I wanted students to become the scientifically literate citizens envisioned in the National Science Education Standards: students who read science, enjoy reading science, and even experience the passion I feel for the natural world. However, with 65% of incoming freshmen at my school reading below the sixth-grade level, it was clear that our science curriculum, especially the textbook, did not include motivating or accessible reading for most students. To bring reading back into our science classrooms, my colleague, Ann Akey, and I designed four quarterly reading projects with yearlong literacy routines that we use successfully with our ninth-grade students, including English language learners.