May 2019

Mini Read

Her Job: To Travel the World!

Skills: Text Evidence, Grammar

Meet Jada Yuan, a travel writer for The New York Times.

Skills Sheets (1)

In the News

Rise of the Robots

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

Skills: Vocabulary, Summarizing, Text Features

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

Machines are becoming more like humans—and taking their jobs.

Videos (2)

Skills Sheets (7)

Quizzes (5)

Lesson Plan (1)

Leveled Articles (2)

Nonfiction Feature

Escape From Alcatraz

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

Three criminals tried to break out of America's toughest prison. Did they make it?

Videos (1)

Skills Sheets (8)

Quizzes (5)

Lesson Plan (2)

Leveled Articles (2)

Read-Aloud Fiction

Dear Future

Skills: Vocabulary, Text Features, Inference, Character

The story of a boy who finds hope through a mysterious journal

Videos (1)

Skills Sheets (5)

Quizzes (4)

Lesson Plan (2)

True Teen Story

She Makes Meals That Heal

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

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

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

Surviving hard times inspired Maddie to cook for other families in need.

Videos (1)

Skills Sheets (7)

Quizzes (4)

Lesson Plan (2)

Leveled Articles (2)

Time Machine

The Secret History of Little League's First Girl

Lexile® measure:500L-600L, 400L-500L, 800L-900L

Skills: Writing and Editing

Lexile® measure:500L-600L, 400L-500L, 800L-900L

In the 1950s, girls couldn't play baseball. But that didn't stop Kathryn Johnston.

Videos (1)

Skills Sheets (2)

Quizzes (1)

Leveled Articles (2)

Paired Texts

Remembering Matthew Shepard-Ours to Know

Lexile® measure:700L-800L, 600L-700L, 1000L-1100L

Skills: Vocabulary, Text Features, Synthesizing

Lexile® measure:700L-800L, 600L-700L, 1000L-1100L

An article and a poem explore why an ordinary man's death is important to our history.

Videos (1)

Skills Sheets (5)

Quizzes (4)

Lesson Plan (2)

Leveled Articles (2)

Printables (1)

Debate

Should You Quit Social Media?

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

Skills: Writing and Editing

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

Two teens debate the positives and negatives of social media.

Skills Sheets (3)

Quizzes (1)

Lesson Plan (1)

Leveled Articles (2)

Infographic

Hey, Go Outside!

Skills: Text Features

Learn why you should spend more time outdoors.