Passage 1 (149 words)
Penguins are flightless birds that live in Antarctica. While other birds can fly through the air, penguins use their flippers to "fly" through the water. Penguins can swim up to 15 miles per hour. Their black and white feathers help camouflage them from predators. Penguins live together in large colonies and make loud noises to communicate with each other. The biggest threats to penguins are climate change, pollution, and overfishing. Many penguin populations are declining as their habitats get warmer. Conservationists are working to protect penguins and their homes in Antarctica.
Passage 2 (297 words)
The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth. These enormous marine mammals can grow to be over 100 feet long and weigh more than 150 tons. That's longer than 3 school buses and heavier than 10 elephants! Blue whales live in all major oceans around the world. They migrate long distances between feeding grounds in cold polar waters and breeding grounds in tropical waters. The blue whale's diet consists of tiny shrimp-like creatures called krill. An adult blue whale can eat up to 8,000 pounds of krill per day. Blue whales were hunted almost to extinction in the 1900s. Whaling has been banned around the world since 1966, allowing some populations to recover. However, blue whales still face threats from pollution, ship strikes, and entanglement in fishing gear. Their global population is estimated at 10,000-25,000 individuals. Blue whales are classified as endangered by the IUCN Red List. More conservation efforts are needed to ensure the future survival of these magnificent creatures.
Passage 3 (204 words)
Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth, standing at 29,032 feet (8,849 meters) above sea level. It is located on the border of Nepal and Tibet within the Himalayan mountain range. Mount Everest was formed around 60 million years ago by the collision of tectonic plates that pushed the sea floor upward. Its height was first determined in 1856 by the Great Trigonometric Survey of British India. However, Mount Everest remained unclimbed until 1953 when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary made the first successful summit as part of a British expedition. Since then, over 6,000 people have reached the top. Climbing Mount Everest is an extremely challenging and dangerous endeavor. The mountain's "death zone" has very little oxygen and subzero temperatures. Still, hundreds attempt to summit Everest every year during the brief climbing season in April and May. While an impressive accomplishment, the growing commercialization of Mount Everest has led to overcrowding and environmental issues on the mountain.
Passage 4 (247 words)
The Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert in the world, covering nearly all of Northern Africa. It stretches approximately 3,320 miles from east to west and 1,240 miles from north to south. The Sahara spans 11 countries, including Egypt, Libya, Chad, Mali, and Algeria. This immense desert covers roughly 3.6 million square miles, about the size of China or the United States. The Sahara is one of the driest, hottest places on Earth. Most areas receive less than 1.2 inches of rainfall per year. Temperatures commonly reach over 100°F during the day. However, the Sahara's climate wasn't always so harsh. Thousands of years ago, the region was lush and green with savannas, grasslands, wetlands, and lakes. Over time, gradual changes in the Earth's orbit caused drying that turned the area into desert about 5,000 years ago. Today, sand dunes, rocky plateaus, and oasis valleys make up the diverse landscapes of the Sahara. Despite the desert conditions, the Sahara is home to around 2.5 million people, as well as unique wildlife like the desert fennec fox. Changes in climate and human activity continue to expand the Sahara and make survival difficult for the plants, animals, and people who call this desert home.
Passage 5 (246 words)
Denali National Park is a six million acre wilderness area located in Alaska. The park's centerpiece is Denali, North America's tallest mountain at 20,310 feet. Denali National Park was established in 1917 to protect its wildlife, tundra landscapes, and dramatic glaciers. It is home to a diversity of Arctic animals including grizzly bears, caribou, wolves, moose, and Dall sheep. Denali's tundra ecosystems are very fragile, so visitors are encouraged to stay on marked trails to avoid damage. The park only has one 90-mile road running through it, restricting vehicle access to protect the untouched wilderness. Most visitors explore Denali on bus tours along this road, hoping to catch a glimpse of the region's iconic wildlife. Full-day guided hikes are also available for more immersive backcountry experiences. Only experienced mountaineers attempt to summit the treacherous slopes of Denali itself. While Denali offers remote adventures, visitor facilities like lodges and campgrounds make it accessible compared to other Alaskan parks. Denali's summer season runs from May to September, but visitors enjoy winter activities like dog sledding and cross-country skiing too. As one of America's most renowned yet unspoiled wild places, Denali offers the rare chance to experience raw natural beauty and majesty.
