February 2019

Mini Read

Meet YouTube's Coolest Zookeeper!

Skills: Text Evidence, Grammar

Jordan Veasley is using YouTube to teach the world about animals.

Videos (1)

Skills Sheets (1)

In the News

Are Youth Sports Out of Control?

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

Skills: Vocabulary, Summarizing, Text Features

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Why some young athletes feel too much pressure to compete

Skills Sheets (7)

Quizzes (5)

Lesson Plan (1)

Leveled Articles (2)

Nonfiction Feature

Up From Slavery

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

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How Booker T. Washington helped former slaves go to school

Videos (1)

Skills Sheets (8)

Quizzes (5)

Lesson Plan (2)

Leveled Articles (2)

True Teen Story

My Brother, My Hero

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

Skills: Sequencing, Problem and Solution, Vocabulary, Text Features

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Find out why Olivia is inspired by her younger brother, Evan.

Videos (1)

Skills Sheets (6)

Quizzes (4)

Lesson Plan (2)

Leveled Articles (2)

Where in the World

The Land of Gassy Sheep

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Skills: Writing and Editing

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In New Zealand, sheep burps are hurting the planet.

Skills Sheets (2)

Quizzes (1)

Leveled Articles (2)

Readers Theater Play

Hercules the Mighty

Skills: Vocabulary, Text Features, Inference

A play based on the Greek myth about the strongest man alive

Videos (1)

Skills Sheets (5)

Quizzes (4)

Lesson Plan (2)

Paired Texts

They All Failed!/How to Fail Up

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Skills: Vocabulary, Text Features, Synthesizing

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Learn all about the power of grit.

Videos (2)

Skills Sheets (5)

Quizzes (4)

Lesson Plan (2)

Leveled Articles (2)

Debate

Would you Ban Texting and Walking?

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Skills: Writing and Editing

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Some towns are passing laws to keep people safe. Is that a good idea?

Skills Sheets (3)

Quizzes (1)

Lesson Plan (1)

Leveled Articles (2)

Poem

Still I Rise

Skills: Author's Craft

A excerpt from a powerful poem by Maya Angelou.