Category: ReadWorks Updates

ReadWorks Roundup: February 2024

2/27/2024

Alignments make using ReadWorks easier than ever
Alignments provide easy ways to assign passages based on themes and topics covered in a classroom's curriculum, saving teachers time and planning stress. ReadWorks passages help build the additional background knowledge and vocabulary necessary for reading comprehension. Teachers can choose to print or digitally assign the related ReadWorks passages – as always, all for FREE.

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ReadWorks welcomes LaDarrien Gillette as Development Manager

LaDarrien earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Spelman College and a Master of Arts in International Law from Emory University. Before joining ReadWorks, as Senior Program Manager at CARE, LaDarrien oversaw the Innovation Hub, a physical space that leases space to nonprofits with similar missions, hosts events, and pilots domestic programs focused on strengthening emergency response in the US Gulf Coast. LaDarrien is excited to bring her community engagement, fundraising, and relationship management skills to ReadWorks to ensure teachers have access to educational resources, and students can build their reading comprehension.

ReadWorks team gathers in Nashville, TN
The ReadWorks team came together in Nashville for a productive, collaborative, and fun retreat! We enjoyed brainstorming new ideas, sharing our partnership work with Vanderbilt University on campus, and participating in team-building activities to bring us closer together. We are grateful for the opportunity to recharge, refocus, and reconnect with our amazing colleagues, and to bring the positive momentum back to our home offices around the country to achieve even greater things for the teachers and students we proudly support!

Our Newest Content

From the Sun
to Your Food

Hydrangeas and
Their Environment

Copper, a Helpful
Natural Resource

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Tweet reads: Last week we explored @ReadWorks and @typingclub during some tech. time!

Tweet reads: Played #GameofQuotes using @ReadWorks to look for nonfiction signposts. Ss made a topic poster using examples of each signpost. Student: “Mrs. Shabanaj - you tricked us into looking for nonfiction signposts in the reading!”

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ReadWorks Roundup: January 2024

1/30/2024

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Digital Promise’s Practitioner-Informed Design product certification
ReadWorks is proud to be one of only three organizations to be the first to earn Digital Promise’s Practitioner-Informed Design product certification. This badge is awarded to organizations that center educator expertise and priorities by embracing a learning culture to iteratively improve design through multiple instances of practitioner partnerships.

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National teacher survey results
Every two years, we conduct a comprehensive survey to gain valuable insights from our users. The results are in, and we're excited to share them with you! See what our 11,925 participants had to say about ReadWorks, teaching, and how ReadWorks will incorporate this feedback into our work.

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ReadWorks is an exhibitor at Plain Talk

ReadWorks is a bronze sponsor of this year’s Plain Talk About Literacy and Learning conference in New Orleans taking place from January 31st to February 2nd. Hosted by the Center for Literacy & Learning, the Plain Talk conference brings together education industry professionals from all levels to discuss and learn more about reading comprehension, the Science of Reading, English language learners, classroom management, and more.

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Explore Our Newest Content

Jamilla's Backyard Discovery

Orca Woman
and Her Son

Escape from
an Evil Spirit

Seen on Social Media

Tweet reads: “The Gift of the Magi” is one of my favorite stories to teach with my students. It teaches them the importance of giving. I also love that it’s available on ReadWorks with paired activities

Tweet reads: Our 4th graders quietly reading a short story of

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ReadWorks Roundup: October 2023

10/31/2023

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Announcing ReadWorks' 2023 National Illustration Contest
This fall, teachers and students nationwide are following Manuel’s five-part journey as he works to lift his family’s curse after a ghostly visit from his great-great-great-great grandfather, José, in ReadWorks’ new fiction series, Our Family Ghost. Students are bringing this story to life in our 2023 national illustration contest. The winning student's illustration will be published on ReadWorks! The teacher of the winning student will receive a box of ReadWorks goodies and a $100 gift card for classroom supplies. Please share this fun and engaging story and contest with a teacher in your life.

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Wrapping up an Exciting Fall Webinar Season
Hosted by Tamika Reece, ReadWorks’ Educator Support Project Manager, this fall’s webinars were nearly doubled and covered some of our newest offerings like our early childhood decodable texts, Book Studies, Next Generation Science Standards connections, and more. Our live webinars will resume in January, but in the meantime, you can learn and share more about ReadWorks through free access to all of our webinars on-demand.

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Partnering with Districts Nationwide
As part of our strategic plan, ReadWorks is collaborating with districts nationwide, especially those serving primarily low-income students, through thoughtful engagement, professional development, and marketing plans. This year, we’ve launched partnerships across Philadelphia and New York City, including providing customized professional development for Harlem Community School District 5. If you know of a district that may be interested in tailored support from the ReadWorks team of experts in reading comprehension, email us today.

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Explore Our Newest Content

Finding a
Common Language

The Assignment
[The Riverkeepers #1]

A Grocery
Store Miracle

Seen on Social Media

It is so beautiful out today that some of us decided to take our reading outside. We’re really enjoying the @ReadWorks serial story “Our Family Ghost”. Great October read! @StTimothyHCDSB

Listening to a scary story near the campfire for our first read of The Spookiest Attic... after a warm up game of Heads Up! @ReadWorks #GCISDELAR

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ReadWorks Roundup: September 2023

9/28/2023

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A New Way to Use Book Studies
Book Studies are hand-curated text sets to support the most commonly-taught books in ELA curricula for Grades 3-8. Now it is even easier for teachers to integrate ReadWorks into class novel units with ReadWorks Book Studies! Learn how to find, assign, and print Book Studies with our on-demand webinar.

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ReadWorks’ Brand New Partnership
with News-O-Matic
Ignite student learning and spark even more curiosity in the classroom! We're excited to introduce an additional free resource through a new partnership with a fellow learning resource News-O-Matic. Check out the first paired articles and texts about the President’s visit to Maui after fires, China’s pandas, and piñata stamps.

“Thanks for sharing your new partnership with News-O-Matic. I really appreciate the opportunity to integrate News-O-Matic's current event articles with ReadWorks knowledge-building texts to help my students develop critical thinking, media literacy, and global awareness.”
-Bailey, North Carolina

Read Our Annual Report
Learn about the latest ReadWorks news, explore our partnership with the International Quilt Museum, and meet our incredible authors in our 2022-2023 annual report.

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Explore Our Newest Content

The Secret Is
in the Folds

The Forest and the Trees [Lee's Mountain, #1]

Michael's
Big Share

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Written by:
Becca Vaughn, Director of Development

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ReadWorks Round Up: August 2023

8/31/2023

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New Decodable Texts
ReadWorks is excited to announce our newest, free curricular support for early readers! Developed with expert writers and early reading thought leaders, our new decodables enable teachers to harness even more of the high-quality tools and sequences that ReadWorks offers.

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ReadWorks Partnership with Veronica Beard Gives Back
ReadWorks is honored to be this quarter’s selected nonprofit partner of Veronica Beard Gives Back. Veronica Beard, a contemporary fashion company, is helping to share ReadWorks’ mission and the importance of quality, research-based reading comprehension instruction for all students. You can shop in-store at your local Veronica Beard on September 28th, 2023 to support ReadWorks.

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Homepage Makeover
In our continuous work to be an accessible, user-friendly platform, we've launched a brand new homepage! Visit ReadWorks now to see these exciting new changes.

Young Professionals Council
Looking for a way to get involved with ReadWorks and further support reading comprehension? Join the ReadWorks Young Professionals Council! Learn more.