Passage 6 (244 words)
Even though they both live in the ocean, dolphins and sharks have major differences. Dolphins are marine mammals, meaning they are warm-blooded and breathe air into their lungs. Dolphins are also very intelligent and often considered one of the smartest animal species. They live together in family groups called pods and communicate with a variety of clicks, whistles, and body language. Dolphins have excellent eyesight and hearing that helps them locate prey using echolocation. They eat fish, squid, and other ocean creatures, obtaining food by surrounding schools of fish and trapping them in their beaks. Dolphins are fast swimmers capable of speeds over 18 miles per hour. They even sleep by resting one half of their brain at a time so they can continue rising to the surface to breathe air. Sharks, on the other hand, are cold-blooded fish with gills that extract oxygen from water. While sharks are skilled hunters with a keen sense of smell, they are not considered as intelligent as dolphins. Different species of sharks eat seals, fish, mollusks, and even smaller sharks. Unlike dolphins, sharks are solitary and territorial. While movies portray sharks as menacing, dolphins can actually be more aggressive in the wild. Both dolphins and sharks play important roles as apex predators in ocean ecosystems.
Passage 7 (248 words)
Snow leopards are large wild cats that live high up in the mountains of Central Asia. These majestic creatures are perfectly adapted to the extreme, rugged habitat of steep mountain slopes above the tree line. Snow leopards have thick white and gray fur with black spots that provides excellent camouflage among the rocks and snow. Their wide paws act as natural snowshoes to walk over the snow. Long tails help them balance and leap great distances of up to 50 feet. Other adaptations like enlarged nasal cavities allow them to breathe the thin, cold air. Snow leopards are opportunistic hunters, using keen sight and sound to stalk prey like ibex, argali, and smaller mammals. While they occasionally attack livestock, snow leopards mainly feed on wild mountain herd animals. Despite their name, snow leopards do not actually roar. They communicate using hisses, meows, yowls, and other calls. Snow leopards are elusive and solitary except when mating or raising cubs. There are only around 4,000-6,500 snow leopards left in the wild. Their remote habitat provides refuge, but also makes it hard to study and protect these mysterious cats. Major threats include poaching, loss of prey due to overhunting, and climate change. Conservation groups work with local communities to establish protected areas and help save these endangered big cats.
Passage 8 (248 words)
The giant panda is one of the world's most iconic and recognizable animals. Native to mountain forests in southwest China, giant pandas have a distinct black and white coloring with large black patches around the eyes, over the ears and across the body. Their thick, wooly coat keeps them warm in the cool, wet bamboo forests. Giant pandas mainly eat bamboo, using strong jaws and teeth to crush this fibrous vegetation. They need to consume 20-40 pounds of bamboo each day to survive. Pandas spend 10-16 hours eating and foraging daily. This unique, nutrient-poor diet causes pandas to live a very relaxed, energy-conserving lifestyle. Wild pandas are solitary and territorial animals, living alone except when mating or caring for cubs. Females give birth to one or two cubs once every two to three years. For many decades, giant panda numbers have been declining due to habitat destruction from logging and agriculture. They were once classified as endangered, with only around 1,000 left in the wild. However, protection efforts have helped stabilize the population at around 1,800. Giant pandas are now classified as vulnerable. Habitat conservation remains essential for panda survival, so protected forests are being expanded and corridors created between isolated areas to prevent inbreeding. While still dependent on ongoing conservation, the majestic giant panda persists as a cherished part of China's natural heritage.
Passage 9 (242 words)
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and Earth's next door neighbor in the solar system. Often called the Red Planet due to the iron oxide on its surface, Mars has characteristics both similar to and very different from Earth. Mars is just over half the diameter of Earth with a much thinner atmosphere. Temperatures range from 70°F during summer daytime to -225°F at winter poles. Its weaker gravity, only 38% of Earth's, allows some very high landscape features like Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the solar system. Early in its history Mars may have had liquid water and a thicker atmosphere capable of supporting life. But today the planet is dry and frozen with a desert-like terrain. The surface of Mars consists of impact craters, volcanoes, dried river valleys, and polar ice caps. Mars takes 687 Earth days to orbit the sun. Each day lasts 24 hours and 37 minutes, very similar to Earth. Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Space exploration has greatly expanded our knowledge of Mars. A fleet of orbiters, landers and rovers study the Martian climate, composition and history. Future missions aim to send human explorers to Mars and possibly establish a long-term colony. While challenges exist, the prospect of living on the Red Planet captures the imagination and shows the boundless potential of human space exploration.
Passage 10 (246 words)
Pandas are universally adored around the world as one of the most iconic and popular zoo animals. The distinctive black and white bears have been a symbol of zoos and conservation for decades. Yet while their image is ubiquitous, giant pandas are in reality very rare and endangered. Found only in certain mountain areas of central China, there are less than 2,000 pandas left in their native habitat. Pandas depend on these bamboo forests for shelter and their unique vegetarian diet of up to 40 pounds of bamboo per day. Due to widespread deforestation, much panda habitat has disappeared. Pandas have a slow reproductive cycle and struggle to survive in the wild. For these reasons, zoos and panda breeding centers play a critical role in conservation. Over 300 pandas live in zoos and captive breeding facilities around the world. Here pandas are safe from poaching, starvation and habitat loss they would face in the wild. Special "panda diplomacy" even exchanges pandas as gifts to foster foreign relations. While captive populations are healthy, protecting pandas in the wild is still crucial for the species to thrive long-term. Ecotourism, reserve expansion and forest restoration continue to improve conditions for wild pandas. Zoos will help ensure giant pandas do not disappear, giving future generations the chance to fall in love with their irresistible charm.
