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Description |
| Comprehensions: Race to the Moon (upper elem/middle) |
A series of reading comprehensions, designed to introduce the history of space travel. |
| Biography: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (upper elem) |
A biography of the famous composer, with multiple choice and open-ended questions, as well as a creative prompt for composing your own music. |
| Comprehension: Freshwater Biome (upper elem/middle) |
Informative science reading comprehension. |
| Biography: Thomas Jefferson (upper elem/middle school) |
A fact-filled three-page look at the author of the Declaration of Independence, with multiple choice questions and an essay question. |
| Comprehension: Sharks (upper elem/middle) |
Do you know... how big the biggest shark is? when sharks first existed on Earth? where sharks can be found? Learn about these fabulous fish with this informative reading comprehension. |
| Biography: Harriet Beecher Stowe (elem) |
A biography of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. |
| Biography: Oprah Winfrey (upper elem) |
A brief biography of the American celebrity. |
| Biography: Vonetta Flowers (upper elementary/ middle) |
This one-page reading comprehension follows a standardized testing format. An interesting brief biography and great testing practice! |
| Biography: Hernando de Soto (upper elem) |
De Soto participated in the conquest of Panama, Nicaragua and Peru. This is a brief biography of the conquistador and explorer in the format of a reading comprehension. |
| Comprehension: Armadillos (upper elem/middle) |
An informative reading comprehension on the "armored" mammal. |
| Comprehension: Blue Jays (middle school) |
Interested in blue jays? Learn more about them with this fact-filled reading comprehension. |
| Comprehension: Brooklyn Bridge (upper elem/middle) |
One of the most famous bridges in the U.S. is presented in this reading comprehension. |
| Comprehension: Tower Bridge (upper elem/middle) |
A reading comprehension on one of London's famous bridges, with questions to really test detailed reading abilities. |
| Comprehension: Camels (upper elem/middle) |
Do you know the difference between a dromedary and a Bactrian? Which one has two humps? Your students will know this and more after this thorough reading comprehension. |
| Comprehension: Cardinals (middle school) |
Interested in cardinals? Learn more about them with this fact-filled reading comprehension. |
| Comprehension: Chickadees (middle school) |
Interested in chickadees? Learn more about them with this fact-filled reading comprehension. |
| Comprehension: Chivalry (upper elem/middle) |
What is chivalry? What is its modern-day equivalent? Answer these questions and more with this history-based reading comprehension. Also contains essay and poetry writing prompts. |
| Biography: Colin Powell (middle school) |
This one-page reading comprehension follows a standardized testing format. An interesting brief biography and great testing practice! |
| Comprehension: Occupation - Nurse (upper elem/ middle) |
This fact-filled (first-person) reading comprehension presents many of the challenges and rewards of nursing. |
| Biography: Condoleezza Rice (middle school) |
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| Unit: Conflict! A Constant Struggle (middle) |
This super-sized reading and writing unit introduces the basic categories of literary conflict (man vs. nature, etc.) and presents two summarized stories for students to analyze in terms of internal/external conflict. The unit incorporates vocabulary, critical thinking, and research. |
| Comprehension: Czech Easter (upper elem/ middle) |
Describes a traditional Czech Easter. |
| Comprehension: Horses (upper elem/ middle) |
Reading comprehension on riding and caring for horses. |
| Biography: Jackie Robinson (upper elem/ middle) |
Biography of the famous baseball hero. |
| Comprehension: Mardi Gras (middle school) |
A reading comprehension about this festive season. |
| Biography: Michael Jordan (middle school) |
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| Comprehension: Ostriches (upper elem/middle) |
A factual reading comprehension, describing the habitats, origins, and habits of these famous flightless birds. |
| Comprehension: Passover (upper elem/ middle school) |
A reading comprehension about the holiday. Passover starts April 19 in 2008. |
| Comprehension: Sea Turtles (upper elementary/middle) |
A fact-filled reading comprehension and a crossword puzzle. |
| Comprehension: Texas (upper elementary/ middle) |
This one-page reading comprehension follows a standardized testing format. An introduction to the state... and great testing practice! |
| Comprehension: American Black Bear (upper elem/middle) |
Fact-filled reading comprehension about the American black bear. |
| Comprehensions: Light Spectrum (upper elementary) |
Two reading comprehensions on the light spectrum. |
| Comprehensions: Light Waves (upper elementary) |
Reading comprehensions on light waves and on how they differ from sound waves, with an experiment to help aid understanding. |
| Comprehensions: Making Light (upper elem) |
Reading comprehensions on the sun, incandescent light, light bulbs, electroluminescence, fluorescence, phosphorescence, bioluminescence, LEDs and LCDs... every type of light. A thoroughly informative unit! |
| Comprehension: Canadian Lynx (upper elem/middle) |
Fact-filled reading comprehension about this interesting "big cat" |
| Comprehension: Light Origins (upper elementary) |
A reading comprehension explaining protons, electrons, and photons. |
| Comprehensions: Light and Shadow (upper elementary) |
What makes objects appear to have color? Two reading comprehensions combine with simple science experiments to explain color, light and shadow. |
| Comprehensions: Light Behavior (upper elementary) |
Comprehensions on light and atoms, rainbows, scattered light, and shadows. Each comprehension is reviewed with great (and easy) science experiments to bring the concepts to life. |
| Comprehension: The Only Energy You'll Ever See (middle school) |
A fact-filled reading comprehension, explaining and defining light. Our light units are available at four different levels, with increasingly advanced vocabulary and concepts. |
| Comprehension: The Only Energy You'll Ever See (upper elementary) |
A fact-filled reading comprehension, explaining and defining light. Our light units are available at four different levels, with increasingly advanced vocabulary and concepts. |
| Comprehensions: Invisible Light (upper elementary) |
Reading comprehensions on UV and Infrared light are reviewed with science experiments. |
| Comprehensions: Light and Eyes (upper elementary) |
Light and your eyes: cones, colors, and rods. Two reading comprehensions explain how we perceive color and how night vision works. |
| Comprehension: Sherwood Forest (upper elem/middle) |
This reading comprehension presents some facts about the home of the legendary Robin Hood. |
| Comprehension: Ecuador (upper elem/middle) |
A factual reading comprehension about the South American country. |
| Comprehension: Peru (elementary) |
A factual reading comprehension about the South American country. |
| Comprehension: Peru (upper elem/middle) |
A factual reading comprehension about the South American country. |
| Biography: Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (upper elem) |
A brief biography of the explorer in the format of a reading comprehension. |
| Biography: Frida Kahlo (upper elem) |
A brief biography of the tragic Mexican painter in the format of a reading comprehension. |
| Biography: George Frideric Handel (upper elem/middle) |
A biography of the composer with multiple choice questions, a short writing prompt, and a creative exercise. |
| Biography: Hernan Cortes (upper elem) |
In the format of a reading comprehension, a brief biography of the conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire. |
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