Creepy Animals Reading Passages Nonfiction Close Reading Strategy 3rd 4th Grade
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Animal reading comprehension passages are always engaging! Kids love these nonfiction reading articles about creepy animals! These reading comprehension passages and questions will have your students critically thinking about whether or not they should be scared or embrace each creature's uniqueness.
Hit both reading and science standards with these high-interest and high-engagement activities that your students will LOVE!
These super high-interest reading passages are perfect for all students and especially reluctant readers! Students will learn and think critically about four animals that have a bad rep! Tarantulas, Venus Flytraps, Vampire Bats, and Goblin Sharks.
Your students will practice gathering important information as they read nonfiction content within informational texts.
Save time planning with the close reading anchor charts that are included to help your students understand the text more deeply. Perfect for the whole group, small group, and literacy or science centers or stations.
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Why teachers like YOU love these close reading packs:
- Time-Saving: Just print and Go!
- Close reading anchor charts are included
- All articles are related and are of high interest
- Perfect for paired nonfiction reading
- Great to practice close reading
- Includes interactive digital version
- Easy to use for informal or formal reading assessment
This set includes BOTH a printable and a digital Google Slides™ version.
CONTENTS:
✓ Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™
✓Close Reading Anchor Charts in two sizes
✓Close Reading Graphic Organizer
✓4 articles with reader response text-dependent questions:
- Are Tarantulas Terrible?
- Are Vampire Bats Vicious?
- Are Venus Fly Traps Terrifying?
- Are Goblin Sharks Gross?
✓Main Idea Organizer
✓Animal Adaptation Activity
✓Visualizing
✓Sequence Chain
✓Answer Keys
✓Bonus Activities Include:
-What do you find creepy?
-Agree or Disagree
-Vocabulary Understanding
-Compare and Contrast Animals
-and more!
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"I used these in centers this week, and my kids LOVED them! The goblin shark was the runaway star of the close reads this week. Super engaging and so much fun."
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"Excellent resource! These articles are super engaging, the questions and graphic organizers that go with it are well thought out, and I love that it emphasizes the fact that students should be reading an article multiple times."
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"Very engaging topic and activity for use with my upper elementary students."
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"These were very engaging to my students. Very well done and written in kid friendly language."
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