Grade 3

What does it take to be a football player? Being a professional football player is hard work. Most players start when they're young. The best play college football and then go on to the… Read More →

Learn what it takes to become a professional gymnast! Being a gymnast is hard work. Most start training when they're young. They want to work their way up to the elite level of gymnastics.… Read More →

Before they hit the ice for a game, hockey players do a lot to prepare. Give readers an exciting insider's look at the lives of professional athletes in the world of hockey, from training to… Read More →

Soccer captures the attention of fans around the world—but what are the lives of professional soccer players like behind the scenes? Being a professional soccer player is hard work. Most… Read More →

Whether it's raising money for a charity or cleaning up a park, getting involved in your community is a great way to help others and feel good about yourself. Read More →

Sometimes we can get stuck in our thoughts. This can also make us stuck in how we are feeling. What are some examples where we might get stuck on a thought and then feel a certain way? Does… Read More →

Nemesio Guilló didn’t travel from Cuba to the United States as an eleven-year-old boy just so he could find a new sport to introduce to his home country. But that’s exactly what happened!… Read More →

The bees need our help. They are running out of good food to eat and places to live. People are spraying poison on crops and clearing forests to make way for new cities. People need bees.… Read More →

Do you look at pictures and read stories in the newspaper? Some of the news is exciting, like sport and new inventions and celebrations, but not every story has a happy ending. There are… Read More →

A lot is changing for Cici. Her parents are separating, her wacky abuela is moving in, and on her tenth birthday, she wakes up with fairy wings! Cici's new magical powers let her see people… Read More →

Belinda's upbeat. Her best friend, Barbara, is shy. But both of them are joining a magical game of musical chairs! When the music starts, the girls' school gym becomes a tricky, colorful… Read More →

You probably know Bella Thorne as the dynamic, multitalented CeCe Jones on the TV show Shake It Up. But did you know that she: • is real-life BFFs with her costar, Zendaya? • had no dancing Read More →

He was popular with his troops. And he was such a good soldier that Benedict Arnold became a major general in the Colonial Army. So how did a Revolutionary hero become known as one of the… Read More →

Describes Ben Franklin’s interest in and experiments with electricity, what he learned about electricity, and his famous experiment with lightning. Read More →

Drought has come to Canaan and Jacob’s sons must travel to Egypt to look for food, including youngest son Benjamin. Their brother Joseph, now governor of the land, wonders if his brothers… Read More →

True or False? Benjamin Banneker used a telescope and mathematics to predict a solar eclipse. True! In 1789, Banneker calculated when the moon would pass between the earth and sun. And he did Read More →

Gazing up at the stars, Benjamin Banneker longed to understand how and why things worked as they did. In a time when most black Americans were slaves, Banneker lived a life of freedom and… Read More →

In the summer of 1870, Thomas Leathers was captain of the Natchez. Captain Leathers believed it was the fastest steamboat on the Mississippi River. Captain Cannon of the Robert E. Lee offered Read More →

Benno was the neighborhood's favorite cat. During the week, he napped in a sunny corner of Mitzi Stein's dress shop and begged scrapped from Moshe the butcher. But one night in Berlin, the… Read More →