Description
You can use these simple, nonfiction reading passages with non-readers and fluent readers. You can use them during whole group or guided reading groups. Here are some ideas...
*Provide fluent readers with their own copies of the passage. Students can highlight passages and then record the information on category charts.
*Read aloud the passage to nonreaders. Create a class chart based on the facts.
*Ask beginning readers to highlight vocabulary words or sight words.
*Identify verbs and nouns and make lists. (For example, for polar bears, run hunt, swim could go on the verbs list. The nouns list could include fur, paws, and claws.)
*Project the passages or have them printed onto poster-sized paper for use with shared reading.
*Put all of the passages in a center to create an independent research area.
Animals included: polar bears, walruses, seals, beluga whales, orca whales, dall sheep, oxen, arctic foxes, caribou, arctic hares, puffins, narwhals
Teacher Testimonial: "The reading passages are the perfect level for my 1st graders. Thank you!"
"What a great packet for early "researchers"! Just what we needed to explore these animals in a fun, but meaningful way!"
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Description
You can use these simple, nonfiction reading passages with non-readers and fluent readers. You can use them during whole group or guided reading groups. Here are some ideas...
*Provide fluent readers with their own copies of the passage. Students can highlight passages and then record the information on category charts.
*Read aloud the passage to nonreaders. Create a class chart based on the facts.
*Ask beginning readers to highlight vocabulary words or sight words.
*Identify verbs and nouns and make lists. (For example, for polar bears, run hunt, swim could go on the verbs list. The nouns list could include fur, paws, and claws.)
*Project the passages or have them printed onto poster-sized paper for use with shared reading.
*Put all of the passages in a center to create an independent research area.
Animals included: polar bears, walruses, seals, beluga whales, orca whales, dall sheep, oxen, arctic foxes, caribou, arctic hares, puffins, narwhals
Teacher Testimonial: "The reading passages are the perfect level for my 1st graders. Thank you!"
"What a great packet for early "researchers"! Just what we needed to explore these animals in a fun, but meaningful way!"