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2nd-3rd Grade Reading Level
After the Chicago Fire sequence and summarize
American Explorers evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Animal Studies infer and support the main idea of a passage
Block Clubs infer and support the main idea of a passage
The Captain's Job infer and support the main idea of a passage
Chicago Changes identify and support the main idea in nonfiction texts
Chicago Fire sequence events, infer motive, and write about nonfiction
Chicago Legacy: Burnham's Plan locate and use information to analyze a situation, write about a topic English / Spanish
Chicago Legacy, DuSable's Choices and Changes locate and use information to analyze a situation, then write about it English / Spanish
Chicago's First Leader infer and support the main idea of a passage
The First Flyers infer and support the main idea of a passage
George Washington Carver
Grant Park write an extended response about a nonfiction reading
Gwendolyn Brooks, An African American Poet
Learn about Ghana infer and support the main idea of a passage
Letter to the Mayor evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Native American Life--Potawatomi Profile
Native American Life--Potawatomi Profile with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Natural Gas: An Energy Resource infer and support the main idea of a passage
A New Park evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Pigeon Creek infer and support the main idea of a passage
Pioneer Families infer and support the main idea of a passage
Prairie Ecology analyze information in a nonfiction text
Prairie Ecology with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Read to Learn about Symbols, Maps, and Art evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Saving Your Family's Energy Dollar infer and support the main idea of a passage
Settlement infer and support the main idea of a passage
Staying in Phoenix summarize a passage
Transportation Changes infer and support the main idea of a passage
4th Grade Reading Level Passages
The Astronaut's Diary
The Challenge
Changing Transportation Routes
The Different Bird
The Election
The Food Change
The Gift
The Hero
The History Mystery
I Like Plants
The Lion and the Spider
The Little Red Hen
Letter from Chicago
Lincoln's Choice
The Missing Money
My Community
My Cousin's Lesson
My Father's Miracle
My New President
My Painting
The New Student
A New Day Realistic Fiction about the Election of Barack Obama and Civil Rights
Pigeon Express
Potawatomi Prairie
Prairie Farmers
The Prairie Project
A Proud Flight The story of Icarus
The Quarterback
Summer
The Technology Trip
The Train
Traveling with Lewis and Clark
Why Did Mamma Change Her Mind?
Grade Level Nonfiction Passages
4th Grade Reading Level
Traveling West evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
What is a Fable? evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Working at the Hospital evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Breaking the Food Chain infer and support the main idea of a passage
Chicago Changer, Jane Addams infer and support the main idea of a passage
Chicago High Schools evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Chicago Legacy: Burnham's Plan locate and use information to analyze a situation, write about a topic English / Spanish
Chicago Legacy, DuSable's Choices and Changes locate and use information to analyze a situation, then write about it English / Spanish
City Government infer and support the main idea of a passage
The Early Chicago Environment and People classify information and summarize a nonfiction topic
Learn about Egypt infer and support the main idea of a passage
The Football Team identify the main idea
A Garden in Lawndale evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea (4th grade reading level)
Gwendolyn Brooks, An African American Poet
Illinois Pioneers and Prairies infer while reading a history
Learning about the Solar System identify the main idea of a passage, write an extended response about a nonfiction passage
Natural Gas: An Energy Resource infer and support the main idea of a passage
Penguins
Pilsen, A Community Changes identify causes and effects
Plants and Places infer and support the main idea of a passage
Prairie Changes identify an author's purpose, write an extended response
Prairie Changing the Ecosystem with Multiple Choice Questions analyze information in a nonfiction text
Seasons on the Prairie infer and support the main idea of a passage
Seasons on the Prairie with Multiple Choice Questions
Settlement infer and support the main idea of a passage
Settlement with Multiple Choice Questions
Space Food infer and support the main idea of a passage
Staying in Phoenix infer and support the main idea of a passage
Today's Telephone infer and support the main idea of a passage
Transportation Workers evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
What is a Fable? evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Working at the Television Station evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Working at the Hospital evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
The Working Tools of Insects infer and support the main idea of a passage
5th Grade Reading Level
Barack Obama Makes History
The Cloud
Columbus and the Egg historical fiction
The Difficult Journey
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Flying
The Gulls of Salt Lake
I Like Plants
Making Progress
Mama's Happy Christmas
More Trees
Mousie
My Job
My New Brother
Nature's Violet Children
Potawatomi Prairie
Soldier's Letter
The Technology Trip
Training for the Presidency
Grade Level Nonfiction Passages
5th Grade Reading Level
American Explorers infer and support the main idea of a passage
Animal Studies infer and support the main idea of a passage
Better Living in Chicago: Jane Addams restate a situation presented in text; write to communicate about a situation (5th grade reading level)
Chicago Changes infer and support the main idea of a passage
Chicago Fire infer and support the main idea of a passage
Chicago Legacy: Burnham's Plan locate and use information to analyze a situation, write about a topic English / Spanish
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I can infer the author's purpose
Election Choices infer and support the main idea of a passage
From Many Places evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Learn about Ethiopia infer and support the main idea of a passage )
George Washington Carver
Gwendolyn Brooks, An African American Poet
How Did People Solve a Problem?
