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Ways to help at home, from reading together to routines.
- Why Salt Melts Ice: 7th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about freezing point for 7th grade, 260 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- What Causes the Northern Lights: 7th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about northern lights for 7th grade, 263 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How a Microwave Oven Heats Food: 7th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about microwave ovens for 7th grade, 275 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How Bats Find Their Way: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about animals and sound for 8th grade, 282 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How GPS Finds You: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about satellites and navigation for 8th grade, 272 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How-to writing rubricPrintable
A free how-to writing rubric in three grade bands: topic, materials, steps in order, transition words, pictures and a clear ending.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Reading a Nutrition Label: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about food and health for 8th grade, 267 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Sleep and the Teenage Brain: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about sleep and health for 8th grade, 261 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Lens That Changed Lighthouses: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about light and technology for 8th grade, 286 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Book review rubricPrintable
A free book review rubric in three grade bands: title and author, spoiler-free summary, opinion with reasons, recommendation and conventions.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Perspective Comes to the Canvas: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about art and drawing for 8th grade, 262 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Ships Climb Hills of Water: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the Panama Canal for 8th grade, 272 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Bridge Test: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A fiction passage about teamwork for 8th grade, 319 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Borrowed Violin: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A fiction passage about kindness and courage for 8th grade, 302 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Grandma's Smudged Card: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A fiction passage about problem solving and family for 8th grade, 291 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Readers theater rubricPrintable
A free readers theater rubric in three grade bands: fluency, expression, cues, volume and clarity, and teamwork.
Checked 2026-10-30
- The Pill Bug Rolls Into a Ball: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about pill bugs for 1st grade, 90 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Fireflies Blink to Say Hello: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about how fireflies talk with light for 1st grade, 90 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Oral report rubricPrintable
A free oral report rubric in three grade bands: accurate content, organization, voice, eye contact, visual aid, time and questions.
Checked 2026-10-30
- A Hare Changes Its Coat: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about snowshoe hares and seasons for 1st grade, 87 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Chameleon's Sneaky Tongue: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about how a chameleon hunts for 1st grade, 94 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Moles Are Diggers: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about how a mole lives underground for 1st grade, 97 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why a Flamingo Is Pink: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about flamingo color and food for 1st grade, 89 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- A Woodpecker Taps and Drums: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about woodpeckers for 1st grade, 88 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.