Monday, May 4, 2015

GREAT Online Resources for Short Passages and Short Video Clips




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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