Close Reading 136 Passages Bundle: 900+pgs with TDQs, HW, Assessments, & More!

100% Common Core Aligned, Use for Guided reading Close reading in areas such as science or social studies, Tutoring, HW, Sub plans & more

*** Assess standards for Informational Text or Literature!***

*** Help your students become dependent on Text Evidence!***

This 900+ Page Bundle Contains 3 Bundles: with 136 passages for Tutoring, homework, guided reading, close reading, assessments.

Click here to see the unit with 60 Passages.

Click here to see the unit with 40 Passages.

Click here to see the unit with 36 Passages.

Description for Unit 1:

Note: I had to remove the SuperHeroes Unit per DCMA standards.

Click the Title to see the individual unit.

*** Weather and Biomes***

1. How the Weather is Made

2. Thunderstorms

3. Tornado 411

4. Precipitation

5. April Showers Bring May Flowers

6. Tropical Storms

7. Average Climate

8. Desert Biomes

9. Tropical Rainforest

10. Deciduous Forest

11. North American Biomes

*** Myth Unit***

{Retold by me from public domain}

1. Pandora's Box

2. Hercules and the Stables

3. King Midas and the Golden Touch

4. Apollo and Hermes

5. The Trojan Horse and Helen of Troy

*** Spaced Themed Passages***

1. What is an Orbit?

2. Day and Night

3. Our Atmosphere

4. Seasonal Patterns

5. Equinoxes and Solstices

6. Solar System

7. Many Planets, One Earth

8. Hot Mercury

9. Clouds of Venus

10. Our Home Earth

11. Mars the Red Planet

12. Asteroid Belt

13. Giant Jupiter

14. Rings of Saturn

15. Neptune and its Moon

16. Uranus the Sideways Planet

17. Shooting Stars

18. Kuiper Belt

19. Comets

20. The Sun

*** Patriotic Themed Passages***

1. Constitution 411

2. Independence Day

3. Lady Liberty

4. Bald Eagle

5. Liberty Bell

6. White House

7. Labor Day

8. Veteran's Day

9. Bill of Rights

10. September 11th

11. Branches of Government

*** Mammal and Bird Themed Passages***

1. Lions and Cubs

2. Zebras and Foals

3. Monkeys and Infants

4. Elephants and Calves

5. Hippos and Calves

6. Tigers and Cubs

7. Giraffes and Calves

8. Birds and Chicks

9. All About Penguins

10. Wise Old Owl

*** Fairy Tales & Fables Themed Passages***

{Retold by me from public domain}

1. The Pied Piper of Hamelin

2. Rumpelstiltskin

3. Hansel and Gretel

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Description for Unit 2 in this bundle:

*Full Answer Key Included*

**Standards are listed next to each question.**

*** Easy to use with Standards Based Grading.***

Each passage has 4 activities (1 graphic organizer and 3 sheets with text dependent questions)

Passage Titles Organized by Theme:

***Science Themed Passages***

1. What is Science?

2. Life Science

3. Earth Space Science

4. Physical Science

5. Matter of Fact

6. Technology Solves Difficulties

7. Mathematics and Science

8. The Scientific Method

9. State the Problem

10. Gather Information

11. Experiment

12. Record the Results

13. Conclusion

14. Matter of Fact (Diff. Pass)

15. Observations

***Insect Unit***

1. Antacular

2. Fly Away

3. Cockroaches

4. Worker Bee

5. Butterflies and Moths

6. Dragonflies and Damselflies

7. Grasshoppers or Locusts

8. Lady Buggin Me

9. Preying Mantis

***Apple Unit***

1. Applicious

2. Types of Apples

3. All About Apples

4. Johnny Appleseed

5. Apple Idioms

***Fairy Tale Unit***

These passages are retold by me from public domain.

1. Friendly Little Red

2. The Frog Prince

3. Cinderella

4. The Magic Fish

5. The Magic Goose

6. The Monkey and the Lion

***Back to School Unit***

1. Jitters, Part 1

2. Jitters, Part 2

3. History of Education

4. Teachers Now and Before

5. Little Red Schoolhouse

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Here are the titles for the 36 Passage unit.

***Fall Unit***

Autumn

Pumpkins

Columbus Day

Christopher Columbus

Fire Safety

***Native American Unit***

Native Americans

Who Are Native Americans?

Iroquois

Cherokee

Cheyenne

Navajo

Sioux

***Biographies (Heroes and Inventors) Unit***

F.D.R. Franklin Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

Mary McLeod Bethune

Alexander Graham Bell

Helen Keller

Susan B. Anthony

Neil Armstrong

Thomas Edison

Wright Brothers

Amelia Earhart

Superheroes Unit Removed per DCMA standards.

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For more on Text Coding, Text Structures, and Close Reading of Informational Texts.

Click HERE to see my Interactive Notebook for Informational Text, Text Structures, and Close Reads.

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Click HERE to see my Monthly Close Reading Units.

"Helping your children become text-dependent!"

Each monthly unit has history, biographies, science topics, holidays, and more!

Designed for Close Reading: Other uses includehomework, social studies, or science.

Text dependent questions are designed for text evidence responses!

Each passage is written at FOUR levels.From first to fifth!

Each passage has five or more activities. Use for guided reading!

Each passage can be used as week-long homework!

Click HERE to check out my Monthly Close Reading Club!

January-December!

Click below to see more of each individual unit in the file.

Click HERE for the January Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the February Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the March Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the April Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the May Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the June Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the August Close Reading Unit. 10 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the September Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the October Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the November Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the December Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

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