How Have Students Made Community Progress? analyze a problem and solution in a text, identify and support the main idea
Penguins
Prairie Keepers analyze information in a nonfiction text
Prairie Keepers with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Public Transportation evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Read to Learn about City Systems evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Read to Learn about Elections evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
The Recycle Center evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Reversing the Chicago River identify cause-effect relations and infer predictions
Seasons on the Prairie analyze information in a nonfiction text
Seasons on the Prairie with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Settlement infer and support the main idea of a passage
Settlement with Multiple Choice Questions
Valley Forge infer and support the main idea of a passage
Who Am I sequence events, infer motive, and write about nonfiction
6th Grade Reading Level
City Mouse--a Fable
Community Progress realistic fiction about a mural
The Elves and the Shoemaker
The First Flag
A Good Student realistic fiction about starting high school
A Great Digger--A North American Fable
His First Dollar historical fiction about Abraham Lincoln
Letter to Grandmother
The Lost Dog
Potawatomi Prairie
See Our Progress
Sir Gobble
Grade Level Nonfiction Passages
6th Grade Reading Level
Before Chicago infer and support the main idea of a passage
Chicago's First Leader infer and support the main idea of a passage
The Early Chicago Environment and People classify information and summarize a nonfiction topic
Election Choices infer and support the main idea of a passage
Gwendolyn Brooks, An African American Poet
Inferential Questions: Harold Washington's Acceptance Speech
Labor Day Address--Barack Obama Speech infer and support the main idea of a passage
Learn about Zambia infer and support the main idea of a passage
Nutrition Lesson evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Plants and Food infer and support the main idea of a passage
Prairie Ecology evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Prairie Ecology with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Settlement analyze information in a nonfiction text
Settlement with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Seasons on the Prairie infer and support the main idea of a passage
Seasons on the Prairie with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Traveling West infer and support the main idea of a passage
7th Grade Reading Level
Barack Obama Makes History
Columbus and the Egg historical fiction about an event showing Columbus as a smart person
A Good Student realistic fiction about starting high school
I Like Plants
John's Bright Idea
Making a Difference
My First Baseball Game
My Summer
Potawatomi Prairie
The Red Apples
Gwendolyn Brooks, An African American Poet
Grade Level Nonfiction Passages
7th Grade Reading Level
Honest Abe infer and support the main idea of a passage
Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Labor Day Address--Barack Obama Speech infer and support the main idea of a passage
Learn about Kenya infer and support the main idea of a passage
Learning about the Solar System infer and support the main idea of a passage
Pilsen--A Community Changes identify causes and effects
Prairie Keepers infer and support the main idea of a passage
Prairie Keepers with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Settlement infer and support the main idea of a passage
Settlement with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Today's Telephone infer and support the main idea of a passage
8th-10th Grade Reading Level
The Difficult Journey
The Gulls of Salt Lake
Lexington
My Job
My New President
My Sister, the Soldier
Potawatomi Prairie
See Our Progress
Training for the Presidency
Grade Level Nonfiction Passages
8th-10th Grade Reading Level
An African Heritage in Chicago identify and support the main idea in a nonfiction passage
Bold Plans, Big Dreams, City Progress identify and support the theme of a text
Changing the Ecosystem infer and support the main idea of a passage
Changing the Ecosystem with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Chicago is a City of Possibilities: Deval Patrick, Leader for Chicago analyze a text and write an extended response based on it
Deval Patrick's Acceptance Speech infer and support the main idea of a passage
George Washington Carver
Gwendolyn Brooks, An African American Poet
Honest Abe infer and support the main idea of a passage
Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Inferential Questions: Harold Washington's Acceptance Speech
Labor Day Address--Barack Obama Speech infer and support the main idea of a passage
Learn about Physical Therapists evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Learn about South Africa evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Maintaining Cultural Continuity infer and support the main idea of a passage
New Leadership analyze a speech
Settlement infer and support the main idea of a passage
Settlement with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Transportation Changes infer and support the main idea of a passage
What is Your Own Big Plan? (Barack Obama speech) analyze a text and respond to the issues it presents, write an extended response to a persuasive text
What Values Have Shaped Chicago? identify the main idea of a passage
Why is Community Service Important? identify the main idea and supporting information
Chicago High Schools infer predictions
Chicago Legacy: DuSable's Choices and Changes infer and support the main idea of a passage
Deval Patrick's Acceptance Speech infer and support the main idea of a passage
Harold Washington's Acceptance Speech
Frederick Douglass Speech on Women's Suffrage
John F. Kennedy's Remarks in the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
President Barack Obama's Speech to Students
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address
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1st-2nd-3rd Close Reading Passages
The Ants and the Grasshopper
A Better Community
The Big Game
The Boy Who Cried "Wolf!"
