ICDL - International Children's Digital Library #.VAeQjtGI70M This is a guest post from Beth Holland of EdTechTeacher.org, an advertiser on this blog. Whether you teach elementary, middle, or high school, a common challenge exists: finding non-fiction content at reading level. This is an especially pressing concern for teachers incorporating the CCSS Standards into their curricula. Given that varied reading levels may exist within a single class, it can seem virtually impossible to have all students access the same content in a way that allows them to comprehend the material. NEWSELA solves the first dilemma by providing teachers with a database of non-fiction articles. Sample NEWSELA article Though it is possible to create classes and push out content from within NEWSELA, by incorporating Google Docs, we can address the second challenge of allowing teachers to virtually be in multiple reading groups, and with multiple students, all at the same time. Sample Google Doc with Comments.
short stories at east of the web A game of Scrabble has serious consequences. - Length: 4 pages - Age Rating: PG - Genre: Crime, Humor A semi-barbaric king devises a semi-barabaric (but entirely fair) method of criminal trial involving two doors, a beautiful lady and a very hungry tiger. - Length: 7 pages - Genre: Fiction, Humor ‘Bloody hell!’ - Genre: Humor Looking round he saw an old woman dragging a bucket across the floor and holding a mop. - Length: 3 pages Henry pours more coal onto the hearth as a gust of wind rattles through the cracked window frame. - Length: 14 pages - Genre: Horror ulissa Ye relished all the comfortable little routines and quietude defining her part-time job at The Bookery, downtown’s last small, locally-owned bookstore. - Length: 8 pages - Age Rating: U The forest looked ethereal in the light from the moon overhead. - Length: 15 pages - Age Rating: 18 Corporal Earnest Goodheart is crouched in a ditch on the edge of an orchard between Dunkirk and De Panne. - Genre: Fiction - Length: 20 pages
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Reading Passages on Social Studies Topics <div id="nojs-warning">WARNING: Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display</div> Sign InRegister ReadWorks.org The Solution to Reading Comprehension ReadWorks Reading Passages on Social Studies Topics Share now! Print Kindergarten "Who Is a Good Citizen at School?" "We Are Americans" Lexile: 160 "Enrico Discovers a Globe" Lexile: 150 "Getting Water from a Well" Lexile: 350 "The Pilgrims' Path" Lexile: 190 "The Liberty Bell" Lexile: 190 1st Grade "What is a Law?" "Why Do We Need Rules?" "The Declaration of Independence" Lexile: 550 "Steamboats and Railroads" Lexile: 580 "Building a Railroad to Cross the Country" Lexile: 610 "How Did Pilgrim Children Live?" 2nd Grade "Hello, Mr. "Great Americans" Lexile: 560 "A Great Leader" Lexile: 900 "Cindy Goes to Salvador" Lexile: 980 3rd Grade "A Courtroom in the Classroom" Lexile: 880 "The Old Stone House" Lexile: 770 "John Wesley Powell Maps the Grand Canyon" Lexile: 780 "Oral Histories" Lexile: 900 "Not Just for When You're Lost" Lexile: 840 4th Grade 5th Grade
Premier Skills English Reading Passages for Summer Reading <div id="nojs-warning">WARNING: Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display</div> Sign InRegister ReadWorks.org The Solution to Reading Comprehension ReadWorks Reading Passages for Summer Reading Share now! Print 5th Grade Going into 6th Grade "The Mermaid of Kona, Hawaii" Lexile: 1010 "Water, Water, Everywhere!" "The Ecosystem of the Forest" Lexile: 1000 "The Canadian Beaver" Lexile: 1110 "Marine Biology" Lexile: 890 "Stargazing" Lexile: 960 "Cicadas: No Ordinary Bugs" Lexile: 880 "Honey to the Bee" Lexile: 990 "Growing from Green" Lexile: 1060 "Blue Lightning" Lexile: 765 6th Grade Going into 7th Grade "The Wonders of Flight" Lexile: 920 "How Soccer Can Help Us Understands Physics" Lexile: 1060 "The Inside Scoop" Lexile: 1170 "Lightning and Fire" Lexile: 1080 "The Go-Kart" Lexile: 1020 "The Tree House" Lexile: 850 "The Venus Fly Trap" Lexile: 1200 "Tugboats: Pushers and Pullers" Lexile: 1140 7th Grade Going into 8th Grade "Genetic Basis of Butterflies" Lexile: 1200 "Halau Hula" Lexile: 1120
10 Free Reading Tests for Students in Grades 5 Through 9 Introduction As noted above, I am offering 10 free reading tests on this page. All of them are short--students can complete them in about 15 minutes or so. I have found that shorter tests bring certain advantages. Once everyone is finished, papers can be exchanged, checked, and returned for instant feedback. This allows time for students to ask questions about items they missed or to find out why their own answers were incorrect. A second advantage is that all of these tests can be copied one per page--a savings in copier paper. Please note, however, that a few of them DO have a second page. In the very near future, I will be adding several reading tests that are longer--students will need the majority of a standard class period to complete them. However, these longer tests are more thorough and include a larger scope of reading skills than the shorter tests. All these tests feature either high-interest and/or informative reading passages. Quick Links for THIS Page Here are the tests.