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A full year of high-interest, current-event nonfiction for 6th grade: 30 original articles with on-level and modified versions, activity packs, a slide deck for every article, and a pre-test, midterm and final, aligned to Common Core RI and Texas TEKS.
How middle and high school students are sending their own experiments to the edge of space. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.3: how a key idea is introduced, illustrated and elaborated.
A robot, a hidden canyon and 57 animals no one had ever named. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.4: word meanings (technical, figurative and connotative).
Two surprise nests on a California beach, a hurricane on the way and a race to save 204 eggs. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.5: text structure.
Scientists gave the world's reefs a serious report card. Here is why it is not too late. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.2: central idea and objective summary.
Why checking a video before you share it is a skill every student needs. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.8: tracing and evaluating claims and evidence.
Why your junk drawer might be full of treasure, and what to do with it. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.6: author's point of view and purpose.
Where a school's energy goes, how much of it is wasted and the new plan to help. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.7: integrating words, numbers and visuals.
Twenty-four teams of teenage players, one tournament and a world watching. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.9: comparing two authors' presentations.
From registration to certification: the system behind every vote. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.4: word meanings (technical, figurative and connotative).
A dinosaur dug up in 2001 waited more than 25 years in a museum to get its name. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.1: citing text evidence and making inferences.
Scientists say yes. Here is the evidence, and here is what the rumors get wrong. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.8: tracing and evaluating claims and evidence.
A college student, 20 tiny radio tags and a 2,000-mile journey tracked in real time. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.3: how a key idea is introduced, illustrated and elaborated.
Tiny sensors are helping scientists learn how hard wild bats work every night. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.4: word meanings (technical, figurative and connotative).
Machines are rolling into orchards, but they still need people who know the land. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.6: author's point of view and purpose.
Disease, weather and a new team of scientists working to keep cacao growing. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.2: central idea and objective summary.
A powerful space telescope watched clouds change on a cold, dark world beyond our solar system. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.1: citing text evidence and making inferences.
Tiny holes in a buried strip of plastic led scientists to a hungry enzyme. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.9: comparing two authors' presentations.
A packed arena in Japan, a hospital in England and the science of making Para sport fair. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.5: text structure.
Four simple habits that keep your accounts safe, and why the author wants you to start today. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.6: author's point of view and purpose.
How students are growing food in and around the city, and why it is harder than it looks. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.9: comparing two authors' presentations.
A new telescope spotted a far-off icy world that might be the next dwarf planet. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.1: citing text evidence and making inferences.
A game of hide-and-seek with treats could help scientists spot memory loss in dogs years earlier. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.8: tracing and evaluating claims and evidence.
Frogs vanished from a Brazilian forest 40 years ago. Old museum jars finally revealed why.. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.3: how a key idea is introduced, illustrated and elaborated.
Some of the world's greatest treasures cannot be locked in a museum. They live in people.. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.6: author's point of view and purpose.
Why so much school lunch ends up in the trash, and how students are changing that. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.2: central idea and objective summary.
Heavy rain, closed clam flats and the MIT team that built a better way to spread the word. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.5: text structure.
A first-time champion, a 123-year-old tradition and the science hiding inside every pitch. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.9: comparing two authors' presentations.
Why some molecules come in left- and right-handed forms, and the chemists who won a Nobel Prize for it. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.4: word meanings (technical, figurative and connotative).
How a new design tool lets a 3D printer build objects that can feel a squeeze, a bend and a twist. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.7: integrating words, numbers and visuals.
A team of college students won a NASA challenge by turning lunar garbage into useful parts. An original nonfiction article with on-level and modified versions, a full activity pack and a slide deck, focused on RI.6.3: how a key idea is introduced, illustrated and elaborated.
Twelve high-interest informational passages on hiccups, stinky feet, brain freeze, boogers and more, each with original line art and a comprehension page.
38 graphic organizers for any novel, story, poem, play, article or speech, each labeled by reading standard (RL and RI 1–10) with a plain-language goal for grades 6–8.
49 graphic organizers for any novel, story, poem, play, article or speech, each labeled by reading standard (RL and RI 1–10) with a plain-language goal for grades 9–10.
54 graphic organizers for any novel, story, poem, play, article or speech, each labeled by reading standard (RL and RI 1–10) with a plain-language goal for grades 11–12.
All three Read Deeper sets (grades 6–8, 9–10 and 11–12): 141 standards-based graphic organizers for fiction and nonfiction.
Literature & Short Stories
Writing & Grammar
STAAR & TSI Prep
Dual Credit & College
Elementary Reading & Phonics
Math
Seasonal Centers (Pre-K–2)
Science
Anchor Charts
Classroom Community