Kid friendly articles covering current events organized in categories like science, social studies, sports, entertainment, etc. Set up great for teachers. Click on an article. Then, underneath the title click on the CCSS button. There it gives lesson plan suggestions to accompany the article broken down into different grade spans. Also, potentially difficult words in the article are clickable. If the reader doesn’t know the definition they click on the word and a dictionary entry pops right up. Helpful!
Articles with great photos of animals and the environment. They also have educational videos covering many people and places.
This site does require a login, but everything is free. There are thousands of reading passages. It is even customized to recommend reading options based on a student's interest and reading list.
This site also requires a login, but everything is still free. It offers personalized reading comprehension exercises.
Their library includes many current and high interest passages. You can easily sort by grade level. Lexile levels are listed. Passages also have assessment questions available.
STOP THE GUESSWORK!
Looking for a unique way to bring non-fiction texts into your classroom? Check out these color-coding non-fiction passages with questions. Students must refer back to the text to underline the proof before writing their answers in complete sentences. No more taking lucky (or not so lucky) guesses!
Happy Teaching!
