Reading Comprehension and Building Content Knowledge

Readworks offers high-interest passages and articles (with an option for read aloud) on a variety of topics and grade levels. Articles can be used on their own or as part of a themed set with related passages.

  1. Go to https://www.readworks.org/.

  2. Log in with your free account (or create one if you don’t have one yet).

  3. Click the “Content” tab at the top of the page.

  4. Browse and select articles in a few different ways:

    • By grade level or topic of interest for your student.

    • By comprehension question type (e.g., full question set, open-ended, inference, vocabulary).

 

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