August Reading Passages and Questions

Description

This bundle of August Reading passages and questions has everything you need for a month of complete Close Reading units in your classroom. High-Interest, differentiated nonfiction reading passages about chocolate chip cookies, the Rocky Mountains, the Wright Brothers, peaches, and more are at the heart of this one-stop resource! Also includes digital versions for Google Classroom.

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If you have never used Close Reading or even if you are already a pro, this 55-page packet of August reading passages truly is for you! It has everything you need for a complete, successful informational text reading unit.

This August Reading Passages bundle includes:

• 5 Informational Passages (2 Differentiated Levels)
• 5 Days of Close Reading Activities
• Text Dependent Questions
• Written Response
• Teacher Guide Sheet
• Annotation Guide (full page and ½ page)
• Printable B/W Pages
• Color, Interactive Digital Slides for Google Classroom
• Answer Keys

This packet includes these informational, high-interest, August reading passages:

• Peaches: An Amazing Fruit (Month of August, National Peach Month)
• The Great Rocky Mountains (August 1, National Mountain Climbing Day)
• The History of the Chocolate Chip Cookie (August 4, National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day)
• Coast Guard to the Rescue! (August 4, US Coast Guard Day)
• Wright Brothers: Pioneers of Flight (August 19, Aviation Day)

The digital version of this packet includes ready-made, visually-appealing Google slides for you to share with your class. It includes interactive drag and drop annotation marks and fillable text dependent activities.

Each of the 5 August reading passages included in this resource is provided in two differentiated levels. One is in the fifth-sixth grade reading range, and the other is in the third-fourth grade reading level range. The level is given for each passage, along with a guide that provides the corresponding grade level for Lexile levels. I’ve taken all the guesswork out of differentiating and leveling of passages for you!

This packet is both rigorous and Common-Core aligned. Questions have been carefully crafted to move readers from basic, recall questions to higher-level questions where students must cite evidence from the text to support their answers. There are 5 tasks/activities for each passage, moving from easier tasks to more challenging activities. Each passage and its corresponding activities offer a full-week’s worth of close reading.

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As always, please contact me with any questions!

Thank you so much,

Shelly Rees