The Solar System Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions | Space Reading
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Description
Blast off into space while improving reading comprehension with our Solar System Reading Comprehension activities. This activity pack includes SEVEN Grade Five and Six (Year Five and Six) informational non-fiction passages with six pages of unique and engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks. Now includes a full digital pack – ready for Google Classroom and Microsoft One Drive.
These activities are great for your guided reading program, or as homework tasks. Integrate these activities into your history and/or social studies projects! These link closely to the CCSS and New Zealand’s Literacy Progressions and Curriculum.
In the print and digita Solar System Reading Comprehension pack you will receive:
1. Seven texts – all with an extended and scaffold version:
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The Solar System
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The Sun
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Mercury, Venus and Earth
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Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
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Uranus and Neptune
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Is Pluto a Planet?
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The First Moon Landing
2. SIX corresponding NO PREP Higher Order Thinking Activities – that’s 42 activities in total.
Each passage features different activities!
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Remember
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Understand
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Apply
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Analyze/Analyse
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Evaluate
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Create
Reading Comprehension Strategies included:
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Find Facts and Details
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Make Inferences
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Identify the Main Idea
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Ask and Answer Questions
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Vocabulary
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Summarize/Summarise
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Synthesise
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Compare and Contrast
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Make Predictions
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Make Connections
3. Three Graphic Organizer Examples
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Information Web
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Main Idea
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Venn Diagram
4. Teacher Answer Key for applicable questions.
5. Two ‘Tips For Use’ pages with ways to use this resource in your classroom.
6. A full set of digital activities.
***When you download this resource, it comes in both US AND British English spellings and printing sizes.***
