Layers of the Atmosphere Reading Passage | Printable & Digital

About this Product

• This is a SINGLE, nonfiction reading passage with text-based comprehension questions.

• Five comprehension questions probe lower, mid and higher order thinking.

• The passage can be used for close reading, one-on-one intervention, homework or sub work.

• The passage can be used as a "prelab" to introduce students to the topic(s) of a SNAPs lab.

• Answer key included.

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Important Note

This reading passage is from the Earth Systems Reading Passages. Passages are priced $1.25 per article as part of this resource. If you plan to purchase more than half of the reading passages from this resource, it is more economical to purchase the entire unit of passages rather than passages "a la carte."

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DISTANCE LEARNING - DIGITAL ASSIGNMENTS

This resource includes a modified file that facilitates online - distance learning:

• Fillable slide designed to work with Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint

Important Notes about Fillable Slides:

• Digital assignments CANNOT be edited. Only the text boxes or forms can be manipulated.

• Each assignment is saved as an individual file with the key removed for easy distribution.

• Digital assignments work in both Microsoft PowerPoint and Google Slides

All Digital resources can be shared via platforms that are password-protected or accessible only to students.

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IMMERSIVE READER

This resource includes a version of the reading passage that can be read to a student with Microsoft’s Immersive Reader. The Immersive-Reader compatible passage is a read-only word document accessed in a web browser. Internet access required. Students are provided a link to the Immersive Reader compatible passage in the printable and digital versions of the passage.

Immersive reader is a FREE Microsoft educational tool. You do NOT need a Microsoft account to access this tool in a web browser. Learn more about Immersive Reader HERE.

Immersive Reader can:

• Read the entire passage to a student

• Help pronounce individual words in a passage as a student reads

• Translate the entire passage or individual words in the passage for ESL students

• Change the font, text color and background color for students with visual impairments

Additional Notes

• The video preview provides a brief overview of Immersive Reader's capability

• Written and video instructions for students are included: http://safesha.re/ppk

• Download a FREE unit of Immersive Reader compatible reading passages HERE.

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TERMS OF USE

• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.

• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.

• Intended for classroom and personal use only.

• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.

• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.

• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).