New K-8 Reading Passages |Read Works

Here’s a selection of our favorite new non-fiction and literary K-8 reading comprehension passages. All passages are Lexile leveled and authentic.

Each one is paired with an intentionally crafted and research-based question set that:

Provides scaffolding to build student comprehension of the main idea or theme, and enables students to make complex inferences
Requires close reading of evidence in the text
Models the questions that good readers should be asking themselves as they read
Aligns to Common Core and state standards