Animal Defenses Daily Quick Reads- NO PREP

Are you looking for seatwork? Homeschooling? Morning Work? Homework? Easy Prep? This Animal Defenses set is going to be perfect for you! These Daily Quick Reads will satisfy a need for your reading or science centers, morning work, small group seatwork, and more! The reading passages are short with basic comprehension questions for each. Easy prep means to print and go! This is not a digital resource.

NOTE: This resource is available in a money-saving bundle:

• Animals Daily PRINTABLE Quick Read Bundle

NOTE: This set is available in a DIGITAL AND PRINTABLE format.

• Animal Defense DIGITAL Quick Read Passages

What is in this resource?

The first four passages are informational text- something our students always enjoy and need more of! This set has passages specifically about forms of seed dispersal. A two-page quiz is also provided. The sections of the quiz are numbered so you can use either page by itself or both pages together.

Why use informational text?

There are so many reasons to incorporate informational reading with your reading centers and seatwork. If you are like me, you are always searching for tasks to use to keep students engaged in meaningful independent work. This set is perfect! Reading levels are ideal for upper 3rd to 5th grades.

Ideas For Use

Use the 5-page set each day of the week - Daily Quick Reads! Use in centers, for early finishers, homework, and morning work. These pages would also be great for substitute days!

CHECK THE PREVIEW for specific topics included!

This resource includes:

• Cover
• Teacher's Guide (with skills and standards listed)
• 5 reading passage pages with questions (provided with color images and black/white)
• Passage 1 - Under Attack (Overview of animal defenses)
• Passage 2 - Warning (Use of venom or poison)
• Passage 3 - Defense Tricks
• Passage 4 - You Can't See Me (camouflage)
• Passage 5 - Lizard Escape and Staying Hidden (Compare fiction and nonfiction)
• 2-page quiz
• Answer Keys
• 3 posters
• Terms of Use

Specific skills include:

• Determining word meaning
• Answering basic comprehension questions
• Explain parts of the text
• Determining answers in multiple-choice format
• Show evidence for responses
• Explaining personal choices based on the text
• Compare/contrast fiction 2 fiction passages about the same topic

Reading levels for the short passage are suitable for upper third grade to fifth grade.

You might also enjoy these PRINTABLE Resources:

• Domestic Animals
• Bioluminescent Animals
• Endangered Animals
• Animals
• Spiders
• Insects
• Mollusks
• Crustaceans
• Seed Dispersal
• Plants & Pollination
• Invasive Plants
• Poisonous Plants

More Animal Resources:

• Animal Adaptations Posters
• Escape Room featuring Animal Adaptations
• STEM Quick Challenge Animal Adaptations
• Animal Adaptations Boom Cards
• Animal Adaptations Paperless Task Cards
• STEM Quick Challenge Build a Spider Cage
• STEM Quick Challenge Shark Traps
• Animal Adaptations Non-Fiction Text Features Booklet
• Sharks Flipper Book
• Sharks Non-Fiction Text Features and Task Cards

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