The Sun, Planets, Solar System, & More 20 Space Passages PDFs &/Or Google

In this unit, you will find 20 original Space Themed Passages & Worksheets. Each passage has four activities. This includes two pages of text dependent questions, one graphic organizer, and one text based writing prompt. I also added homework supplements as weekly assignment/packet sheets. In addition to close reading, each text can serve as a full week of homework.

***Space Unit***

1. What is an Orbit?

2. Day and Night

3. Our Atmosphere

4. Seasonal Patterns

5. Equinoxes and Solstices

6. Solar System

7. Many Planets, One Earth

8. Hot Mercury

9. Clouds of Venus

10. Our Home Earth

11. Mars the Red Planet

12. Asteroid Belt

13. Giant Jupiter

14. Rings of Saturn

15. Neptune and its Moon

16. Uranus the Sideways Planet

17. Shooting Stars

18. Kuiper Belt

19. Comets

20. The Sun

This unit is in a bundle of 60. The description for the larger unit is below or click here.

This Space Unit addresses RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.5, RI.3.6, RI.3.7, RI.3.8.

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The Space Themed Passages come from the unit described below:

Click here for the bundle of 60. This 200+ Page Unit Contains: 60 passages for homework, guided reading, close reading, assessments or use during science, social studies time. 100% Aligned to Common Core RL and RI standards.

*** Use for homework!***

*** Use for guided reading!***

*** Use for close reading in areas such as science or social studies!***

*** Assess standards for Informational Text or Literature!***

*** Help your students become dependent on Text Evidence!***

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Click here to buy this bundle in a bigger bundle of 100 passages.

Click here to buy this bundle in a mega bundle of 136 passages.

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*** Weather and Biomes***

1. How the Weather is Made

2. Thunderstorms

3. Tornado 411

4. Precipitation

5. April Showers Bring May Flowers

6. Tropical Storms

7. Average Climate

8. Desert Biomes

9. Tropical Rainforest

10. Deciduous Forest

11. North American Biomes

*** Myth Unit***

{Retold by me from public domain}

1. Pandora's Box

2. Hercules and the Stables

3. King Midas and the Golden Touch

4. Apollo and Hermes

5. The Trojan Horse and Helen of Troy

*** Spaced Themed Passages***

1. What is an Orbit?

2. Day and Night

3. Our Atmosphere

4. Seasonal Patterns

5. Equinoxes and Solstices

6. Solar System

7. Many Planets, One Earth

8. Hot Mercury

9. Clouds of Venus

10. Our Home Earth

11. Mars the Red Planet

12. Asteroid Belt

13. Giant Jupiter

14. Rings of Saturn

15. Neptune and its Moon

16. Uranus the Sideways Planet

17. Shooting Stars

18. Kuiper Belt

19. Comets

20. The Sun

*** Patriotic Themed Passages***

1. Constitution 411

2. Independence Day

3. Lady Liberty

4. Bald Eagle

5. Liberty Bell

6. White House

7. Labor Day

8. Veteran's Day

9. Bill of Rights

10. September 11th

11. Branches of Government

*** Mammal and Bird Themed Passages***

1. Lions and Cubs

2. Zebras and Foals

3. Monkeys and Infants

4. Elephants and Calves

5. Hippos and Calves

6. Tigers and Cubs

7. Giraffes and Calves

8. Birds and Chicks

9. All About Penguins

10. Wise Old Owl

*** Fairy Tales & Fables Themed Passages***

{Retold by me from public domain}

1. The Pied Piper of Hamelin

2. Rumpelstiltskin

3. Hansel and Gretel

Also Included:

20 Pages of the 100 Page Unit: 3rd Grade Common Core Toolkit for Close Reading and Text Evidence

Parent Letter Explaining Text Evidence Homework (Should you choose to use as homework) {2 Fonts: w/ & w/o border}

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For more on Text Coding, Text Structures, and Close Reading of Informational Texts.

Click HERE to see my Interactive Notebook for Informational Text, Text Structures, and Close Reads.

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Click HERE to see my Monthly Close Reading Units.

"Helping your children become text-dependent!"

Each monthly unit has history, biographies, science topics, holidays, and more!

Designed for Close Reading: Other uses includehomework, social studies, or science.

Text dependent questions are designed for text evidence responses!

Each passage is written at FOUR levels.From first to fifth!

Each passage has five or more activities. Use for guided reading!

Each passage can be used as week-long homework!

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Click HERE for the November Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

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