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Read Works: News Debate "F" Is for Fat? ActivityRead Works: News Debate "F" Is for Fat? Activity
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Read Works: News Debate "F" Is for Fat?

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[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses Arkansas' approach to tackling childhood obesity by giving report card grades to schools according to the number of children who have reported obesity. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary acquisition are also included. Several questions and a teacher's guide provide reinforcement of the content in the passage.

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fitness, obesity, arkansas

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health, overweight, report cart, grade 6, lexile level: 950l, news debate - "f" is for fat?, readworks.org, readworks: news debate - "f" is for fat?, readworks, fat, informational text

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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