Animal Adaptations Reading Passages Paired Text for ELA Test Prep 3rd 4th Grade
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Looking for nonfiction close reading passages and activities with science topics to engage and challenge your students? These nonfiction reading articles will help your students learn important topics and tie together reading and science.Help your students understand different science topics like unPrice $28.00Original Price $43.25Save $15.25
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#testdeals1 These paired texts are perfect for ELA test prep and support both science and reading standards! Engage your students with these animal adaptation nonfiction passages and activities to help them understand adaptations and practice close reading strategies. This set includes four articles on the same topic of adapting, making it perfect for critical thinking, comparing and contrasting, and analysis.
Each passage includes nonfiction text features like photographs and glossary boxes. Reading reflection questions requires students to find text support and think critically.
Close reading anchor charts are also included to give students a focus as they read.
Your students will practice gathering important information as they read science content in informational texts.
Why teachers like YOU love these close reading packs:
- High-quality and instant engagement
- Print and go nonfiction reading
- Close reading activities require critical thinking and rereading the text
- Ties together reading and science
- Bonus activities are creative and are perfect for challenging, differentiating, and extending learning
Answer Keys are included.
This set includes BOTH print and digital versions.
CONTENTS:
✓ Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™
✓4, two-page articles with reader response questions
- What is an Adaptation?
- How do Big Cats Adapt?
- Adapting to Desert Life
- Penguin Adaptations
✓Diagram and visualizing activity
✓Venn diagram for students to complete to compare animal and plant adaptations
✓Cause and effect diagram to show how certain adaptations help with survival
✓Main Idea Chart to use with any article include
✓Close Reading Anchor Charts in two sizes
✓BONUS activities included:
- How do you adapt?
- Create an animal and tell how it adapts
- Agree or Disagree?
- Vocabulary Check
- and so much more
✓Suggested Answer Keys
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"The articles were varied and interesting. The students were engaged and learning. The questions supported learning through the text. The passages were the right length to read multiple times. The vocabulary was rich."
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"This was a great supplement to my science unit. The students enjoyed reading about the different adaptations while supporting the much needed skill of comparing and contrasting!"
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"These passages made it so easy to integrate science and Ela. The students even liked reading more about adaptations and were able to do the questions using the text which was a great skill to practice!"
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"These short articles were varied and a great tool to use while reviewing for state testing. Short and to the point - not overwhelming."
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