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PARCC Reading Passages

1/26/2015

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There's a blizzard outside. Weathermen and politicians are reminding us to walk lightly in the world. 

In a related theme, we're getting ready for PARCC!

Attached to this post, you'll find some sample passages and questions to be used with a test prep unit in reading and writing.  Many of these passages were created by 3rd and 4th Grade teachers in Paramus and by literacy coaches in our coaching cohort. 

There are paired-text sets, which are linked by theme. These resemble the types of items kids might see on PARCC.

There are also single-text sets, which are good to practice some of the kinds of questions that will be used on PARCC. The writing samples that are attached to these files are about one single text. Some of these texts are also in the paired sets with different writing prompts. (These start about halfway down the list, starting with The Leaving Morning.)

There are a few other texts I'll be adding in the upcoming days. Keep on the lookout!

Thank you to everyone who helped create these texts!  Stay warm and safe both from the snow and from the other storm that is so easy to be caught up in these days.

UPDATE: There has been an overwhelming number of requests for answer keys here. Unfortunately, I'm not able to provide this on my own.  I'd like to invite all of you who are using these passages to work out the answer keys for individual passages and post them here.  Thank you for adding to the knowledge of this online community, and for helping thousands of kids who you don't even know!

01_parcc_peters_chair_and_i_love_you_the_purplest.pdf
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02_parcc_jonas_and_the_leaving_morning.pdf
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03_parcc_jamaicas_find_and_polliwogs.pdf
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05_parcc_america_by_tricycle_and_magellans_madness.pdf
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06_parcc_owl_moon_and_whistling.pdf
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08_parcc_paper_bag_princess_and_harriet_tubman.pdf
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09_parcc_relatives_came_and_grandmamas_kitdhen_table.pdf
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10_parcc_maybe_a_fight_and_sheila_raes_peppermint_stick.pdf
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11_parcc_other_side_and_sweet_smell_of_roses.pdf
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12_parcc_oliver_button_is_a_sissy_and_velveteen_rabbit.pdf
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13_parcc_city_of_marvels_and_baths_of_caracalla.pdf
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14_parcc_ming_lo_moves_the_mountain_and_madame_rhinoceros.pdf
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18_parcc_koala_lou_and_abby_takes_her_shot.pdf
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02_parcc_leaving_morning.pdf
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03_parcc_jamaicas_find.pdf
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04_parcc_caterpillar_and_the_polliwog.pdf
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05_parcc_america_by_tricycle.pdf
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07_parcc_remya_joses_great_idea.pdf
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08_parcc_harriet_tubman.pdf
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10_parcc_sheila_raes_peppermint_stick.pdf
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79 Comments
LISA BOUDREAUX link
2/5/2015 08:26:14 am

I cannot thank you enough for these wonderful passages and questions. I am in Louisiana, and we have been learning something new every week. This will be my series of lessons for each week until PARCC testing. Cannot wait to apply what I have learned using these stories and questions. Thank you for being so generous in sharing them for no cost. If I can provide you with some of the tests and questions we have prepared, I'm sure my colleagues wouldn't mind. However, our passages are not original, the questions are and have been made to look like PARCC. Let me know.

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Miracle
3/16/2017 07:18:06 am

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elizabeth lupo
10/19/2017 02:17:02 am

Could you share the passages you have?

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Maria
1/29/2018 06:12:50 pm

Please do you have grade 4 short text or grade 5. My student are very low in grade 5

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Tina
3/21/2019 09:01:55 am

There are many online portals that have leveled texts with related questions. You can try using https://www.commonlit.org , https://newsela.com , or https://www.readworks.org. I am sure there are several others but these are a few that I find helpful. Even if your students are reading below grade level, I would encourage you to provide them with access on on grade level texts since that is what they will be required to read during PARCC. Scaffolding skills and strategies during small group reading, while providing close reading opportunities will help your students have a toolkit of resources to use in order to decode and comprehend on grade level texts when they need to.

DRB
2/28/2018 02:29:12 pm

If you would share these with me that would be awesome. I have a lot of students who are struggling but I also have students that are on grade level and anything helps to practice.

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Dana
2/19/2019 01:48:17 pm

Can you please share the passage tou have. If you have answer key please share them too. Thanks

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Margaret Boudreaux
7/25/2019 09:26:25 am

Dear Lisa, I would love some of the tests and questions you created. We too have to create our own tests and I just don't think I am good at creating those parcc like questions.

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Dahlia Azzam
12/20/2022 01:13:20 pm

Awesome

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Trynitha Fulton
4/28/2015 01:55:42 am

Can you publish those please? I'm working on gathering resources for next school year.

