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The English Shelf

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Word study — sounds, syllables, word parts, meaning1

Word Work Pack

One ladder from decoding to meaning — short vowels, blends and digraphs, syllables, prefixes, suffixes, roots, then synonyms, homophones, and context clues. Pick a skill, print a fresh front-and-back set. Worksheet generator4 groups19 skillsAnswer keys Open it

Close reading — one real article, two reading versionsthe whole series →5

The Mountain Lets Go

Nine out of ten avalanches are triggered by the victim or someone in their own group. What happens in the seconds after the slab breaks — and why the first fifteen minutes decide everything. SurvivalSequenceTwo reading versionsCrosswordTeacher key Open it

The Marks You Leave

Identical twins share DNA but not fingerprints. How the ridges form, how a print you cannot see is made to appear, and what that evidence can and cannot prove. ForensicsInferenceTwo reading versionsCrosswordTeacher key Open it English Live

The Number That Follows You

A three-digit number nobody asked your permission to keep — and one day it decides what a car costs you. What builds it, and what it quietly changes. MoneyMain idea & detailsTwo reading versionsCrosswordTeacher key Open it

The Bruise You Cannot See

You do not have to be knocked out, and most of the time nobody is. What a hit actually does inside the skull, and why coaches now say sit them out. The bodyCause & effectTwo reading versionsCrosswordTeacher key Open it

It Started on a Lab Bench

The first video game was never sold. A physicist built it so lab visitors would not be bored, then took it apart for the parts. Then and now, side by side. TechCompare & contrastTwo reading versionsCrosswordTeacher key Open it

Shelf photo: compositors setting type, Hampton Institute, c. 1900 — Frances Benjamin Johnston, Library of Congress (public domain).

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