• 03/08/24
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Expanding Perspectives in K-5 Core Knowledge Language Arts Current instructional materials often lack inclusive representation and div…

Grades K–5

• 06/15/22
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This grades 3-5 culturally relevant text set is about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While designed for grades 3-5, you may choose…

Grades 3–5

• 04/15/20
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The activities in this weekly reading routine are designed to support growth in all three areas of reading fluency (accuracy, rate, and…

Grades K–12

• 09/21/16
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Each text set:  Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resourc…

Grades 4–6

• 09/21/16
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Each text set:  Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…

Grade 5

• 02/17/16
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This research pack: Centers on a single topic (i.e., keeping Earth healthy, biodiversity, living in groups) and relies heavily on bo…

Grade 5

• 08/15/15
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Each text set:  Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…

Grades 4–5

• 08/15/15
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Each text set:  Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…

Grades 4–5

• 08/15/15
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Each text set:  Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…

Grades 4–5

• 08/15/15
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Each text set:  Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resourc…

Grades 4–5

• 08/15/15
• 1 FILE  

Each text set:  Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…

Grade 5

• 08/15/15
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Each text set:  Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…

Grades 5–10

• 08/15/15
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Each text set:  Centers on a single topic (i.e., insects, desert animals, entrepreneurship) and contains a variety of resources…

Grades 4–6

• 10/23/14
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Gary Soto writes an autobiography about a time when he was eleven years old, wanting to be a gymnast like his cousin.  He thinks i…

Grade 5

• 10/23/14
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The Lewis and Clark expedition explored unmapped territory from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean from 1804-1806. The expedition …

Grade 5

• 10/23/14
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The story is presented through the eyes of the authors and goes back and forth between documenting for the reader the events of the mos…

Grade 5

• 09/14/14
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In this excerpt, Brady and his friends don’t demonstrate good judgment when they choose not to warn Mrs. DiAngelo early that morn…

Grade 5

• 09/14/14
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At a time when it was unusual for women to travel alone to Alaska, Kate Ryan leaves her home in Canada and travels to the Alaskan front…

Grade 5

• 09/14/14
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Before they ever met her, Rory and Derek made a pact not to speak to Bolivia, the new girl in town.  After Bolivia orchestrates a …

Grade 5

• 09/14/14
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While cleaning the schoolyard, Louis accepts a package for Mrs. Jewls. It is very large and heavy, but he carries it up 30 flights of s…

Grade 5

• 09/11/14
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Richard moves to a new town and has to make new friends and face the challenge of climbing the rope in gym class. He makes a friend in …

Grade 5

• 07/07/14
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Collection of social studies texts and text-dependent questions. Organized by grade (K-8) and lexile.

Grades K–8

• 09/24/13
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In this narrative, Gary Paulsen describes the relationship, which develops between himself and a dog named “Storm,” the lea…

Grade 5

• 09/11/13
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Free units plans, lesson plans, Core-aligned texts, and student materials for teaching evidence-based claims. Available for grades 6-12…

Grades K–12

• 08/23/13
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Collection of science texts and text-dependent questions. Organized by grade (K-6) and topic.

Grades , 0–6

• 08/22/13
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Internationally known scientist and conservationist Jane Goodall offers ten suggestions for ways we can all help save wildlife. From th…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. This is a story of th…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. The king wants to fly…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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The family of a Japanese diplomat, Mr. Sugihara, living in Lithuania in 1940, is confronted by Jewish refugees asking for Japanese visa…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This excerpt focuses on a sixteen year old boy, Marcus Ravage, who travels to America (New York) from Romania. He hopes to become rich …

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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An African American named Leroy ʺSatchelʺ Paige was one of the greatest baseball pitchers that ever lived, but baseball was a segregate…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. Rose is a child with …

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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During the Mexican Revolution, a heroic mother, Elena, struggles to protect her family after her husband dies from an accident, and she…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This nonfiction story presents facts and details about how and where hurricanes are formed, the ways in which people are warned of hurr…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. Throughout her life, …

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. In this tall tale, Jo…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This is the grade 5 version of this lesson for this title.  A grade 3 version is also available. A crew of sailors captained by S…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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Miguel went with his father and brothers on their annual sheep move in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, but some of the sheep got lost d…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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In this passage about volcanoes, science writer Seymour Simon explains the characteristics of the different types of volcanoes, and how…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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Manuel, a fifth grader, feels average and lacks confidence in himself. He has doubts about volunteering for the elementary school talen…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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Silversmith Paul Revere takes his famous midnight ride to warn Americans that British soldiers are advancing. (Houghton Mifflin Harcour…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. Katie, whose family i…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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With the help of her friends and family, Mariah plans a surprise party for her sister Lynn. After many close calls, the party is succes…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. The main character, L…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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“Pioneer Girl” relates the real-life experiences of the McCance family, Nebraska homesteaders in 1885, combining narrative …

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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In this nonfiction piece, the author shares what he learned about the way of life of grizzly bears after spending a full year in Alaska…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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Sam Gribley has been living alone in the woods all summer, but fall has arrived and the fear of winter has forced Sam to think of new w…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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In this story, Rache is learning about the shocking history of her family through her Nana Sashie’s story about her family’…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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Seventy-four years ago, Spencer gave his sister Hattie a wooden box as a wedding gift, and though it was empty, told her there was some…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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Danny and Walter Budwing are two brothers who don't get along, and one day, when they are home alone, Walter, the elder, chases his lit…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. In the beginning, Wal…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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Roberto Clemente grew up in Puerto Rico where he discovered a love and passion for baseball, and became a famous Hall of Fame baseball …

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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Dusty Whittemore faces several challenges and below-freezing weather during the Junior Iditarod race in Alaska. Two tangles, a snowmobi…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This excerpt describes how oceans work: the relationship between the phases of the moon and tides, and the dangers of deadly tidal wave…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This article describes the out-of-control fires that took place during the summer of 1988. It focuses on the unpredictable fires of the…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This autobiography takes place in the 1960’s, when girls were not allowed to play on boys’ baseball teams, so even though T…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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In the story, Nellie Bly wants to break the fictional record of Jules Verne’s character, Phileas Fogg, who traveled around the wo…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. This narrative nonfic…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. “The Land I Los…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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The election for class president of the 5th grade shapes up as a two-way race between Cricket and Lucas, but throughout the course of t…

Grade 5

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. Galileo refines the t…

Grade 5