Parents (page 8)
Ways to help at home, from reading together to routines.
- How a Volcano Erupts: 4th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about earth science for 4th grade, 178 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Three Branches of Government: 4th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about government for 4th grade, 187 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How Electricity Gets to Your Home: 4th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about energy and how things work for 4th grade, 165 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Fossils Tell a Story: 4th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about earth science for 4th grade, 172 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How Plants Make Food: 5th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about plants and energy for 5th grade, 183 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Where Food Goes: 5th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the human body for 5th grade, 179 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Supply and Demand: 5th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about economics for 5th grade, 176 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How Bridges Stay Up: 5th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about engineering for 5th grade, 205 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Layers of the Earth: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about earth science for 6th grade, 224 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How Vaccines Work: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about health and the body for 6th grade, 243 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Roman Roads: 6th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about ancient history for 6th grade, 242 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Cells, the Building Blocks of Life: 7th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about life science for 7th grade, 273 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Inertia and Seat Belts: 7th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about motion and forces for 7th grade, 315 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Silk Road: 7th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about world history and trade for 7th grade, 253 words, with seven comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Atoms and the Periodic Table: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about chemistry for 8th grade, 288 words, with eight comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Systematic phonics vs balanced literacy: what the research saysGuide
Systematic phonics or balanced literacy for beginning readers? A side-by-side comparison, what the meta-analyses found, and what to keep from each.
- How Natural Selection Works: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about evolution and life science for 8th grade, 263 words, with eight comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How a Refrigerator Moves Heat: 8th grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about heat and machines for 8th grade, 258 words, with eight comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Retrieval practice vs rereading: which helps students remember?Guide
Should students test themselves or read their notes again? A side-by-side comparison, the studies that compared them directly, and how to switch a class over.
- Hot and Cold: Kindergarten reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about temperature for Kindergarten, 45 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Spaced practice vs massed practice (cramming): which works better?Guide
Practice a little over many days, or a lot at once? A side-by-side comparison of spacing and cramming, the studies that tested them, and how to schedule review.
- Apples on the Tree: Kindergarten reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about how fruit grows for Kindergarten, 43 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Birds Have Feathers: Kindergarten reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about birds for Kindergarten, 42 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Brush, Brush, Brush: Kindergarten reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about healthy teeth for Kindergarten, 44 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.