Read to Know is an online non-fiction reading program based on current events. Every week (34 times a year, September-May) you get a new issue filled with timely news and feature stories. Each story is written on a level your students can understand and includes background information, photos, and other teaching images (maps, charts, etc.)

Student users read the stories on the computer, then test their knowledge with comprehension quizzes at the end of each story. Written in a lively magazine-style format, it's a sure way to build student knowledge across the curriculum and boost test scores. Grades 5 - 9

Read to Know features:

  • 5-6 news stories every week

  • "This Week in History" story

  • Country of the Week

  • Comprehension quiz following each story

  • Student editorial cartoon feature

  • Student comment area

  • Web links

For more information call:
800-356-2303

2011 - 2012

1120, Feb. 6: Egypt's uprising: One year later

1119, Jan. 30: 200 years of Charles Dickens

1118, Jan. 23: The State of the Union

1117, Jan. 16: President signs defense bill

1116, Jan. 9: A new leader in North Korea

1115, Jan. 2: Postal Service faces major cuts

1114, Dec. 12: GOP candidates gear up for primaries

1113, Dec. 5: Violence erupts in Syria

1112, Nov. 28: Pipeline sparks protests

1111, Nov. 14: Europe's financial crisis deepens

1110, Nov. 7: All U.S. troops to leave Iraq this year

1109, Oct. 31: Libyan leader killed

1108, Oct. 24: Alabama's strict new immigration law

1107, Oct. 17: Three women share Nobel Peace Prize

1106, Oct. 10: Saudi women get the right to vote

1105, Oct. 3: The death penalty debate: A NewsCurrents poll

1104, Sept 26: The American Jobs Act

1103, Sept 19: Palestinians seek statehood

1102, Sept 12: Constitution Day

1101, Sept 5: Rebels force Gaddafi out in Libya


Use the story search button to search past issues for more information on a topic.