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Samantha Toomey
4/29/2016 11:07:29 am

Are there any answer keys available? I am looking specifically for the "Sweet Smell of Roses" and "The Other Side" activity. Thanks so much for sharing these!

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Maranda
11/17/2015 12:05:49 pm

What grade level are these for?

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Tom link
11/17/2015 12:43:53 pm

These were created with 3rd and 4th Grade in mind, but we've heard that older grade teachers have used them.

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Maranda
11/17/2015 04:08:43 pm

Thanks! These are GREAT! They may be too low for my 7th graders, but I'll be sure to share with my friends!

wali
12/1/2015 09:00:28 am

Hi! I was wondering if the paired selections had answer keys? I printed some out, and I thought they did. I am not sure if I am mistaken.

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Cheri Barnes
1/18/2016 10:34:40 am

These practice passages look great! Thanks so much for sharing ! I was also wondering if you have answer keys for these passages. :)

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ursy
2/2/2017 07:16:20 am

Did you find the answer key? I need them too.
Please email a desperate teacher at
justursula@yahoo.com

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Maria C
2/1/2018 05:29:24 pm

Yes me too please!

Michelle Wells
2/25/2018 08:39:50 pm

I'd like to have a copy/ies too (if you have any). Thanks in advance.

Sonia Robles
12/8/2015 07:52:18 am

They are great! Thank you so much for sharing.

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Kaylan
1/27/2016 07:43:45 am

Hello!! Thanks so much for taking the time out to create and post such great tests. I have the same question, are there any answer keys to accompany the tests?? This is awesome!

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Cherish
1/27/2016 06:11:56 pm

These are so helpful! Also wondering if answer keys accompany these?

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Jamika Brown link
4/12/2021 08:30:08 am

Did anyone find the answer keys?

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Jenna
2/2/2016 10:31:55 am

These are wonderful!! Thank you so much to all who have worked so hard to create these great resources!

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Dawn Bellard
2/23/2016 06:29:32 am

Is there anyway you could send answers to these passages. Some of the questions we are thinking can be two different answer choices. These are wonderful resources.

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Tom link
2/23/2016 06:57:03 am

The answers will be available soon!

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Dawn bellard
2/23/2016 10:28:11 am

Thank You so much

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Kaylan
2/25/2016 12:59:05 pm

Thanks a bunch! It is much appreciated!

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Danielle
3/3/2016 08:07:33 am

Thank you so much for providing these passages. Do you know when the answers will be up?

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Samantha Toomey
4/29/2016 11:12:47 am

That would be fantastic!

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Ursy
2/2/2017 07:17:38 am

I am desperate for the answer keys are they available

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Jamika Brown
2/27/2018 02:12:10 pm

These are wonderful thanks but please let me know about the answer key

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Sonya Mikolajski
7/14/2018 04:24:56 pm

Hello Tom you mentioned the answer keys would be avaliable soon. The date above says 2/23/16. Were you able to get those answer keys? If not okay because this is still a great resource. Thank you so much.

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Martha
2/24/2016 11:38:54 am

Thank you so very much!!! This is a tremendous help for our Title I School. Your time and efforts are truly appreciated!
Martha

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Sarah
3/9/2016 06:34:12 am

Hello!
I was wondering if you knew an ETA of when the answer keys would be available? Thank you so much! Great resource.

Sarah

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Niki link
3/10/2016 10:13:00 am

Dear Tom,

Your PAARC reading passages are awesome, however there are no answer sheets to go with them. Am I missing it.

Would love to hear back from you.

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Niki

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Triketa
3/14/2016 01:07:29 pm

I have been using these PAARC passages for weeks now and they are wonderful. Thank you for taking the time to create them. Such a blessing.

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Amy Italiano
3/15/2016 07:33:25 pm

Thank you so much for these resources...I am following for the answer keys. Thank you again!

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Rachel Meyrose
4/4/2016 06:00:46 pm

Following so that I can see when answer keys are published. Thanks for all of the hard work and for sharing with all of us :)

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ljk
4/5/2016 12:12:22 pm

When will you have the answer keys for the passages up?

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Rachel Meyrose
4/5/2016 02:07:40 pm

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KSD
4/6/2016 02:42:34 pm

These are perfect!!! Thank you so much for sharing all this hard work!

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Erika Rodrigue
4/19/2016 06:47:49 am

I am so happy that I found these!!. They are so like the PARCC style questions. Thank you so much for sharing.

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Emily
4/20/2016 12:14:37 pm

Where has this been all school year?!?! This is a Godsend the week before testing! Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing these!

