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Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     A Fever For a Friend? (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)

Short Readers
     How to Catch (or Not to Catch!) a Cold (Short Reader; Grades 1-3 Readability)
     What Is a Heart Attack? (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     What Is a Stroke? (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)


Reading Comprehensions
Fiction
     Spots and More Spots (Grade 1)
     Weasel's Measles (Grades 1-3)

Non-Fiction
     ADHD (Grades 5-7)
     AIDS (Grades 7-9)
     Alzheimer's Disease (Grade 3-4)
     Appendicitis (Grades 4-6)
     Arthritis (Grade 4-6)
     Asthma (Grade 4-6)
     Bell's Palsy (Grades 5-7)
     Binge Eating Disorder (Grades 4-7)
     Bipolar Disorder (Grades 5-6)
     Bird Flu (Grades 1-3)
     Bird Flu (Grades 5-6)
     Bruxism (Grade 4-6)
     Cancer (Grade 4-6)
     Canker Sores (Grade 4-6)
     Cardiovascular Diseases (Grade 4-6)
     Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Grade 4-6)
     Cataracts (Grades 5-6)
     Cat-Scratch Disease (Grades 5-6)
     Celiac Disease (Grades 5-7)
     Cellulitis (Grades 4-6)
     Chicken Pox (Grade 4-6)
     Coxsackie Virus (Grades 5-6)
     Crohn's Disease (Grades 5-7)
     Cystic Fibrosis (Grades 5-6)
     Diabetes (Grade 4-6)
     Eczema (Grade 4-6)
     Fibromyalgia (Grades 5-7)
     Fifth Disease (Grades 4-6)
     Food-Related Sickness (Grade 4-6)
     Frostbite (Grades 5-7)
     Gallstones (Grades 5-7)
     Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (Grades 5-6)
     Germs (Grades 4-6)
     Glaucoma (Grades 5-6)
     Hemophilia (Grade 4-6)
     Hepatitis (Grades 5-7)
     Hereditary Hemochromatosis (Grades 5-6)
     Homesickness (Grade 4-6)
     Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Grade 6)
     Hypothermia (Grades 5-7)
     H1N1 or Swine Flu (Grades 3-5)
     Impacted Wisdom Teeth (Grades 5-6)
     Impetigo (Grades 5-7)
     Infectious Diseases (Grade 4-6)
     Kawasaki Disease (Grades 5-7)
     Kidney Stones (Grades 5-7)
     Lactose Intolerance (Grades 5-7)
     Lead Poisoning (Grade 4-6)
     Lyme Disease (Grade 4-6)
     Marfan Syndrome (Grades 6-8)
     Mononucleosis (Grade 4-6)
     Obesity in Children (Grades 5-6)
     Osgood-Schlatter Disease (Grade 4-6)
     Parkinson's Disease (Grades 5-6)
     Pica (Grades 4-7)
     Pinkeye (Grade 4-6)
     Pleurisy (Grades 5-7)
     Reye Syndrome (Grade 4-6)
     Rotavirus (Grades 5-6)
     Scarlet Fever (Grades 4-6)
     Seasonal Affective Disorder (Grade 4-6)
     Shingles (Grades 5-6)
     Sickle Cell Anemia (Grade 4-6)
     Scoliosis (Grade 4-6)
     Strep Throat (Grade 4-6)
     Styes (Grades 5-7)
     Swimmer's Ear (Grade 1-2)
     Tetanus (Grades 5-6)
     West Nile Virus (Grade 4-6)
     Whooping Cough or Pertussis (Grades 5-6)


Read and Color
            A Most Dangerous Woman: Typhoid Mary
            It’s Wise to Immunize


Conversations
     Is there a doctor on board? (French and English)
     Mom, I don't feel good! (French and English)


Book Units
    When the Circus Came to Town (Grades 3-5)
    My Brother Made Me Do It (Grades 3-6)
    Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio (Grades 3-7)
    The Graduation of Jake Moon (Grades 4-6)
    Tuesdays with Morrie (Grades 7-12)


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