Explore river reading passages about waterways and the landscapes, communities, and histories connected to them. The collection includes informational texts, one fictional diary, and readersâ theater about rivers such as the Amazon, Mississippi, Columbia, Ohio, and Tonle Sap.
This collection explores rivers through place, ecology, history, and community. Informational texts include âThe Mighty Amazon River: A Lifeline of Biodiversity,â âWonders of the Mississippi River Delta Wetlands,â and âThe Columbia River Gorge: History, Heritage, and Winds.â Other passages feature the Ohio, Tonle Sap, Camargue, Thames, Colorado, Danube, and Ganga.
Most of the fourteen readings are informational, but the selection also includes âJourney Down the Ohio River,â a fictional diary, and âThe Moving House: Life on the Tonle Sap,â in readersâ theater. Readers can compare how a report explains an ecosystem with how fiction or dialogue presents life along a river. The collection also includes passages about shared geography and river systems, so it offers more than a set of river profiles.
Passage cards show individual reading levels and text types. For other landforms and regions, browse Geography reading passages.
