Mini Read

The Storm Chaser

Skills: Grammar, Comprehension

Get an inside look at this exciting career.

In the News

America's Drug Crisis

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

Learn how opioid addiction is affecting millions of Americans every single day.

Videos (1)

Nonfiction Feature

Malala the Powerful

Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 800L-900L
Skills: Text Evidence, Vocabulary, Inference, Central Idea and Details
Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 800L-900L

This brave teen girl risked her life for the right to go to school.

Videos (1)

True Teen Story

Fighting for Every Point—and Every Breath

Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 800L-900L
Skills: Sequencing, Vocabulary, Text Features, Cause and Effect
Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 800L-900L

Meet the 12-year-old basketball star who's battling a dangerous disease.

Videos (1)

Weird But True

Ewww, What’s That Smell?

Lexile® measure:500L-600L, 400L-500L, 800L-900L
Skills: Writing and Editing
Lexile® measure:500L-600L, 400L-500L, 800L-900L

Learn why these dogs are sniffing poop for a good cause.

Readers Theater Play

The Brave Boys of Greensboro

Skills: Elements of Fiction, Vocabulary, Text Features, Inference

Read about an important protest from the civil rights movement.

Videos (2)

Paired Texts

Following the Stars/What’s It Like to Be Famous?

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

The truth behind our obsession with celebrities—plus a Q&A with a TikTok star

Debate

Should Sammy Buy These Sneakers?

Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 800L-900L
Skills: Writing and Editing
Lexile® measure:600L-700L, 500L-600L, 800L-900L

Is it worth spending a lot of money on a pair of shoes?

Infographic

Life Before Your Phone

Skills: Text Features

What did people do before there was an app for everything?

Videos (5)

Skills Sheets (7)