Changing Our Street (realistic fiction)
Community Meeting
Community Meeting
Community Progress
The First Flag
Flying
How the Firefly Got Its Light
Letter to Grandmother
Little Pink Riding Hood English / Spanish
The Little Red Hen
Making Progress
Mama's Happy Christmas
More Trees
My Community
My First Baseball Game
My Job
My New Brother
My Sister, the Soldier
My Summer
The New Family
Our Lemons
Prairie Farmers
Potawatomi Prairie
See Our Progress
Spring is Coming
The Turtle and the Rabbit
The Turtle and the Ducks
Why Did Mamma Change Her Mind?The Ants and the Grasshopper
A Better Community
The Big Game
The Boy Who Cried "Wolf!"
Changing Our Street (realistic fiction)
Community Meeting
Community Meeting
Community Progress
The First Flag
Flying
How the Firefly Got Its Light
Letter to Grandmother
Little Pink Riding Hood English / Spanish
The Little Red Hen
Making Progress
Mama's Happy Christmas
More Trees
My Community
My First Baseball Game
My Job
My New Brother
My Sister, the Soldier
My Summer
The New Family
Our Lemons
Prairie Farmers
Potawatomi Prairie
See Our Progress
Spring is Coming
The Turtle and the Rabbit
The Turtle and the Ducks
Why Did Mamma Change Her Mind?
A Better Community
The Big Game
The Boy Who Cried "Wolf!"
Changing Our Street (realistic fiction)
Community Meeting
Community Meeting
Community Progress
The First Flag
Flying
How the Firefly Got Its Light
Letter to Grandmother
Little Pink Riding Hood English / Spanish
The Little Red Hen
Making Progress
Mama's Happy Christmas
More Trees
My Community
My First Baseball Game
My Job
My New Brother
My Sister, the Soldier
My Summer
The New Family
Our Lemons
Prairie Farmers
Potawatomi Prairie
See Our Progress
Spring is Coming
The Turtle and the Rabbit
The Turtle and the Ducks
Why Did Mamma Change Her Mind?The Ants and the Grasshopper
A Better Community
The Big Game
The Boy Who Cried "Wolf!"
Changing Our Street (realistic fiction)
Community Meeting
Community Meeting
Community Progress
The First Flag
Flying
How the Firefly Got Its Light
Letter to Grandmother
Little Pink Riding Hood English / Spanish
The Little Red Hen
Making Progress
Mama's Happy Christmas
More Trees
My Community
My First Baseball Game
My Job
My New Brother
My Sister, the Soldier
My Summer
The New Family
Our Lemons
Prairie Farmers
Potawatomi Prairie
See Our Progress
Spring is Coming
The Turtle and the Rabbit
The Turtle and the Ducks
Why Did Mamma Change Her Mind?
