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Famous Inventors Scientists Biography Reading Passages Comprehension Activities

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3rd - 5th, Homeschool
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This is a great way to incorporate ELA and science content. Students enjoy learning about different inventors.
These were great to have available for my students to supplement the unit we teach about light and sound inventors.
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Description

Are you looking for famous inventors nonfiction reading passages to engage your students during science or reading? This pack is just what you need to enrich students' reading experiences and provide meaningful reading tasks that align with informational reading passages about famous scientists.

Grab the Inventor Bundle HERE.

These close reading articles about famous inventors will have your students critically thinking about how famous inventions came to be and learn more about the important people behind them. Combine reading activities with history with these high-interest and high-engagement activities that your students LOVE!

This set includes BOTH a printable and a digital Google Slides™ version.

Students will learn and think critically about these inventors, each in their own reading passage: Alexander Graham Bell, Sarah Breedlove, George Washington Carver, Josephine Cochrane, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Steve Jobs, Lewis Latimer

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, literacy centers or stations, or any way you want!

Save 20% by purchasing this set in thisNonfiction Close Reading Bundle.

Please see the preview for a closer look!

CONTENTS:

Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™

✓Close Reading Anchor Charts in two sizes

✓Close Reading Graphic Organizer

8 articles with reader response text-dependent questions and additional reflection activity specific to the inventor for the following:

  • Alexander Graham Bell
  • Sarah Breedlove
  • George Washington Carver
  • Josephine Cochrane
  • Thomas Edison
  • Henry Ford
  • Steve Jobs
  • Lewis Latimer

✓Answer Keys

Bonus Activities Include:

-Agree or Disagree

-Vocabulary Understanding

-Thinking Beyond

-3-2-1 Reflection

-Visualizing Inventions

-Inventor Poster

-Inventor Flipbook

Please see the preview for a more detailed look at all this product has to offer.

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"I used these to add to my nonfiction. I printed them off in color and laminated them. I paired them with a graphic organizer and let my students work on them for literacy stations. They loved it and extended the learning with answering a question they generated from their learning."

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"Love these! We do an interdisciplinary unit NF-Biographies & Inventors/Innovators and it's been difficult to find material at my student's levels. This was super helpful! Thank you."

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"Students loved learning about inventors that they really have not heard about before. It allowed them to dream big and explore different ideas."

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

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Standards

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Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

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