holocaust
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains what the Holocaust was and its impact on people throughout the world. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for...
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Read Works: How to Draw a Map Passage & Question Set
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains how to draw a map. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included. Several questions...
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Read Works: Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage discusses the show entitled Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grade? and its debut in 2007. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for...
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Read Works: Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans: The Mayans
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares facts about the Mayan civilizations. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included....
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Read Works: Fit for Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage includes the information about how to stay healthy for life. This passage is intended as a guided passage to instruct students how to classify and categorize information.
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Read Works: Grade 2: Three Lesson Unit: Author's Purpose
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach learners to identify author's purpose including to entertain, to inform, and to persuade. Lessons are based on the books The Adventures of Taxi Dog by...
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Corwin Press: Chapter 7: Informational Text Lessons in First Grade
This chapter provides guided informational text lessons for first graders. Differentiation and management tips are provided, along with steps to use while implementing these lessons.