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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Interventions for Reading Strategies: Qar Strategy

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This Michigan State University site suggests three question-answer relationships strategies, rather than four, leaving out "author and you." Includes examples of each relationship, steps for teaching, and assessment.
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Website
US Department of Education

U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: Second Grade Activities (Spanish)

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Links to one hundred second grade activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set,...
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Other

Read Works: New York Buildings "Going Green" [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An informational text about eco-friendly buildings in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Other

Read Works: Mali & African Empires: The African Slave Trade [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the African slave trade. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Other

Read Works: How Glaciers Change the World [Pdf]

For Students 4th
Students read about how glaciers created land forms such as mountains and lakes during and after the Ice Age. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Other

Read Works: Explorers [Pdf]

For Students 5th
Students read about explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew as they attempted to circumnavigate the globe. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Things That We Read

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides ways to motivate middle school students to read. A link is provided that contains 25 graphic organizers related to reading and note-taking.
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Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Test 9: Ben's Harmonica

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a reading assessment passage. This passage contains a brief biography about Ben Franklin and a few of his inventions.
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eBook
Other

A (Simplified) Midsummer Night's Dream for Ell Readers

For Students 9th - 10th
A simplified version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" developed for English language learners by an ESL teacher.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Differentiated Reading Instruction Worksheets, Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A collection of differentiated reading activities are provided in this collection. Worksheets for the following reading topics are included: climax, story structure, elements of a story; fact and opinion; summarizing, narrative sequence;...
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Read Works

Read Works: The Story of the Three Little Pigs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage shares the fairy tale of the Three Little Pigs. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works

Read Works: Jack's Lost Kite Passage & Question Set

For Teachers K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This literary text passage shares the story of a boy named Jack who has lost his kite. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also...
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Read Works

Read Works: A Trip to Taughannock

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a five-page PDF fiction passage entitled "A Trip to Taughannock" followed by 10 reading comprehension questions. Click on double arrow on the top right to download, print, or make full screen....
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Read Works

Read Works: Take Me Out to the Ballgame

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a five-page PDF fiction passage entitled "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" followed by a 10 comprehension questions. It also provides a StepRead passage, a shorter version of the story. Click on the...
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Read Works

Read Works: Accidental Butterfly

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is six-page PDF fiction passage entitled "Accidental Butterfly" followed by 10 comprehension questions. A link to answers for the questions if also provided. Click on double arrows to download,...
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Read Works

Read Works: Unlocking the Inner Engineer

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This five-page PDF is a fiction passage entitled "Unlocking the Inner Engineer" followed by 10 reading comprehension questions. A link to an answer key is provided. Click the double arrows on the top...
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Read Works

Read Works: Einstein in Time

For Students 5th
[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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Read Works

Read Works: The Family Business

For Students 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a five-page PDF fiction passage entitled "The Family Business" followed by 10 comprehension questions. A link to the answer sheet is provided. Click on the double arrows at top right to...
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Read Works

Read Works: A Day at Angkor Wat

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This five-page PDF fiction passage "A Day at Angkor Wat" followed by 10 comprehension questions. A link to the answer key is provided. Click on double arrows on top right to download, print, or view...
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Read Works

Readworks: Refueling

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a six-page PDF fiction passage entitled "Refueling" followed by 10 comprehension questions. A link to the answer key is provided. Click on double arrows on top right to download, print, or view...
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Read Works

Read Works: Searching for Survivors

For Students 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This five-page PDF fiction passage "Searching for Survivors" followed by 10 comprehension questions. A link to the answer key is provided. This passage is part 3 of the "Run" series; part 2 is entitled...
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Read Works

Read Works: The Middle Ages the Knighthood

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the process of becoming a knight during the Middle Ages. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Renaissance Renaissance: The Spread of Ideas

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the fall of the Byzantine Empire and the invention of the printing press. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Brazil Today: Brazil's Constitution

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Constitution of Brazil. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.