2nd-3rd Grade Reading Level
After the Chicago Fire sequence and summarize
American Explorers evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Animal Studies infer and support the main idea of a passage
Block Clubs infer and support the main idea of a passage
The Captain's Job infer and support the main idea of a passage
Chicago Changes identify and support the main idea in nonfiction texts
Chicago Fire sequence events, infer motive, and write about nonfiction
Chicago Legacy: Burnham's Plan locate and use information to analyze a situation, write about a topic English / Spanish
Chicago Legacy, DuSable's Choices and Changes locate and use information to analyze a situation, then write about it English / Spanish
Chicago's First Leader infer and support the main idea of a passage
The First Flyers infer and support the main idea of a passage
George Washington Carver
Grant Park write an extended response about a nonfiction reading
Gwendolyn Brooks, An African American Poet
Learn about Ghana infer and support the main idea of a passage
Letter to the Mayor evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Native American Life--Potawatomi Profile
Native American Life--Potawatomi Profile with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Natural Gas: An Energy Resource infer and support the main idea of a passage
A New Park evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Pigeon Creek infer and support the main idea of a passage
Pioneer Families infer and support the main idea of a passage
Prairie Ecology analyze information in a nonfiction text
Prairie Ecology with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Read to Learn about Symbols, Maps, and Art evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Saving Your Family's Energy Dollar infer and support the main idea of a passage
Settlement infer and support the main idea of a passage
Staying in Phoenix summarize a passage
Transportation Changes infer and support the main idea of a passage
4th Grade Reading Level Passages
The Astronaut's Diary
The Challenge
Changing Transportation Routes
The Different Bird
The Election
The Food Change
The Gift
The Hero
The History Mystery
I Like Plants
The Lion and the Spider
The Little Red Hen
Letter from Chicago
Lincoln's Choice
The Missing Money
My Community
My Cousin's Lesson
My Father's Miracle
My New President
My Painting
The New Student
A New Day Realistic Fiction about the Election of Barack Obama and Civil Rights
Pigeon Express
Potawatomi Prairie
Prairie Farmers
The Prairie Project
A Proud Flight The story of Icarus
The Quarterback
Summer
The Technology Trip
The Train
Traveling with Lewis and Clark
Why Did Mamma Change Her Mind?
Grade Level Nonfiction Passages
4th Grade Reading Level
Traveling West evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
What is a Fable? evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Working at the Hospital evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Breaking the Food Chain infer and support the main idea of a passage
Chicago Changer, Jane Addams infer and support the main idea of a passage
Chicago High Schools evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Chicago Legacy: Burnham's Plan locate and use information to analyze a situation, write about a topic English / Spanish
Chicago Legacy, DuSable's Choices and Changes locate and use information to analyze a situation, then write about it English / Spanish
City Government infer and support the main idea of a passage
The Early Chicago Environment and People classify information and summarize a nonfiction topic
Learn about Egypt infer and support the main idea of a passage
The Football Team identify the main idea
A Garden in Lawndale evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea (4th grade reading level)
Gwendolyn Brooks, An African American Poet
Illinois Pioneers and Prairies infer while reading a history
Learning about the Solar System identify the main idea of a passage, write an extended response about a nonfiction passage
Natural Gas: An Energy Resource infer and support the main idea of a passage
Penguins
Pilsen, A Community Changes identify causes and effects
Plants and Places infer and support the main idea of a passage
Prairie Changes identify an author's purpose, write an extended response
Prairie Changing the Ecosystem with Multiple Choice Questions analyze information in a nonfiction text
Seasons on the Prairie infer and support the main idea of a passage
Seasons on the Prairie with Multiple Choice Questions
Settlement infer and support the main idea of a passage
Settlement with Multiple Choice Questions
Space Food infer and support the main idea of a passage
Staying in Phoenix infer and support the main idea of a passage
Today's Telephone infer and support the main idea of a passage
Transportation Workers evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
What is a Fable? evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Working at the Television Station evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Working at the Hospital evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
The Working Tools of Insects infer and support the main idea of a passage
5th Grade Reading Level
Barack Obama Makes History
The Cloud
Columbus and the Egg historical fiction
The Difficult Journey
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Flying
The Gulls of Salt Lake
I Like Plants
Making Progress
Mama's Happy Christmas
More Trees
Mousie
My Job
My New Brother
Nature's Violet Children
Potawatomi Prairie
Soldier's Letter
The Technology Trip
Training for the Presidency
Grade Level Nonfiction Passages
5th Grade Reading Level
American Explorers infer and support the main idea of a passage
Animal Studies infer and support the main idea of a passage
Better Living in Chicago: Jane Addams restate a situation presented in text; write to communicate about a situation (5th grade reading level)
Chicago Changes infer and support the main idea of a passage
Chicago Fire infer and support the main idea of a passage
Chicago Legacy: Burnham's Plan locate and use information to analyze a situation, write about a topic English / Spanish
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I can infer the author's purpose
Election Choices infer and support the main idea of a passage
From Many Places evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Learn about Ethiopia infer and support the main idea of a passage )
George Washington Carver
Gwendolyn Brooks, An African American Poet
How Did People Solve a Problem?
