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Offers short nonfiction readings- good site for not just ESL students but students in Elementary and Middle School. Offers vocabulary, pre-reading and post reading questions, as well as the full article.

Can be taken online or you can download the entire reading with questions. Cross curricular.

A great site for nonfiction reading/writing resources.

Offers short texts, vocabulary, and a multiple choice check your understanding section.

 These civic lessons not only teach kids civics issues, but also work to improve argument, writing, speaking, listening, reading..

Screen capturing tool that allows you to add questions to comments and then share information. Great way to use for reading.  Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

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Read this blog post from Teqsmart describing the "Exploring Earth Project" and then visit the site for tons of interactive Earth Science Animations, Investigations, Visualizations, and more.