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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Guided Reading/listening Ques: Nonfiction[pdf]

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
This graphic organizer will assist students with taking notes connected nonfiction content. After taking notes with the graphic organizer, students will ask guiding questions listed on the sheet.
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Read Works: Slavery in the North

For Students 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the world problem of unsafe drinking water. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works: Hispanic Population Soars

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the soaring Hispanic population in the United States. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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Hopelink

Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: Real Life Reading Materials

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this reading instructional activity is to offer a reading and comprehension instructional activity based on real-life reading materials. This gives students the opportunity to gain reading comprehension skills from...
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TES Global

Tes: Guided Reading Resources: Nonfiction

For Teachers 2nd - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This learning module contains several guided reading resources. Students will be able to use the charts to guide themselves as they discuss informational texts and persuasive texts. Teachers can monitor...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Anticipation Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Anticipating is an effective reading strategy for readers of all ages. Utilize this template and graphic organizer to help your students become better readers.
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Read Works: A Stargazers Guide to Mission Control

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a tour of the Johnson Space Center's Mission Control room. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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TESL Journal

The Internet Tesl Journal: Reading Nonfiction Texts Fast

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Article lists a series of steps and tasks to make reading texts more efficient and clear. Written primarily for teachers of ESL students but tasks work for all students.
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Read Works

Read Works: Genre 1st Grade Unit: Identifying Information in Nonfiction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the books Nature's Food Chains: What Polar Animals Eat by Joanne Mattern, Life Cycle of a Frog by Angela Royston, and Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London to learn to...
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Read Works

Read Works: 2nd Grade Lesson: Compare/contrast Genres

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use fiction and nonfiction books from a classroom library to identify the similarities and differences between fiction and nonfiction and to create a Venn diagram...
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Read Works: The Buzz About Honey

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the role of honeybees in producing honey. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works

Read Works: 1st Grade Lesson: Purposes for Reading

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the books Nature's Food Chains: What Polar Animals Eat by Joanne Mattern, Life Cycle of a Frog by Angela Royston, and Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London to learn to...
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Read Works: About Your Bones

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the skeletonThis passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning....
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Read Works: A Shell Is Great for Protection

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares information about the topic of shells. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
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Read Works: All About Bats

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passages describes the characteristics of bats. 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: Amazing Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses distinguishing features of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Always Remember

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction piece discusses the bombing of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and how this tragendy is memorialized today. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...
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Read Works: An Urgent Message

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This narrative nonfiction pieces shares how the Pony Express began. 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: Goodbye to Lice

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction, informational text passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains...
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Read Works: African Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares information about lions, elephants, giraffes, and warthogs. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
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Read Works: Fatty Foods Flunk Out of School

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses how junk foods are being eliminated from many school cafeterias. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
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Read Works: Eyewitness to History: Grandma Was a Protester

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares information about a young girl's grandmother who protested the Vietnam War. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: All About Ants

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes the roles of different types of ants. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
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Read Works: About You How Music Affects Your Mood

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction piece discusses how music influences mood. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...

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