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Idea for the second week of September: Art and Music

Assign a month of Article-A-Day for K-8 with the Scope & Sequences tool!

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Reading Passages

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Personalize instruction for every student by selecting from 1000s of nonfiction and fiction passages and adding one (or all!) of our research-based supports. You can also add passages to science and social studies units to increase reading practice.
US Marine saluting the American Flag

Fly Our Flag for Veterans Day

Geography, Societies & Culture

  • K-1st
  • 750L
  • 100 Words
  • Nonfiction
  • 1 Q set
green and white pumpkin seeds on a table

Seeds of an Idea [Mysteries of a Three Sisters Garden, #1]

  • 3rd
  • 550L
  • 585 Words
  • Fiction
  • 1 Q set
a large skyscraper with a slanted triangular shape on one side

Mexico's Torre Reforma: The Sustainable Skyscraper

Geography, Societies & Culture, Technology & Engineering

  • 5th
  • 990L
  • 539 Words
  • Nonfiction
  • 1 Q set

Article-A-Day

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Transform students’ comprehension in just 10 minutes a day by building background knowledge, vocabulary, and reading stamina. Article-A-Day provides weekly text sets of engaging nonfiction passages. Plan an entire year with our K-8 Scope & Sequences!

Fruits and Plants

Article-A-Day

Life Science

  • 1st
  • 430L to 550L
  • Nonfiction
  • Glued sounds/welded sounds, short e

    Glued sounds/welded sounds, short e

Life and Traditions of Native American Tribes

Article-A-Day

U.S. History, Geography, Societies & Culture

  • 2nd
  • 510L to 790L
  • Nonfiction
  • Vowel teams, Multisyllabic words, Suffixes, Prefixes

    Vowel teams, Multisyllabic words, Suffixes, Prefixes

El Dia de los Muertos - History and Customs

Article-A-Day

World History, Geography, Societies & Culture, Visual Arts, Music & Performing Arts

  • 7th
  • 1160L to 1440L
  • Nonfiction

Paired Texts

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Engage students in deeper thinking! Paired texts are two passages about a common topic, theme, or literary element. Spanish-English Paired Texts are a Spanish passage that builds background knowledge and a paired English passage about a similar topic. All paired texts have a question set to help students draw important connections and deepen reading comprehension.

Indigenous Life in North America

Spanish-English Paired Text
  1. Los Ojibwe
  2. The Haudenosaunee

U.S. History, Geography, Societies & Culture

  • 3rd
  • 540L
  • 319 & 322 Words
  • Nonfiction
  • 1 Q set

Writing About Latinx Identity

Paired Text
  1. Julia Alvarez
  2. Sandra Cisneros

Geography, Societies & Culture

  • 6th
  • 1170L & 1220L
  • 280 & 266 Words
  • Nonfiction
  • 1 Q set

Book Studies

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Enrich your curriculum with Book Studies: hand-curated text sets to support the most commonly-taught books in ELA curricula. The three types of Book Studies are:

  • Knowledge Book Studies build deep knowledge around key content
  • Theme Book Studies inspire thematic reflection and discussions
  • Deeper Dive Book Studies excite students with engaging topics related to the books

Frindle - Theme: Daring to be Different

Book Study

Geography, Societies & Culture

  • 4th
  • 760L to 1060L
  • Nonfiction

Born a Crime - Theme: Identity and Belonging

Book Study

School & Family Life

  • 9th-10th
  • 620L to 1120L
  • Fiction
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