Description
Give students focused reading practice and opportunities to explain their understanding.
- Grades: 2–5
- Format: Downloadable teaching resource
Learning Objective
Students will practice reading comprehension and support responses with details from the included texts or activities.
What's Included
- Spun Sugar Magic (510L, 780L, 990L)
- Sour Science (500L, 760L, 950L)
- Colorful Confection Showdown (510L, 780L, 990L)
- Candy Corn: Halloween Horror(460L, 780L, 1000L)
- The Rich History and Sweet Success of Cadbury (450L, 710L, 1000L)
- Sweet Nostalgia: The Best Candy of the ‘90s (420L, 780L, 950L)
- Global Sweets (450L, 780L, 990L)
- Interesting “Treats” About Sweets(460L, 780L, 990L)
- Pulling Back the Curtain: Unveiling the Mesmerizing Process of Taffy Making (510L, 820L, 980L)
- Chew on This: Chewing Gum’s Evolution (500L, 730L, 920L)
- Uncovering Sweets: Licorice (410L, 750L, 980L)
- What Your Favorite Candy Says About You (480L, 810L, 970L)
- Answer key
Ways to Use
Whole-class instruction, small groups, independent practice, or enrichment.
Preparation
Preview the included directions and select the activities you will use.
Standards & Skills
Students will practice reading comprehension and support responses with details from the included texts or activities.






Katie H. –
My students have enjoyed reading these passages. They are engaging for my middle school reading intervention students.
Jess C. –
Another high-quality reading comprehension resource! can’t recommend MagiCore resources enough!
Kayla D. –
Students did love these passages! They never complained when it was reading time. Loved that this was not a digital resource and students were able to get engaging passages in their hands, and their eyes off the screen! Thank you!
Danielle P. –
We did a math room transformation and this went perfectly to add some ELA into our day!
Mary P. –
I really like the reluctant readers passages. My students have a variety of passages to choose from during centers. They can work alone or with a partner. The passages keep their interest and are easy to follow without assistance.
Courtney S. –
I love this series about reluctant readers. The topics keep my students interested and match the reading standards for fourth grade perfectly! I also love that there are different Lexile levels for the texts!
Heather S. –
Great job!! Awesome resource for the children in the library.
Mike Akinaka –
Candy is naturally a captivating topic for kids so they enjoyed it.
Creations by N –
I used this resource when I had a sub. The kids were engaged and loved the articles.
Teach Thrive Survive LLC –
I printed these passages to use during the last week of school along with our other “Wonka Week” activities. Great resource!
Beth Roos –
These were highly motivating passages. It was great that all of the students could participate and read the same passages. Highly motivating topic