Close Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions for Primary with Audio Sampler

This sampler of our best-selling Close Reading Comprehension Passages is the perfect no-prep, standards-based, and high-interest way to strengthen your primary students' close reading skills! Each passage includes 3 differentiated reading levels for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd grade reading levels.

This resource includes 3 (x3 for 3 reading levels) passages professionally written by a published children's author with more than 100 books in print!

This sampler gives you a taste of our comprehensive comprehension passages and text-dependent questions, which promise to make learning engaging and effective. ‌

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WHAT’S INCLUDED:

✍️ PRINT:

• 3 printable passages with comprehension questions (Each with 3 levels! 9 passages total.)
  • With & without audio support! (Through QR Codes)

• Teacher Answer Keys

DIGITAL:

• Google Slides Activities
  • With & without audio support
  • Full set or leveled sets

DIFFERENTIATION OPTIONS:

• Digital or Print
• Audio Support
• 3 reading levels for each passage!

Great for 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade! 

This resource is a sample of our best-selling Close Reading Comprehension Passages!

NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable. 

If you need higher-level comprehension passages, click here!

About the Passages

There are 3 passages, each presented at three reading levels (1st, 2nd, & 3rd grade) for a total of 9 passages. The passages are a mix of high-interest and curriculum-based topics and include informational text & literature. The included text-dependent questions address a variety of close reading skills.

Text-Dependent Questions

The Show What You Know text-dependent questions are identical for both reading levels. This allows you to discuss the passages altogether, even if you have students using different reading levels. Note that some questions may be challenging for younger students, especially near the start of the year.

Audio Support

Audio support is included through links or QR codes. These are recordings created with the most advanced AI text-to-talk technology on the market for a natural human-like sound. You can click here for an example of what the audio sounds like.

Use in 2 Ways

As Printable Pages:

Teacher instructions, student pages, and answer keys are all included in the PDF. There are two versions of printable pages: with and without QR codes.

As Google Slides:

Links to the digital versions are included in your download. Click the links for your own copy of the resources. 2 Google Slide files are included: with and without audio support.

Parents and Caregivers:

This resource will work best if your child is already familiar with the reading skills in this product (you can see them in the table of contents). This product is meant to reinforce those concepts, not to teach them. If you feel your student would benefit by being able to reference specific reading skills, you might also consider these reading posters/charts.

Topics Included:

1. Capybaras

2. The Tallest Trees

3. Luna and the Leaves

Also included: Instructions for use and full page answer keys

The image on every third passage is in color, so it will look great when displayed for the whole class. However, the sheets will still print out fine in grayscale for individual student use.

Here’s what teachers are saying about Close Reading Comprehension Passages:

✏️ “I taught 2nd grade for 10 years and this resource was an integral part of my instruction.  I have moved to 4th grade and needed an intervention resource for one of my students and THIS is perfect!  I love resources that stand the test of time - and this is one of them.” - Christina J.

✏️ “My students loved using this resource during our reading time. It has really helped them to go back to the story for evidence. They are finding that they need to go back and not just read and forget about what it says. It greatly increased their understanding of the need to reread and "look back in the story if you don't remember (I say this to them all. the. time. I think they're finally getting it.).” - Christen A.

✏️ “These passages and questions were awesome! I love the 3 levels of text - perfect for differentiation for my students. I sent them the passages digitally and they printed them out at home. Love the stories and this resource covered so many standards and concepts. Thank you!” - Wendi S.

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About the Author

Rachel Lynette is a published author of over 120 nonfiction books for children on a variety of subjects, as well as several teacher resource books. She has written for publishers such as Harcourt, Thompson-Gale, Rosen, Children’s Press, Evan-Moor, Kagan, and several others. This resource reflects more than a decade of professional writing experience.

Terms of Use

This resource was created by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack for Minds in Bloom INC., all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded. 

If you want to share this resource with colleagues, please purchase additional licenses from TpT. Thank you for respecting these terms of use.

This product is happily brought to you by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack of Minds in Bloom.

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