• 04/02/13
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Outlines the key areas in which to support struggling readers. By educators David and Meredith Liben.

Grades K–5

• 09/10/13
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Free units plans, lesson plans, Core-aligned texts, and student materials for teaching evidence-based claims. Available...

Grades K–12

• 01/26/16
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All of the lessons presented are designed to highlight one or more aspects of the ELA/literacy Shifts. These lessons...

Grades K–12

• 08/22/13
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Webpage by education researcher Tim Rasinski. Includes fluency assessments and instructional strategies for teachers.

Grades 9–12

• 12/03/13
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Forty passages to help students build fluency over the course of the school year.

Grades 4–5

• 10/08/14
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Forty passages to help students build fluency over the course of the school year.

Grades 2–3

• 02/10/16
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The Fluency Resources collection helps to build and assess student fluency to improve reading comprehension. Each...

Grades K–12

• 04/14/20
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The activities in this weekly reading routine are designed to support growth in all three areas of reading fluency...

Grades K–12

• 09/19/13
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The Anthology Alignment Project offers replacement lessons for anthologies developed prior to the Common Core State...

Grades 6–12

• 04/09/13
• 2 FILE(S)  

Two day series of lessons includes: Text dependent questions Printable copies of the text Student discussion activities...

Grade 3

• 04/09/13
• 1 FILE(S)  

Two-day series of sample lessons includes: Text dependent questions Printable copies of the text Student discussion...

Grade 7

• 04/09/13
• 1 FILE(S)  

One day sample lesson includes: Text dependent questions Printable copies of the text Student discussion activities...

Grade 8

• 04/09/13
• 1 FILE(S)  

Three-day series of sample lessons includes: Text dependent questions Printable copies of the text Student discussion...

Grade 8

• 04/09/13
• 0 FILE(S)  

To request access to this lesson, please click "Send Feedback". Three-to-four day series of sample lessons includes:...

Grade 7

• 04/09/13
• 4 FILE(S)  

Two-day series of sample lessons includes: Text dependent questions Student discussion activities Vocabulary and syntax...

Grade 7

• 06/09/13
• 1 FILE(S)  

One-day sample lesson includes: Text dependent questions Student discussion activities Vocabulary and syntax tasks...

Grade 8

• 04/09/13
• 2 FILE(S)  

Three-to-six day series of sample lessons includes: Text dependent questions Printable copies of the text Student...

Grades 9–10

• 04/09/13
• 2 FILE(S)  

This lesson includes: Text-dependent questions Printable copies of the text Student discussion activities Vocabulary...

Grade 11

• 09/04/13
• 4 FILE(S)  

Four-to-five day series of sample lessons includes: Text dependent questions Printable copies of the text Student...

Grade 6

• 07/15/14
• 3 FILE(S)  

Five-day series of sample lessons includes: Text dependent questions Student discussion activities Vocabulary and...

Grade 11

• 08/22/13
• 1 FILE(S)  

Collection of science texts and text-dependent questions. Organized by grade (K-6) and topic.

Grades K–6

• 10/20/13
• 2 FILE(S)  

Includes two texts and one video, thirteen text-dependent questions, including one constructed-response writing prompt,...

Grade 11

• 02/15/16
• 3 FILE(S)  

Includes one text and an accompanying video (both from NASA), ten text-dependent questions (including one optional...

Grade 9

• 07/06/14
• 1 FILE(S)  

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

Grades K–8

• 08/04/14
• 2 FILE(S)  

This set includes an anchor text and five additional texts from various witnesses offering differing perspectives on...

Grade 9

• 03/19/15
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Includes: Primary source text on women's rights Text-dependent questions Academic vocabulary list Writing prompt for...

Grade 7

• 03/19/15
• 1 FILE(S)  

Includes: Primary source on colonial and Native American relations Text-dependent questions Academic vocabulary list...

Grade 7

• 03/19/15
• 1 FILE(S)  

Includes: One primary and one secondary source text on wealth and trade unions Text-dependent questions Academic...

Grades 11–12

• 09/26/13
• 2 FILE(S)  

This module is comprised of fifteen 90-minute lessons and addresses U.S. History content standards relating to the...

Grade 7

• 10/18/15
• 1 FILE(S)  

Includes: Secondary source text on ancient Greek civilization Text-dependent questions Academic vocabulary list Writing...

