Here are some great websites for short passages and videos that
teachers have shared with us the past two years:
- www.discoveryeducation.com - short videos for grades K-6, great for practicing audio passages
- www.readworks.org/books/passages - literary and informational
reading passages with question sets for grades 2-6
- teacher.depaul.edu - fiction and
nonfiction passages with questions provided
- www.timeforkids.com - current news
articles and some wonderful resources for inspiring opinion writing
- www.newsela.com - current events
that you can change the lexile level to differentiate instruction, great for practicing audio passages, best
for grades 4-6
- tweentribune.com -
from the Smithsonian, current news articles with pictures that you can
change the lexile level to differentiate instruction for grades K-6
- www.mrnussbaum.com - printable or online passages
with comprehension questions for grades 2-6
- gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm -
more than 100 biographies of famous people for grades 3-5
- www.poetry4kids.com and www.gigglepoetry.com -
funny poems by Kenn Nesbitt and others to use as texts for comprehension,
good for language standards
- www.readinga-z.com - this is a paid site with short passages and some wonderful NEW close reading packs with multiple passage sets, even though this is a paid site, they always have a free tryout period in the fall, grades K-6
- http://www.dogonews.com - offers a wide variety of kids news articles and videos, great for practicing audio passages, grades K-6
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