Compare & Contrast Texts: Reading Comprehension Worksheets ♥ GRADE 4 & 5 BUNDLE
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- Boost achievement rates in your class with this ELA savings bundle, consisting of 20 skills-focused reading comprehension worksheets that cover illustrations & visuals, reasons & evidence to support particular points, and comparing, contrasting & integrating texts. The passages are splitPrice $17.25Original Price $19.15Save $1.90
- Boost achievement rates in your class with this ELA power bundle, consisting of 139 skills-focused reading worksheets that cover fourth and fifth grade Common Core State Standards (both literature and informational text). All resources are digitally enabled and formatted (Easel Activities) for onliPrice $52.65Original Price $71.67Save $19.02
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Students will compare and contrast the themes, topics and event patterns of stories (RL.4.9/RL.5.9), and integrate information from two or more texts on a topic (RI.4.9/RI.5.9) ♥ This ELA reading comprehension bundle combines 2 mini-packs and consists of 8 skills-focused worksheets with 45 questions, split between fiction and nonfiction (informational text). ♥
THIS BUNDLE INCLUDES:
- 8 compare & contrast worksheets, with 18 fictional or informational passages from existing reading drills (the questions are different)
- 45 questions, with simulated standardized test questions for grades 4 & 5
- Mix of multiple choice and short/open activities
- Unassisted version without tips
- Digitally enabled (Easel Activities) versions to assign online via Google Classroom or any LMS
STUDENTS WILL:
Compare & Contrast Stories (Treatment/Approach of Similar Themes, Topics, and Pattern of Events)
- determine which themes and ideas are present across stories
- determine how themes are similarly revealed (e.g. via characters and the lessons they learn)
- identify, match and describe similar types of events between two stories
Integrate Information From Informational Texts
- find how the focus, ideas and details of passages are similar/different
- draw conclusions based on information across texts
- determine how one passage helps to explain details in another passage
- integrate information from two or more passages to write knowledgeably on a topic
INFORMATIONAL TEXT TOPICS COVER:
Science
- Role of Trees and Carbon Dioxide in Climate Change
- The Importance of the Sun for Life on Earth
- Parenting Responsibilities in the Animal Kingdom
Social Studies
- Christopher Columbus: What He Did in History & His Significance
COMMON CORE DESIGNED, SIMULATED AFTER:
- Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
- State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) / TEKS
- Florida FSA (same test vendor creates FAST progress monitoring assessments)
- New York State Testing Program (NYSTP)
- Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR)
- Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS)
- Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA)
- Ohio’s State Tests
- Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP)
- New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA)
- Virginia Standards of Learning (VA SOL)
- Arizona’s Academic Standards Assessment (AASA, formerly AzM2)
USEFUL IN MANY WAYS!
All drills take about 15 minutes to complete, and are fantastic for:
- Literacy lessons
- Guided or independent practice
- ELA test prep / reading test prep* (with test-taking strategies)
- Small group work / literacy circles / partner work
- Reading intervention groups (RTI) / small group remediation & instruction
- Independent work / early finishers work
- Literacy center activities
- Morning work / do now / bell ringers / ELA warm-ups
- Progress monitoring/checks
- Exit slips or tickets
- Homework
- Compare and contrast review/reteach
- Tutoring (targeted reading skill work)
- After-school programs / extended school days
- Learning packets for anticipated school closings / snow days
- Winter/spring/summer vacation reading packets
- Summer school programs / summer bridge activities
- Substitute teacher lesson plans & activities
- Homeschool lessons
- Absent student make up work
- *including (but not limited to) reading summative assessments such as: SBAC for California, Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, Nevada & other member states, Tennessee TNReady, Massachusetts MCAS, Maryland MCAP, Colorado CMAS, Missouri MAP, Wisconsin Forward, PARCC and more
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COMMON CORE ELA READING STANDARDS FOR 4TH & 5TH GRADE
LITERATURE
RL.4.9: Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g., opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories and traditional literature.
RL.5.9: Compare and contrast stories in the same genre on their approaches to similar themes and topics.
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
RI.4.9: Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
RI.5.9: Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
GRADE 4 & 5 COMMON CORE READING RESOURCES
Each reading comprehension unit can be purchased individually, or within a savings bundle.
✏ denotes the level of savings
READING! GRADE 4 & 5 BUNDLE ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏
Reading Comprehension I: Core ELA Value Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏
♥ Main Idea & Supporting Details - Literature & Informational Text
♥ Analyzing Characters - Literature
♥ Context Clues - Literature & Informational Text
♥ Main Idea & Details Task Card Center - Informational Text
Reading Comprehension II: Key Ideas & Details Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏
♥ Making Inferences Bundle ✏ ✏
- Making Inferences - Literature
- Making Inferences - Informational Text
♥ Cause & Effect Bundle ✏ ✏
- Cause & Effect - Literature
- Cause & Effect - Informational Text
Reading Comprehension III: Craft & Structure Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏
♥ Structure of Stories & Informational Text Bundle ✏ ✏
- Story & Poem Structure - Literature
- Text Structure - Informational Text
♥ Point of View Bundle ✏ ✏
- Point of View & Perspective of Narrators/Speakers - Literature
- Compare, Contrast & Analyze First and Secondhand Accounts - Informational Text
Reading Comprehension IV: Integration of Knowledge & Ideas Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏
♥ Illustrations & Visuals in Reading Bundle ✏ ✏
- Illustrations in Stories - Literature
- Visuals in Non-Fiction Text - Informational Text
♥ Reasons & Evidence to Support Particular Points - Informational Text
♥ Compare & Contrast Bundle ✏ ✏
- Compare & Contrast Stories - Literature
- Compare & Contrast Non-Fiction Text - Informational Text