How Have Students Made Community Progress? analyze a problem and solution in a text, identify and support the main idea
Penguins
Prairie Keepers analyze information in a nonfiction text
Prairie Keepers with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Public Transportation evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Read to Learn about City Systems evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Read to Learn about Elections evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
The Recycle Center evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Reversing the Chicago River identify cause-effect relations and infer predictions
Seasons on the Prairie analyze information in a nonfiction text
Seasons on the Prairie with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Settlement infer and support the main idea of a passage
Settlement with Multiple Choice Questions
Valley Forge infer and support the main idea of a passage
Who Am I sequence events, infer motive, and write about nonfiction
6th Grade Reading Level
City Mouse--a Fable
Community Progress realistic fiction about a mural
The Elves and the Shoemaker
The First Flag
A Good Student realistic fiction about starting high school
A Great Digger--A North American Fable
His First Dollar historical fiction about Abraham Lincoln
Letter to Grandmother
The Lost Dog
Potawatomi Prairie
See Our Progress
Sir Gobble
Grade Level Nonfiction Passages
6th Grade Reading Level
Before Chicago infer and support the main idea of a passage
Chicago's First Leader infer and support the main idea of a passage
The Early Chicago Environment and People classify information and summarize a nonfiction topic
Election Choices infer and support the main idea of a passage
Gwendolyn Brooks, An African American Poet
Inferential Questions: Harold Washington's Acceptance Speech
Labor Day Address--Barack Obama Speech infer and support the main idea of a passage
Learn about Zambia infer and support the main idea of a passage
Nutrition Lesson evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Plants and Food infer and support the main idea of a passage
Prairie Ecology evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Prairie Ecology with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Settlement analyze information in a nonfiction text
Settlement with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Seasons on the Prairie infer and support the main idea of a passage
Seasons on the Prairie with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Traveling West infer and support the main idea of a passage
7th Grade Reading Level
Barack Obama Makes History
Columbus and the Egg historical fiction about an event showing Columbus as a smart person
A Good Student realistic fiction about starting high school
I Like Plants
John's Bright Idea
Making a Difference
My First Baseball Game
My Summer
Potawatomi Prairie
The Red Apples
Gwendolyn Brooks, An African American Poet
Grade Level Nonfiction Passages
7th Grade Reading Level
Honest Abe infer and support the main idea of a passage
Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Labor Day Address--Barack Obama Speech infer and support the main idea of a passage
Learn about Kenya infer and support the main idea of a passage
Learning about the Solar System infer and support the main idea of a passage
Pilsen--A Community Changes identify causes and effects
Prairie Keepers infer and support the main idea of a passage
Prairie Keepers with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Settlement infer and support the main idea of a passage
Settlement with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Today's Telephone infer and support the main idea of a passage
8th-10th Grade Reading Level
The Difficult Journey
The Gulls of Salt Lake
Lexington
My Job
My New President
My Sister, the Soldier
Potawatomi Prairie
See Our Progress
Training for the Presidency
Grade Level Nonfiction Passages
8th-10th Grade Reading Level
An African Heritage in Chicago identify and support the main idea in a nonfiction passage
Bold Plans, Big Dreams, City Progress identify and support the theme of a text
Changing the Ecosystem infer and support the main idea of a passage
Changing the Ecosystem with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Chicago is a City of Possibilities: Deval Patrick, Leader for Chicago analyze a text and write an extended response based on it
Deval Patrick's Acceptance Speech infer and support the main idea of a passage
George Washington Carver
Gwendolyn Brooks, An African American Poet
Honest Abe infer and support the main idea of a passage
Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Inferential Questions: Harold Washington's Acceptance Speech
Labor Day Address--Barack Obama Speech infer and support the main idea of a passage
Learn about Physical Therapists evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Learn about South Africa evaluate information, summarize, and identify and support a main idea
Maintaining Cultural Continuity infer and support the main idea of a passage
New Leadership analyze a speech
Settlement infer and support the main idea of a passage
Settlement with Multiple Choice Questions and Activities
Transportation Changes infer and support the main idea of a passage
What is Your Own Big Plan? (Barack Obama speech) analyze a text and respond to the issues it presents, write an extended response to a persuasive text
What Values Have Shaped Chicago? identify the main idea of a passage
Why is Community Service Important? identify the main idea and supporting information
Chicago High Schools infer predictions
Chicago Legacy: DuSable's Choices and Changes infer and support the main idea of a passage
Deval Patrick's Acceptance Speech infer and support the main idea of a passage
Harold Washington's Acceptance Speech
Frederick Douglass Speech on Women's Suffrage
John F. Kennedy's Remarks in the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
President Barack Obama's Speech to Students
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address
CCSS INTENSIVE READING SKILLS WORKBOOK IDEA?
HOT READING SKILLS NONWORKBOOKs (FREE Open Source Reading Resources)
Sample Cover of a Monthly Read and Respons workbook that I would like to develop.
Intensive Reading Lessons!
- Reading Comprehension questions: One‐Part Hot Text, Multiple Choice, Open Response, Multi‐Select, Evidence‐Based Selected Response, Two‐Part Hot Text, Editing Task Questions, Technology Enhanced Constructed Response (TECR), Grid Select, Prose Constructed Response (PCR), and ELA-Applied Skills: ConstructedResponse, and Extended-Response.
