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Ways to help at home, from reading together to routines.
- Pablo Races the Clouds with a Clothesline: 5th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A fiction passage about hanging laundry before the rain for 5th grade, 238 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why Guitar Frets Crowd Together Near the Body: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about guitar fret spacing for 6th grade, 224 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Hurdy-Gurdy: A Violin Played with a Crank: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about hurdy-gurdy instrument for 6th grade, 214 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Chiaroscuro: Painting with a Spotlight: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about light and dark in painting for 6th grade, 225 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Batik: Drawing with Wax Before the Dye: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about batik wax resist cloth for 6th grade, 246 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Beatboxing: A Drum Kit Made from a Mouth: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about beatboxing with the mouth for 6th grade, 220 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Gamelan: An Orchestra Tuned as One Set: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about gamelan orchestra for 6th grade, 216 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Cyanotype: Pictures Printed by the Sun: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about cyanotype sun prints for 6th grade, 225 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Same Note, Different Voice: What Timbre Is: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about timbre and overtones for 6th grade, 217 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Commedia: Masks and Make-Believe in the Square: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about commedia dell'arte theater for 6th grade, 208 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Cochineal: A Red Dye from Tiny Dried Insects: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about cochineal red dye for 6th grade, 222 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why Your Recorded Voice Sounds Like a Stranger: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about hearing your own voice for 6th grade, 217 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why Your Nose Stops Noticing the Smell: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about smell and getting used to it for 6th grade, 254 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Your Sixth Sense Is Hiding in Your Muscles: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about body position sense for 6th grade, 261 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Little Tube Behind Your Ear Pops: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about why ears pop for 6th grade, 273 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why the Alarm Feels Worse in the Middle of a Dream: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about sleep stages and grogginess for 6th grade, 253 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Serving Size Trap on the Snack Bag: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about reading food labels for 6th grade, 263 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why Your Doctor Says No to Antibiotics for a Cold: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about germs and medicine for 6th grade, 257 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How a Broken Bone Builds Itself Back: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about how bones heal for 6th grade, 255 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Red Glow Inside Your Eyes in Flash Photos: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about red eye in photographs for 6th grade, 269 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- What Really Tells Your Lungs to Speed Up: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about how breathing is controlled for 6th grade, 263 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Colored Flags in the Grass Before Anyone Digs: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about calling before you dig for 6th grade, 226 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- A Meeting That Cannot Start: The Quorum Rule: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the quorum rule for 6th grade, 219 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Why a Board Replaces Only Some Members at a Time: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about staggered terms for 6th grade, 233 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.