Article-A-Day™
Article-A-Day is a ready-to-use 10-minute routine for K-8th graders designed to build background knowledge, vocabulary, and reading stamina.
Drive student growth in reading comprehension with Article-A-Day
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There are so many ways to adapt the Article-A-Day systematic routine to your specific instruction, student needs or challenges. Choose from hundreds of curated nonfiction articles, which are organized by:
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"The Article-A-Day has been a blessing. My students are asking if they can read more. They especially enjoy the articles about animals. The ReadWorks program makes differentiating reading much more possible than ever before. Thank you very much for creating this product, and especially for making it free!"
- Lilia, Teacher, Massachusetts
Daily Practice, Real Impact: The Research Behind Article-A-Day
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Students struggle with reading comprehension when they don't have enough background knowledge, vocabulary, and reading stamina. Students will gain the most from the Article-A-Day routine by reading four or more articles from an Article-A-Day set each week and doing the routine for 15 or more weeks in the school year. With this routine your instruction will systematically build your students' knowledge and vocabulary in just 10-15 minutes each day when done consistently.
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Article -A-Day - After a nine-week intervention using Article-A-Day, students improved 11% on the science background knowledge assessment. Read the research brief to see all the key findings. Download Now
Article-A-Day + Decodables - After a six-week intervention, teachers reported growth in their instructional practices and students' decoding skills and reading confidence. Read the research brief to see all the key findings. Download Now |
How to do Article-A-Day
The Daily Routine
STEP 1: Set the purpose for the routine. "Words are where humans store knowledge. So we will build our knowledge by reading these articles. We will also increase our vocabulary, improve our reading stamina, and enjoy reading every day."
STEP 2: Students read or listen to an article. ReadWorks has curated weekly sets of nonfiction articles. All of the articles for the week are related by topic. If students cannot read independently, they can listen to the audio or you can read the article aloud.
STEP 3: The Book of Knowledge. Students write or type two or three things that they learned from the article and would like to remember in their Books of Knowledge. If students cannot write yet, they can draw their responses.
STEP 4: Share knowledge! Simply ask a few students to share what they learned from reading. Record this info in your Class Book of Knowledge.
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STEP 2: Students read or listen to an article. ReadWorks has curated weekly sets of nonfiction articles. All of the articles for the week are related by topic. If students cannot read independently, they can listen to the audio or you can read the article aloud.
STEP 3: The Book of Knowledge. Students write or type two or three things that they learned from the article and would like to remember in their Books of Knowledge. If students cannot write yet, they can draw their responses.
STEP 4: Share knowledge! Simply ask a few students to share what they learned from reading. Record this info in your Class Book of Knowledge.
Get started
Adding in decodables for K-2
ReadWorks nonfiction decodable texts are especially unique because they are all nonfiction and aligned with ReadWorks Article-A-Day sets. By reading these decodable texts, students are building background knowledge while applying their alphabetic knowledge and decoding skills in the context of meaningful, continuous text. While the threshold of decodability can vary for decodable texts, the majority of ReadWorks Fundations-aligned decodables are at least 90% decodable, meaning that at least 90% of the words can be decoded and adhere to various phonics scope and sequences across curricula.
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differentiation
Differentiate by assigning or printing related reading passages at different levels. Students never see the grade level—online or printed out.
Boost and challenge articles are texts that are topically relevant to the overall Article-A-Day set but at varying text complexity. Research has shown that readers can become frustrated and discouraged when reading below grade-level texts because they feel "babyish." Instead, boost articles are grade-appropriate in topic while written at a lower level, allowing students to fully participate in background-knowledge building with their peers. Challenge articles provide higher complexity for students who are reading above grade level and/or are motivated by their interest in the topic. Teachers can assign boost and/or challenge articles as part of an Article-A-Day topical set to the whole class, groups of students, or individual students.
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Boost and challenge articles are texts that are topically relevant to the overall Article-A-Day set but at varying text complexity. Research has shown that readers can become frustrated and discouraged when reading below grade-level texts because they feel "babyish." Instead, boost articles are grade-appropriate in topic while written at a lower level, allowing students to fully participate in background-knowledge building with their peers. Challenge articles provide higher complexity for students who are reading above grade level and/or are motivated by their interest in the topic. Teachers can assign boost and/or challenge articles as part of an Article-A-Day topical set to the whole class, groups of students, or individual students.
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for ELL students
ReadWorks provides Article-A-Day text sets with passages on topics that may be familiar or interesting to varied groups of ELLs. Many of them are about food, clothing, sports, or cultures that may be relevant to students' backgrounds. Research has shown that starting with familiar and concrete topics can support ELL students in learning the English words and labels for the things and concepts they already know. Teachers can assign these sets to their whole class, groups of students, or individual students.
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Learn more about ReadWorks Article-A-Day & Spanish-English Paired Texts Alignment
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by topic
ReadWorks Article-A-Day Topical Scope & Sequence: Grades K-8: Build students' knowledge with Article-A-Day sets that align with special events across the school year
by vocabulary
ReadWorks Article-A-Day Vocabulary Scope & Sequence: Grades 2-5: Systematically build students' vocabulary through Article-A-Day Meaning Mappers, which are daily activities to build connections among words in a set, and Word Detectives, which are teacher-led word part activities on the last day of the Article-A-Day routine.
by diy curriculum alignment
Use Article-A-Day to tailor to the Curriculum You Already Teach
Looking to tailor your instruction even more? In addition to our built-in Scope & Sequences where you can search for article sets by topic or vocabulary, You can search and find topically connected sets that fit your curriculum to support building more background knowledge today.
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Looking to tailor your instruction even more? In addition to our built-in Scope & Sequences where you can search for article sets by topic or vocabulary, You can search and find topically connected sets that fit your curriculum to support building more background knowledge today.
Search Article-A-Day
