Are you looking for ways to incorporate more non-fiction text in your reading block? This set of leveled, informational reading passages and science readers is designed to give your students practice reading high-interest, informational text. Students strengthen their reading comprehension skills through close reading and text-evidence tasks as they read engaging nonfiction articles about plant and animal needs, life cycles, and plant\/animal interdependence.<\/p>\n
Easy to use for teaching whole groups or small group instruction<\/strong>, these informational reading passages and science readers feature high-interest topics, rich vocabulary, and multiple Lexile levels, offering everything you need to provide differentiated reading activities for a wide range of learners. They\u2019re ideal for adding a reading element to your science block and are the ideal companion to this Plant & Animal Needs and Life Cycles science unit<\/a>.<\/p>\n You’ll receive 48 reading choices<\/strong> in article format, book format, and Google Slides versions for four engaging science topics.<\/p>\n Each resource includes three reading levels (350\u2013450L, 450\u2013550L, and 550\u2013650L),<\/strong> making it easy to meet the needs of every student in your class, whether you\u2019re teaching whole groups, small groups, or need reading intervention materials.<\/p>\n Each leveled passage and reader includes 2 sets of questions.<\/strong> Text-dependent questions for students to locate and color-code evidence in the text, and text structure-based questions that target 9 key learning standards for reading informational text.<\/p>\n The question sets address these standards:<\/strong><\/p>\n What\u2019s included:<\/strong><\/p>\n Why teachers love them:<\/strong><\/p>\n Titles & topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n Whether you’re introducing new science concepts or reinforcing previously taught content, this resource offers a meaningful way to increase reading comprehension, content understanding, and student engagement\u2014all in one easy-to-use resource.<\/p>\n Check out the preview to see everything included.<\/p>\n Happy teaching!<\/p>\n Linda Kamp<\/p>\n Around the Kampfire<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Your students will enjoy these additional nonfiction topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n Habitats & Ecosystems<\/a><\/p>\n Landforms & Earth Changes<\/a><\/p>\n Properties of Matter<\/a><\/p>\nIncluded in this Reading Comprehension Resource:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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