Description
Looking for a way to bring science into your literacy block while you teach the human body systems? Students will do a close read about each human body system, answer 10 multiple choice questions about each system, then use graphic organizers to show what they’ve learned.
Human Body Systems Included:
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Urinary
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Musculoskeletal
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Nervous
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Digestive
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Immune
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Circulatory
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Respiratory
This science reading comprehension passage, questions, and graphic organizers are the perfect way to connect science and literacy. These passages are high-interest, non-fiction texts and are a great way to teach the human body systems. Students will learn about the seven body systems.
The Human Body System Texts and Activities Includes:
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Non-Fiction Text: Urinary, Musculoskeletal, Nervous, Digestive, Immune, Circulatory, and Respiratory Systems
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10 Multiple Choice Questions with Answer Key for each system
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Teacher Tips
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Questions to Ask Students
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Close Reading Steps on a Bookmark
Version with “Annotate the Text” and Version with “Mark the Text”
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How to Mark the Text Bookmark
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How to Annotate the Text Bookmark
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14 Graphic Organizers:
1. Main Ideas with Text Evidence
2. Ideas with Text Evidence
3. Central Ideas with Details
4. Main Idea with Details, Main Idea, Details, Conclusion
5. KWL
6. Overview: Topic, Author’s Purpose, Key Vocabulary, Most Important Thing,
I wonder, Important Facts, Illustration
7. Context Clues (3 versions: 3 words, 4 words, 5 words)
8. Urinary System Organizer
9. Musculoskeletal System Organizer
10. Nervous System Organizer
11. Digestive System Organizer
12. Immune System Organizer
13. Circulatory System Organizer
14. Respiratory System Organizer
Spark a love of science with this high-interest, science-based reading passage. A great way to meet multiple standards with one activity.
Ideas for Use:
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Whole Group Instruction
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Partner Practice
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Guided Reading Groups
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Substitute Plans
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Send Home to Practice
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ELA Work Stations or Centers
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Assessment
Close Reading: A reading strategy that is used to comprehend and analyze a text closely. Students will typically read the text at least twice for comprehension, details, analysis, and deep questioning of the text’s purpose and meaning.
Steps for Close Reading:
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Read the Text
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Mark Up the Text or Annotate the Text
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Read the Text Again
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Define Unknown Words
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Read the Text Again
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Respond to Reading
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