Grade 6

• 10/27/15
• 1 FILE(S)  

Includes: Primary source text on early American history Text-dependent questions Academic vocabulary list Writing...

Grade 7

• 10/27/15
• 1 FILE(S)  

Includes: 2 primary source texts on the French Revolution Text-dependent questions Academic vocabulary list Writing...

Grades 9–10

• 10/27/15
• 1 FILE(S)  

Includes: Primary source text arguing for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution Text-dependent questions Academic...

Grade 12

• 06/24/14
• 0 FILE(S)  

The Read Aloud Project offers lessons for K–2 read aloud books that have been adapted to meet the expectations of...

Grades K–2

• 06/24/14
• 2 FILE(S)  

In this literary text by Janell Cannon, a baby bat separated from her mother is raised by a mother bird, on the...

Grade K

• 06/24/14
• 2 FILE(S)  

In this informational text by April Pulley Sayre, a grizzly bear and its eating habits are followed throughout the year.

Grade 1

• 06/26/14
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In this literary text by Saviour Pirotta and Nilesh Mistry, a young boy and wise man observe many living things of the...

Grade 1

• 06/29/14
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In this literary text by E.B. White, Wilbur, a farm pig, is saved as a little runt by an adoring young girl, Fern. As...

Grade 1

• 09/18/14
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This is an illustrated collection of silly verses and rhymes that describe marine life creatures living in and around...

Grade K

• 09/18/14
• 2 FILE(S)  

A scout ant has returned with a beautiful sparkling crystal for his ant queen. She deemed it the most delicious food...

Grade 1

• 10/22/14
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This non-fiction text provides interesting and amazing facts and information about different species of frogs around...

Grade 2

• 06/26/14
• 1 FILE(S)  

This informational text by Niki Walker describes the characteristics of the moon and traces the history of man's...

Grade 1

• 06/26/14
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This literary text by Kirby Larson and Mary Nether tells the story of two animals in New Orleans who were left by their...

Grade 1

• 06/26/14
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In this literary text by Soyung Pak, a young boy and his grandmother who lives in Korea send each other pictures and...

Grade K

• 06/26/14
• 2 FILE(S)  

This informational text by Madeleine Dunphy is a cumulative tale listing animals of the African savanna and their...

Grade K

• 06/26/14
• 2 FILE(S)  

This literary text by Jeanette Winter tells a true life story of Wangari Maathai, who decided to make a big difference...

Grade K

• 09/18/14
• 1 FILE(S)  

This informational text follows three young children from New York City. These children, Sanu, Eric, and April, have...

Grade K

• 09/18/14
• 2 FILE(S)  

This is a story of how changes happen in the world, one person, one family, one community at a time. The story takes...

Grade 1

• 09/18/14
• 2 FILE(S)  

This story is based upon the life of Arizona Houston Hughes, a teacher who taught generations of children in a one-room...

Grade 1

• 09/18/14
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In this story, there are six generations of women descended from a woman who emigrated from Russia to America....

Grade 2

• 06/26/14
• 1 FILE(S)  

This informational text by Brenda Z. Guiberson chronicles more than a century in the life of a saguaro cactus and shows...

Grade K

• 06/26/14
• 2 FILE(S)  

This literary text by Eve Bunting tells the story of Marianne, an orphan, heading west on the Orphan Train with other...

Grade 1

• 06/26/14
• 1 FILE(S)  

This informational text by Dianna Hutts Aston uses personification to demonstrate the complex and adaptive life of a...

Grade 2

• 09/18/14
• 2 FILE(S)  

In this rhyming text, a young girl describes her journey of discovery as she experiences ocean treasures through each...

Grade K

• 09/18/14
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Nicky reluctantly spends the summer in the Wisconsin woods with his grandmother who is an artist. He is not thrilled...

Grade 1

• 09/18/14
• 2 FILE(S)  

This is a letter from President Barack Obama to his daughters, where he poses reflective questions regarding the...

Grade 2

• 06/26/14
• 1 FILE(S)  

This informational text by Gail Marilyn Singer displays the lives of local people and wildlife on the same day in...

