Are you looking for Hidden Figures Worksheets to teach students about the phenomenal women of the book/movie Hidden Figures? This Hidden Figures Worksheets - Reading Passage, Questions & Writing Activity resource is differentiated and scaffolded to provide access to all students. 

The Hidden Figures Reading Passage, Questions & Writing Activity:

• A Hidden Figures reading passage that is differentiated and scaffolded
• Space in the margins for students to write annotations 
• Text-dependent questions 
• A "create a conclusion" writing assignment
• An answer key for easy grading/formative assessment
• A full lesson plan (including objectives and standards) for step-by-step instructions
• PDF format for easy, no-prep printing
• Google Slides to assign to students digitally (linked in the PDF)

⭐️We believe in making grade-level science reading comprehension accessible and empowering for all students. To meet the diverse needs of your students, this resource includes the following scaffolds⭐️

Page numbers include two different fruits as labels for the different student packets: Apples & Oranges.

Apple version: Provides the least amount of support.

• Space in the margins for notes
• Questions appear after a chunk of text
• Checklist for writing assignment

Orange version: Provides the most support. Created with English learners in mind. This version includes:

• Additional visuals embedded in the margins to assist with comprehension
• Student-friendly definitions in the margins of the text
• Sentence frames for answering text-dependent questions
• Sentence frames for writing assignment
• Additional ways to differentiate and scaffold outlined in the lesson plan

Why is the Hidden Figures Worksheet - Reading Passage, Questions & Writing Activity resource perfect for your classroom?

✅ Engage students with the true story of the women of Hidden Figures

✅ Opportunities for direct instruction, small group work & individual work

✅ Accessible to your diverse body of learners (Including your English learners)

✅ Supports students at all levels to access grade-level text

✅ Supports students in the skill of reading to learn/reading comprehension

✅ Saves you HOURS spent researching and modifying text for your students

✅ Great for science, ESL/ENL, ELA & resource room teachers

⭐️STANDARDS-ALIGNED⭐️

✅  CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.2
Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

✅  CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.6
Analyze the author's purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text.

✅ RI.7.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range

✅ W.7.2d Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic

✅ WHST.6-8.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

✅ CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.1.e
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.

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Thank you for considering our Hidden Figures Worksheet - Reading Passage, Questions & Writing Activity. We hope it provides access to grade-level science for all students.

Thanks for all you do,

Jessica

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