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alia link
5/10/2016 12:57:45 pm

please send link for answers

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Jeannie
6/29/2016 06:54:54 pm

Wow! This was like finding a pot of gold! Thank you so much for your hard work.

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Sarah
8/11/2016 06:14:58 am

I have a 3rd grade Ohio test prep group, and these are perfect! I would also be very interested in answer keys. Thank you!

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Mary
9/30/2016 06:34:57 am

Thank you! waiting for the answer keys.

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LGist
10/2/2016 10:25:35 am

Have the answer keys been created yet?

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Beth
11/2/2016 06:37:53 pm

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! It is SO difficult to find quality paired passages that model the PARCC-like questions!!
I noticed you said in one of your posts back in Feb 2016 that the answer keys would be out soon, any chance those are available yet, and if so, where?

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Jaz Quil
12/6/2016 02:28:28 pm

Thank you so much for providing these resources! I have been pulling my hair trying to provide my students with PARCC-like reading passages. Is the answer key available?

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Russia
1/12/2017 08:00:01 am

Is there an answer key for these? these are a great resource, but I can see some of the questions going both ways.

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Philiipa
1/17/2017 08:13:17 am

Great passages!

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Jill Steinke
1/23/2017 10:42:51 am

My team of teachers and I love this PARCC prep and feel it will be very useful. We would definitely benefit having an answer key however!!!! I can see so many reasonable answers and fear my abilities may need support toward the correct responses.

THANKS!
Jill

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MAYA DEVI NAIR
2/4/2017 11:02:04 pm

Awesome work sheets! Thank you soo00 much :)

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Jamie Cortez
2/6/2017 09:00:11 am

Is there answer keys available? Thank you for making this resource available to everyone

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Tracey Jackson
2/6/2017 10:47:49 am

These are great practice for any grade level. I would love to have the answer key for them.

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Lynn
2/15/2017 05:13:35 am

We have been using some in Quincy and they are just what we need. Thanks for sharing!

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Rachel
2/24/2017 06:37:36 am

These are fabulous! I teach 4th grade ELA and these will be so helpful while we are starting to prepare for state testing.

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Jamie Cortez
2/24/2017 06:50:32 am

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Adrenne Cook
3/23/2017 01:03:22 pm

What a blessing this site is. Thank you so very much.

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Elizabeth Lupo
3/24/2017 07:31:35 am

Answer keys....has anyone created?

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Nick
3/30/2017 02:08:26 pm

Are these usable for 5th grade?

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Elizabeth Lupo
3/31/2017 10:47:23 am

That is the grade I teach, and they are good. Just wish someone would do the keys for all and post. Some of the answer choices are mighty close!

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Shannon James
8/26/2017 09:27:48 pm

Does anyone have any of the keys at all? Is anyone aware of any other websites like this. This is really cool and helpful.

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Trice
10/4/2017 04:34:42 pm

Thanks

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Hawaii
10/18/2017 08:40:20 pm

Thank you

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Princess
11/27/2017 11:45:18 am

Thank you so much!

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Farmington
12/5/2017 08:03:14 pm

Do you have an answer key? These questions are awesome. I teach 4th and 5th grade. This is very helpful it getting my students prepared for the test.

Thank you very much. Let me know if you have any other questions like these or know where I can find them. Thanks again,

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Angela
1/16/2018 09:13:04 pm

Thanks so much for sharing.

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eliz
1/16/2018 09:15:05 pm

need keys

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DRB
2/28/2018 02:27:02 pm

Thank you so much for these. They are exactly what I need to help my students prepare for PARCC and really just reading for comprehension.

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Michele Liss
3/15/2018 11:12:27 am

Hello,
I was wondering if anyone posted the answer key to any of the passages. This is a great resource!

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Mariya Klimok
6/30/2018 02:18:48 pm

Hello,

These are great! Do you have an answer key for the reading passages

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Kimberly Torregano
7/5/2018 08:17:29 am

What a find! I love this website. The passages are wonderful. You've already done the work!! I have to pass the word.

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dana
1/29/2019 09:58:16 am

can we get the answer key will be really helpful or any other 3rd grade material for struggling students.

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Margaret Bennett Boudreaux
7/25/2019 09:25:25 am

Lisa Boudreaux mentioned that she had tests made that she was willing to share. I would greatly appreciate them.

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Mary Kay Gordon
12/10/2019 07:15:27 am

Any response to when answer keys are available? Thanks!

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Marilyn Hanson link
1/7/2021 08:09:05 pm

Thank you for writing thiss

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