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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Reading Comprehension with Science Passages


From their site, "ReadWorks provides research-based units, lessons, and authentic, leveled non-fiction and literary passages directly to educators online, for free, to be shared broadly."

Even though this website is for elementary school, the new grade 8 material would work in the high school Science and English classrooms.  Registration is free and there is a myriad of material for teachers.  There are 12 new grade 8 passages in science to teach reading comprehension.  Such passages as "Wetlands and Habitat Loss", "A Bird with Many Beaks" and "Everyday Compound or Poison", to name a few.  Included with these passages are some multiple choice questions and an extended response question.  Also included are solutions.


To go to ReadWorks click here. The new Grade 8 Science passages can be found here. The following video explains readworks but is a couple of years old when it was just K-6.

Intro to ReadWorks from ReadWorks on Vimeo.

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