- Weekly/Biweekly Word Study Games
- Weekly/Biweekly Socratic Seminars
- Weekly/Biweekly Latin and Greek Roots and Affixes HOT Sheets
- Weekly/Biweekly Reading Game Cards: Tier 2 and 3 Academic Reading Vocabulary
- Daily Reading Fluency Passages: Socratic Seminare STEM questions included
- Weekly/Biweekly Cornel Notes Word Analysis Journal Pages
- Weekly Fiction Literary Elements Hide and Seek Game
- Bimonthly Nonfiction Text Features Scavenger Hunt
- Daily Tier 2 and 3 ELA Reading Glossaries Word Match Game
- Weekly/Biweekly FUN, Silly, Foolish and Ingaging Reading Passages
- Daily Read and Response Reading Logs
- Bimonthly Standards-Based Reading Comprehension Assessments
- 13-year-old Dutch girl, Laura Dekker sails Around the World
- Are Dogs Really Man’s Best Friend?
- Can you Win Arguments with Your Parents with Facts?
- Captain James Cook Mini Biography
- Claude Monet French Impressionist Painter
- College Knowledge: What do you need to know to succeed in college?
- Deforestation: Facts, Causes & Effects
- Eating Insects Is Common Around the World
- Extraordinary Astronomical Observatories of the World
- Getting Organized with Checklist
- How can we save the Honey Bee?
- How do Vaccines work?
- How to Start Your Own Business
- Is Clutter and Mess Really Best for Creativity?
- Living on the International Space Station
- Man’s Future Missions to Mars
- Mary Shelley an English novelist: Frankenstein
- Mary Stevenson Cassatt an American Painter
- Mini Benjamin Franklin Biography
- Mini Biography Astronaut Sally Ride
- Motivation Using Fear or Reason
- Norse explorer Leif Erikson Explores America 500 years before Columbus
- Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
- RECYCLING FACTS & STATISTICS
- Renewable Resources, Wind Solar and Hydroelectric: FACTS & STATISTICS
- Sherlock Holmes: Man or mystery?
- The Baja 500 off-road race
- The Future of High Speed Trains
- The history of ice cream
- The History of the Taj Mahal
- The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- The Story of the Titans
- The Truth about Pirates
- What is your carbon footprint?
- The History of the Taj Mahal
- What will happen if a giant comet hits the Earth?
- Who was Socrates?
- Why aren’t there more female engineers?
- Why We Crave Junk Food: Sugar and Fat?
- Will California Survive the Great Drought?
- A History of the Hanseatic League
- A Short History of the Battle Axe
- A Short History of the Cross Bow
- A Short History of the Dagger
- Child Labour and your Electronics
- Child Slavery and your Chocolate Bar
- Crocodile & Alligator Differences
- Top 10-15 scientists who changed the world: Marie Curie
- Myth vs. Fact Ancient Aliens Created the Nazca Lines
- Myth vs. Fact the Abominable Snowman
- Myth vs. Fact the Roswell Aliens
- Myth vs. Fact the Voodoo Zombies
- Neil Alden Armstrong the first person to walk on the Moon
- The Sonoran Desert Flora and Fauna
- Timeline of female labor and education in the early history of the US
- What is Project Based Learning?
Coming Soon PAIRED READING PASSAGES WITH EBSR!
Top 10 Future Professions:
Data Scientist/Engineer (Machine Learning)
Mechanical Engineer
Physician.
Physical Therapist.
Civil Engineer.
Information Security Analyst (Internet)
Computer App Developer.
Website Designer
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Database Administrator
Science Articles:
Coastal Estuarine Food Chain/Web
Tidepool Flora and Fauna
Kelp Forest Ecosystems
Coral Reef Systems: Great Barrier Reef
Renewable Energy Resources Wind Turbine
Renewable Energy Resources Solar Power
Arizona Sky Islands Ecosystems
Australia’s Uluru | Northern Territory
Natural Phenomena: Earthquakes
Natural Phenomena: Tsunamis
Critically Endangered Species: Vaquita
Critically Endangered Species: White Rhino
Wilderness Medicine: Outdoor First Aide Essentials
Medicinal plants
Physical Phenomena: Electricity
Physical Phenomena: Magnetism
Natural Phenomena: Precipitation and The Hydrologic cycle
Natural Phenomena: Weather and Lightning
Earth-friendly Diet
The Sugar Diet: Sugar Addiction
Inspirational People:
Anne Frank
Joan of Arc
Albert Einstein
Stephen Hawking
Nikola Tesla
Thomas Edison
World at War: Winston Churchill
World at War: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
- Fiction Close Reading Passages
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