Have you used this website? (ReadWorks.org)

Hi everyone!  I just recently found out about this website, ReadWorks.org, and I had to spread the word!  

I'm sure many of you already use this FREE site but I would love for you to comment on how it 

has helped you or provide a tip for me since I have just started navigating it.  

Here is a snapshot of the homepage:

 

This is what ReadWorks is all about:

ReadWorks gives you a proven, research-based program for teaching reading comprehension.

• ReadWorks’ lessons focus on the essential skills and strategies your students must master to become successful readers.
   
• The lessons are FREE. ReadWorks is a non-profit organization of educators with the mission to help students excel at reading comprehension.

If you like ReadWorks and our lessons, you can help us advance reading comprehension by sharing ReadWorks with your colleagues and school leaders. 

1,000 Non-fiction Passages!

- Aligned to the Common Core and State Standards

- Research-based question sets

- Lexile Leveled

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Common Core Aligned

- Meets ELA Standards for All 50 States

- Complements Core Reading Programs

- Based on Leading Research

- Free, to be shared broadly

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"I just want to say thank you for providing excellent worksheets and ideas to use.

I'm a 3rd grade teacher and have used these worksheets to push my students to higher thinking skills."

- 3rd Grade Teacher, Arizona

 

You can search for lessons by Common Core Standards and enter your state as well.  Here is an example of the lessons that correlate to just one standard ( 4.RL.1):

NY.CC.4.RL.			Reading Standards for Literature
			Key Ideas and Details
		4.RL.1.	Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. Urban Education Exchange Author's Purpose 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 1: Identifying Author's Purpose in a Newspaper Author's Purpose 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 2: Categorizing Texts According to Author's Purpose Cause and Effect 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 2: Cause and Effect Relationships in Historical Fiction Cause and Effect 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 3: Cause and Effect Relationships in Myths Drawing Conclusions 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 1: Explicit Information versus Drawing Conclusions Figurative Language 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 2: Interpretation of Similes and Metaphors Figurative Language 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 3: Puns Genre 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 1: Historical Fiction Plot 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 1: Climax of a Story Plot 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 2: Making Predictions about the Climax Plot 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 3: Making Predictions about Resolution Point of View 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 1: Third Person Limited and Omniscient Points of View Predicting 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 1: Cliffhangers Predicting 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 2: Historical Events Sequence 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 1: Sequence of a Story within a Story Sequence 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 2: Chronological Order of Events in a Story with a Flashback Sequence 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 3: Exception Questions on Stories with a Flashback Setting 4th Grade Unit: Lesson 1: Setting Impact on the Plot

You can also search by topic.  Here is an example of a 4th grade passage with questions (multiple choice and short responses) on Colonization and the Revolutionary War.

What do you think?  I would love to hear your comments!