April 2019

Mini Read

The King of Pizza

Skills: Text Evidence, Grammar

Meet Scott Wiener, one of the world's top pizza experts.

Videos (1)

Skills Sheets (1)

In the News

Is Plastic Trashing Our Planet?

Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 900L-1000L

Skills: Vocabulary, Summarizing, Text Features

Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 900L-1000L

The shocking truth about plastic pollution and what you can do to help

Videos (2)

Skills Sheets (7)

Quizzes (5)

Lesson Plan (1)

Leveled Articles (2)

Nonfiction Feature

The Girl Who Lived Forever

Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 800L-900L

Skills: Text Evidence, Vocabulary, Text Features, Inference, Central Idea and Details

Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 800L-900L

The heartbreaking story of Anne Frank, whose diary shed light on the horrors of the Holocaust

Videos (1)

Skills Sheets (8)

Quizzes (5)

Lesson Plan (2)

Leveled Articles (2)

True Teen Story

The Amazing Music of Darrius Simmons

Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 800L-900L

Skills: Sequencing, Vocabulary, Text Features, Cause and Effect

Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 800L-900L

How a teen boy from Ohio ended up playing piano at Carnegie Hall

Videos (1)

Skills Sheets (6)

Quizzes (4)

Lesson Plan (2)

Leveled Articles (2)

Where in the World

Books by Burro

Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 800L-900L

Skills: Writing and Editing

Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 800L-900L

This man and his donkeys are helping kids in Colombia read.

Skills Sheets (2)

Quizzes (1)

Leveled Articles (2)

Readers Theater Play

Conquer the Sky

Skills: Vocabulary, Text Features, Inference

The incredible story of the Wright brothers and the first airplane

Videos (2)

Skills Sheets (5)

Quizzes (4)

Lesson Plan (2)

Paired Texts

The Mystery of the Stolen Bugs/They Stole What?

Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 900L-1000L

Skills: Vocabulary, Text Features, Synthesizing

Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 900L-1000L

Two nonfiction texts explore a few of the world's weirdest heists.

Skills Sheets (5)

Quizzes (4)

Lesson Plan (2)

Leveled Articles (2)

Debate

Someone Cheated. Should You Speak Up?

Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 800L-900L

Skills: Writing and Editing

Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 800L-900L

Students debate how to handle a cheating classmate.

Skills Sheets (3)

Quizzes (1)

Lesson Plan (1)

Leveled Articles (2)

Infographic

The Story of Your Life

Skills: Text Features

Read a timeline of important events that have happened during your lifetime.