Weather & Water Cycle Informational Text BUNDLE Reading Comprehension & Question
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Looking for a way to bring science into your literacy block while teaching about the weather and the water cycle? Students will do a close read about the water cycle, weather tools, types of precipitation, weather in different environments, climate zones, and natural disasters, answer multiple choice questions (10 questions for each article), then use graphic organizers to show what they’ve learned.
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Looking for a way to bring science into your literacy block while teaching about the weather and the water cycle? Students will do a close read about the water cycle, weather tools, types of precipitation, weather in different environments, climate zones, and natural disasters, answer multiple choice questions (10 questions for each article), then use graphic organizers to show what they’ve learned.
This science reading comprehension passage, questions, and graphic organizers are the perfect way to connect science and literacy. This passage is a high-interest, non-fiction passage and is a great way to teach all about weather. Students will read about science while practicing reading skills, too!
Weather and Water Cycle Text and Close Activities Includes:
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6 Non-Fiction Texts: Water Cycle, Weather Tools, Types of Precipitation, Weather in Different Environments, Climate Zones, Natural Disasters
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60 Multiple Choice Questions with Answer Key (10 questions for each text)
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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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7 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)
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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