Grade K

• 06/26/14
• 2 FILE(S)  

In this literary text by Ezra Jack Keats, a boy wakes up to a snow-covered city and experiences different emotions...

Grade K

• 06/26/14
• 1 FILE(S)  

This informational text by Alice and Martin Provensen describes farm animals and what happens during one year on a...

Grade K

• 06/26/14
• 2 FILE(S)  

This literary text by Patricia Polacco tells the story of how she conquered her childhood fear of thunderstorms with...

Grade K

• 06/26/14
• 1 FILE(S)  

In this literary text by Judi Barrett, Grandpa relives a tall-tale about a town where food falls from the sky. As the...

Grade 1

• 06/26/14
• 1 FILE(S)  

This informational text by Chana Stiefel discusses thunderstorms and information about the destruction that severe...

Grade 1

• 06/26/14
• 2 FILE(S)  

This informational text by Walter Wick takes readers on the journey of a drop of water. The states of water and...

Grade 2

• 06/26/14
• 2 FILE(S)  

This informational text by Tomie dePaola explores the types of clouds, the myths about certain shapes, and popular...

Grade 2

• 06/26/14
• 2 FILE(S)  

In this informational text by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, two important truths about snowflakes are revealed. First, no...

Grade 2

• 09/18/14
• 1 FILE(S)  

We can’t see air moving, though we can watch it push clouds across the sky, or shake the leaves of a tree. We...

Grade K

• 09/18/14
• 1 FILE(S)  

This text is about what happens to a single drop of water over time. The drop of water travels from the coast of Maine,...

Grade 2

• 10/22/14
• 1 FILE(S)  

This is a narrative-structured text in which a young frog is fascinated with weather, including watching weather clues...

Grade 1

• 02/29/16
• 1 FILE(S)  

Two snow leopard cubs learn many lessons about survival from their mother as they prepare for life on their own.

Grade 1

• 02/29/16
• 1 FILE(S)  

A little girl named Aloo-ki loses her dogs on an ice floe. As Aloo-ki looks for her lost dogs, she finds a bear...

Grade 1

• 03/19/17
• 1 FILE(S)  

This book is a trickster tale about Hare and Bear. Hare is in debt and needs money so he can feed his family. Hare...

Grade K

• 03/19/17
• 1 FILE(S)  

Four young black men stand up against segregation by participating in a sit-in at the Woolworth’s lunch counter....

Grade 2

• 03/19/17
• 1 FILE(S)  

A wealthy rancher is proud of his foreman and says he cannot tell a lie. Another rancher makes a bet with him that he...

Grade 2

• 03/19/17
• 1 FILE(S)  

In the book, The Art Lesson, Tommy wants to be an artist when he gets older. He practices his art all of the time and...

Grade K

• 03/19/17
• 1 FILE(S)  

From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons is an informational text on the life cycle of plants and how the plants are used....

Grade K

• 03/20/17
• 1 FILE(S)  

There once was a poor fisherman and his wife who lived in a pigsty by the seaside. The fisherman goes fishing one day...

Grade 1

• 03/20/17
• 1 FILE(S)  

Diego Rivera studied art abroad in Spain and France and then returned to his home country, Mexico, where he painted...

Grade K

• 03/21/17
• 1 FILE(S)  

Duck is unhappy with the work he is responsible for doing on the farm. He decides to run for farmer and wins the...

Grade 1

• 03/21/17
• 1 FILE(S)  

This text takes students on an imaginary journey to Antarctica, introducing them to some of the animals and plants they...

Grade K

• 04/03/17
• 1 FILE(S)  

The text is about a mouse named Chrysanthemum who learns, with the help of her teacher, to love her name and appreciate...

Grade K

• 01/24/20
• 1 FILE(S)  

Saturdays and Sundays are very special days for the young girl in this story. The little girl loves those days because...

Grade K

• 01/24/20
• 1 FILE(S)  

In this story, a woman and her child leave Mexico to live in the United States. When they arrive in the U.S., they have...

Grade 1

• 01/24/20
• 1 FILE(S)  

This beautiful picture book is about staying true to yourself, even when it is hard to fit in. Throughout the book, a...

Grade 1

• 01/24/20
• 1 FILE(S)  

The Three Little Javelinas is a picture book that retells the classic story, The Three Little Pigs. The story’s...

Grade 1