• 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

• 05/12/17
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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

• 05/12/17
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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 2–8

• 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…

Grades 3–5

• 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…

Grades 3–5

• 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 4

• 08/16/15
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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
• 1 FILE  

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
• 1 FILE  

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
• 1 FILE  

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

Grades 2–4

• 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 2–4

• 11/18/14
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The author describes the life of Jean-Francois Champollion. This selection uses text and graphics together as a vehicle to deepen the r…

Grade 4

• 10/23/14
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This lesson was initially created through the Basal Alignment Project and was then further developed by the 4th grade team from Pleasan…

Grade 4

• 10/23/14
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This expository nonfiction story includes photographs is divided into sections that describes the Amazon, pink river dolphins and their…

Grade 4

• 09/14/14
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Laura Ingalls and her family are traveling by train to meet her father in Tracy.  This story describes their first train ride as t…

Grade 4

• 09/14/14
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. Chester Cricket meets…

Grade 4

• 09/14/14
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This informational article is about how TV advertisers intend to persuade viewers to buy products through television advertising.  …

Grade 4

• 09/14/14
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TJ takes a trip to Vietnam with his mother to visit his grandparent’s farm.  TJ learns a lot about the culture and lives of …

Grade 4

• 09/14/14
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This personal narrative introduces the genre of a diary to the students.  “My Diary from Here to There,” takes the rea…

Grade 4

• 09/14/14
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. Anna and Caleb Wittin…

Grade 4

• 09/14/14
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Lydia Grade is sent to live with her Uncle Jim while her parents look for work.  She happily settles in to her new home where she …

Grade 4

• 09/14/14
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This nonfiction narrative is about the Grand Canyon, its many landforms, and the animals that live there.  It explores how the Col…

Grade 4

• 09/11/14
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In this nonfiction text, orphaned orangutans are cared for and raised at Camp Leakey on the island of Borneo, including the skills the …

Grade 4

• 12/04/13
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Forty passages to help students build fluency over the course of the school year.

Grades 4–5

• 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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This informational text details traits and characteristics that different inventors throughout history have demonstrated and how those …

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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This play is about a group of boys and girls who are summertime campers at the National Sea Base camp in the Florida Keys. Their advent…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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This expository nonfiction text is about how living things have adapted traits of mimicry or camouflage to either fool or attract prey …

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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The entire Tex family is involved in the hard work of basket making, preserving a tribal tradition. They gather materials from various …

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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In the memoir, Martin’s big sister Christine tells how they grew up during a time when blacks and whites lived separately. Martin…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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In this informational text the author describes mountains in different parts of the world. He tells about the effects of erosion on mou…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. “Akiak” i…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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In this Caribbean Cinderella story, Cendrillon is treated as a servant by her step-mother and half-sister. Nannin, the godmother, uses …

Grade 4

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

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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A young boy, Peter, is hesitant to spend the summer with his great aunt in Chinatown. Peter finds an aging parade dragon in a store and…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. With the help of the …

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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Along with her worldwide musical fame, Gloria Estefan also experienced tragedy, but continued to help others in unfortunate situations.…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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Wildfires can cause damage but also play a critical role in the renewal of forests and grasslands. Through the example of the 1988 Yell…

Grade 4

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

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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Terrence Cheromcka and Martin Jacobs, two Time For Kids reporters, report on two very different organizations that involve children pla…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. Puffins raise their y…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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More than one Maria in class causes Maria Isabel to worry for weeks about not being in the pageant, when the teacher confuses their nam…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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Pilot Amelia Earhart and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt are good friends and one night, after dinner at the White House, Amelia then offe…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. Djeow Seow is the sma…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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“Danitra Brown Leaves Town” is a series of poems about two young city girls, Danitra and Zuri, who are best friends, and Da…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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A poor but generous old woman gives two roguish travelers a night’s lodging and a dinner that includes slices of her treasured ha…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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A raja decrees that the villagers must give most of the rice they harvest to him. He promises to store it safely and distribute it in t…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. The Saguaro Cactus is…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. For as long as she co…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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In this legend, the author uses the struggles of a poverty stricken boy and his grandmother to show how even in their trials, the decis…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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This biography details the life of Wilson Bentley, a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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In this play, a young princess’ refusal to help an elderly woman resulted in her being cursed to live like a frog for many years,…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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A timid young boy and a curious elephant face challenges and help each other as they grow into adulthood in a small village near a game…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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In this book, two sisters, Maisie and Callie, are faced with a challenging situation. Callie gets hurt while their mother is away and M…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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This lesson includes scaffolded analytical writing tasks that provide examples for teaching Common Core writing. In this fantasy story…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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The pilgrims from England traveled across the Atlantic Ocean in hopes of establishing a new colony in North America. The separatists or…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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A typical day in the life of a 1840's pioneer began early in the morning and involved a great deal of hard work and persistence from ea…

Grade 4

• 08/22/13
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Pedro’s teacher gives a weekend homework assignment that is supposed to be fun for everyone, but Pedro is worried that he doesn&r…

Grade 4

• 04/03/13
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Outlines the key areas in which to support struggling readers. By educators David and Meredith Liben.

Grades , 0–5