Plants Close Reading
This resource contains everything you will need to implement close reading in your classroom! I’ve included THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EACH PASSAGE for you to easily differentiate in your classroom! There are also text-dependent questions and writing prompts for your students to cite evidence from the text.
$6.00
Product Description
You’ve given students a rigorous passage to read, and they breeze right through it. It’s frustrating! Students need to practice close reading and annotating the text. These Plants Close Reading Differentiated Reading Comprehension Passages with Questions in a plant theme are the perfect way to give students a concrete process for reading complex texts, making note of important text features, and answering text-dependent questions. With three differentiated levels of each passage, graphic organizers, and an annotation guide in hand, students will develop stronger reading skills and be better equipped to tackle text-dependent questions. Your students will be reading and comprehending a deeper meaning from texts in no time!
You’ll Love:
● A clear, concrete close reading process for students to follow every single time they read an informational text
● Visual and organizational supports to scaffold the close reading process for students
● Feeling confident with your implementation of complex reading standards
● Meeting students where they are – with 3 differentiated levels of reading passages, everyone feels challenged
What You Get:
Printable Understanding the Standards Teacher Guide
● States the purpose of each reading
● Explains how each reading ties to the specific standard
● Details what students should focus on
● Provides a learning targets for each reading
Printable Implementation Guide
● Step-by-step instructions for implementing close reading
● Use as teacher reference or print and hand out to students
Leveled Passages
● 4 plant-themed close reading passages
● 3 levels of differentiation per passage
● Word count and Lexile levels recorded in the top-left corner of each passage
Text-Dependent Questions
● Questions covering each category in the standards
● Categories include: Key Ideas & Details, Craft & Structure, Integration of Knowledge & Ideas
Writing Prompts
● 1 writing prompt to complete after the third read of each passage
● Requires students to synthesize or make connections between their knowledge and evidence from the text
Printable Annotation Guide
● “Mark Up the Text”
● Use as a guide for students to mark up the text and annotate with symbols
● 2 levels included
Graphic Organizers
● Key Ideas & Details (with and without lines)
● Main Idea (with and without lines)
● Vocabulary (with and without lines)
Printable Close Reader Posters
● Visual reminders for students to understand their role as a close reader
● Uses stem “A close reader…”
Answer Keys
● Detailed exemplar responses for all questions included
Digital Option for Use With Google
●Option to go 100% paperless with this resource
Ideas for Use:
● Whole-group instruction followed by independent reading of passages
● Small-group instruction and intervention
● Independent reading during your rotations
● Morning work
● Early finisher work
● Homework
Why Teachers Like You LOVE This Resource:
“I have purchased so many of your close reading passages! They are engaging for the students, organized well, and makes it an easy activity for busy teachers! Thank you so much.”, –Kelsey T.
“I absolutely love these close reading passages! I have purchased multiple close reads from Kristine and I love them all. I use Kristine’s passages during my intervention time and I am seeing HUGE growth in my students. They love the passages and the questions really get them thinking about their reading and best of all, the stories get them diving back in to the text. I recommend these passages to anyone who has some struggling readers, if you use these passages you will see results. Thank you so much Kristine!” -McKenzie H.
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Give Students More Close Reading Practice ➜ Check Out My Other Close Reading Sets
●Close Reading: Fall and Halloween Passages and Text-Dependent Questions
●Close Reading: Fall and Thanksgiving Passages and Text-Dependent Questions
●Close Reading: Christmas Differentiated Passages and Text-Dependent Questions
●Close Reading: Winter Differentiated Reading Passages | Text-Dependent Questions
●Close Reading: Presidents Day Differentiated Passages | Text-Dependent Questions
●Close Reading: Spring Differentiated Reading Passages | Text-Dependent Questions
Check Out the Complete Bundle Here ➜ Close Reading – Differentiated Reading Passages – Text-Dependent Questions
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And a BONUS topic ➜ Close Reading: Plants Differentiated Reading Passages | Text-Dependent Questions
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