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- Phonemic Awareness Instruction Helps Children Learn to Read: Evidence From the National Reading Panel's Meta-Analysis (2001)Page
Phonemic awareness instruction had a large effect on phonemic awareness and moderate effects on reading (including comprehension) and spelling, for typical, at-risk and disabled readers. It worked better taught with…
- Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction (2000)Page
A national panel reviewed the experimental research on teaching reading. It found that systematic phonics instruction improves children's success in learning to read, that teaching children to manipulate the sounds in…
- Systematic Phonics Instruction Helps Students Learn to Read: Evidence from the National Reading Panel’s Meta-Analysis (2001)Page
Systematic phonics beat unsystematic or no phonics, including whole language, with a moderate effect that lasted after teaching ended. It helped decoding, word reading, comprehension and spelling, for children at risk…
- Camels in the Desert: 4th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about desert animals for 4th grade, 164 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Seeds That Travel: 4th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about how seeds spread for 4th grade, 162 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Opinion writing rubricPrintable
A free opinion writing rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8), from "I think" and a reason up to claim, evidence and counterclaim, ready to print or edit.
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- Washing Away Germs: 4th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about staying healthy for 4th grade, 172 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Great Wall of China: 4th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about world history for 4th grade, 163 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Reading a Bar Graph: 4th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about graphs and data for 4th grade, 183 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The New Kid at Lunch: 4th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A fiction passage about kindness and friendship for 4th grade, 170 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Treehouse Sign: 4th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A fiction passage about sharing and teamwork for 4th grade, 189 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Talent Show Hiccups: 4th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A fiction passage about stage fright and humor for 4th grade, 171 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Percents in Everyday Life: 5th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about percents for 5th grade, 196 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How Soap Cleans: 5th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about soap and germs for 5th grade, 213 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How Glass Is Made: 5th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about glass for 5th grade, 219 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why We Have Leap Years: 5th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about calendars and leap years for 5th grade, 209 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- What Tree Rings Tell Us: 5th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about tree rings for 5th grade, 227 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How a Pulley Lifts a Load: 5th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about simple machines for 5th grade, 238 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Reading response rubricPrintable
A free reading response rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8) for journal entries and written answers: the question, text evidence, thinking and clear writing.
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- Worms in the Compost Pile: 5th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about compost and earthworms for 5th grade, 227 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Mean, Median, and Mode: 5th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about averages in math for 5th grade, 221 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How Echoes Happen: 5th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about echoes for 5th grade, 231 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Volcano That Would Not Erupt: 5th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A fiction passage about a science fair problem for 5th grade, 241 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Mateo and the Stuck Kite: 5th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A fiction passage about kite and a tall tree for 5th grade, 231 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.