Science Reading Comprehension Passages | Printable & Digital | Immersive Reader

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About Reading Passages

• This bundle includes reading passages with text-based comprehension questions.

• Comprehension questions probe lower, mid and higher order thinking.

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

• Reading passages are standalone resources - they replace traditional textbooks.

• Reading passages align with my interactive notebook chapters.

• Answer key included.

Important Notes:

• Download FREE Reading Passages to learn more about my reading passages

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DISTANCE LEARNING - DIGITAL ASSIGNMENTS

This resource includes modified files that facilitate online - distance learning:

• Fillable slides 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 reading passages that can be read to a student with Microsoft’s Immersive Reader. Immersive-Reader compatible passages are read-only word documents accessed in a web browser. Internet access required. Students are provided links to the Immersive Reader compatible passages in the printable and digital versions of each activity.

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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This bundle includes:

Nature of Science Units

• Understanding the Nature of Science Reading Passages

• Scientific Method and Science Practices Reading Passages

• Lab Practices, Math Skills, Graphing & Measurement Reading Passages

• Engineering Design Reading Passages

Earth Science Units

• Climate and Biomes Reading Passages

• Earth, Moon and Celestial Cycles Reading Passages

• Earth's History Reading Passages

• Earth's Systems Reading Passages

• Human Impact Reading Passages

• Mapping Earth and Landforms Reading Passages

• Natural Resources Reading Passages

• Rocks and Minerals Reading Passages

• Slow and Rapid Changes to Earth Reading Passages

• Soil Reading Passages

• Structure of the Universe Reading Passages

• Tectonic Plates Reading Passages

• Weather Reading Passages

Life Science Units

• Animal Adaptations Reading Passages

• Cells and Cell Membrane Reading Passages

• Cell Division Reading Passages

• Classification of Living Things Reading Passages

• Ecology Reading Passages

• Evolution and Natural Selection Reading Passages

• Five Senses and Sensory Processing Reading Passages

• Heredity and Genetics Reading Passages

• Homeostasis and Disease Reading Passages

• Immunity Reading Passages

• Human Body Overview Reading Passages

• Human Anatomy and Physiology Reading Passages

• Life Cycles Reading Passages

• Metabolism and Nutrition Reading Passages

• Microscopes Reading Passages

• Plants Reading Passages

• Reproduction and Development Reading Passages

Physical Science Units

• Atoms Reading Passages

• Chemistry Reading Passages

• Forms of Energy Reading Passages

• Energy Resources Reading Passages

• Forces and Motion Reading Passages

• Magnets and Electricity Reading Passages

• Matter Properties Reading Passages

• Mixtures and Solutions Reading Passages

• Simple Machine Reading Passages

• Thermal Energy and Heat Reading Passages

• Water Properties Reading Passages

• Waves and Sound Reading Passages

• Light and Optics Reading Passages

Differentiation

A colored shape code is denoted to help you differentiate concepts:

• Reading passages with a green circle cover basic ideas and understandings.

• Reading passages with a blue square cover intermediate ideas and understandings.

• Reading passages with a black diamond cover advanced ideas and understandings.

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).