Reading Comprehension Strategies MEGA Bundle: Differentiated Reading Passages

Everything you need to teach Reading Comprehension Strategies:

• 6 Reading Strategy Worksheets / Handouts that work with ANY TEXT.

• 6 DIFFERENTIATED Reading Passages. Each non-fiction article is written at three reading levels with numbered paragraphs (Grades 4-11)

Show your students HOW to become stronger readers with a GROWTH MINDSET and by applying Active Reading strategies.

Give your students 4 PRO TIPS (PDF) for each READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY to power up their reading comprehension.

• 1. Asking Questions

• 2. Making Connections

• 3. Inferring

• 4. Repairing Comprehension

• 5. Evaluating, and

• 6. Finding the Main Idea

⭐ Use this LIFELONG tool over and over again!

• 830 slides
• 79 pages of worksheets
• 33 pages of reading passages (written at 3 different grade levels)
• 146 pages of lesson plans
• 6 videos
• 41 pages of answers

NEW PRODUCT ALERT - Check out the SEL Story Growing Bundle. It's the perfect extension to the 6 READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES in this bundle. High-interest non-fiction articles that will hook your class. Plus, detailed answer keys using the graphic organizers from this bundle!

For each of the 6 reading comprehension strategies, you get:

• a slideshow lesson,

• handouts (that can be used with any text),

• 8.5 x 11 PDF posters (with 4 PRO TIPS),

• detailed lesson plan / script,

• a practice article (differentiated into 3 or 4 reading levels),

• answer key for the practice article

• and a YouTube video for students to review the strategy.

Help students ACTIVELY engage with the text (instead of just passively saying the words!)

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Want to see exactly what you get before you buy this product?

For each resource below, there is a link to a preview video and preview PDF.

Please note: This bundle has six reading strategies and six reading passages (Article 001, 005, 006, 007, 009, 008.)

• Each reading passage article goes with a different reading strategy.
• Articles 002-004 are not missing, but I appreciate how it looks like that!
• Thanks to Braunie's Plans for asking a great question and alerting me to the confusion!
• Watch my answer to see how the files are organized. (video screen recording)

Reading Strategy #1: Asking Questions

Slideshow Lesson

• Watch the preview video
• Look at the preview PDF

Reading Passage: Article 001 (goes with slideshow)

• Watch the preview video
• Look at the preview PDF

YouTube video (shows the entire slideshow lesson)

Reading Strategy #2: Making Connections

Slideshow Lesson

• Watch the preview video
• Look at the preview PDF

Reading Passage: Article 005 (goes with slideshow)

• Watch the preview video
• Look at the preview PDF

YouTube video (shows the entire slideshow lesson)

Reading Strategy #3: Inferring

Slideshow Lesson

• Watch the preview video
• Look at the preview PDF

Reading Passage: Article 006 (goes with slideshow)

• Watch the preview video
• Look at the preview PDF

YouTube video (shows the entire slideshow lesson)

Bonus video: inferring using text messages

Reading Strategy #4: Repairing Comprehension

Slideshow Lesson

• Watch the preview video
• Look at the preview PDF

Reading Passage: Article 007 (goes with slideshow)

• Watch the preview video
• Look at the preview PDF

YouTube video (shows the entire slideshow lesson)

Reading Strategy #5: Evaluating (Critical Thinking)

Slideshow Lesson

• Watch the preview video
• Look at the preview PDF

Reading Passage: Article 009 (goes with slideshow)

• Watch the preview video
• Look at the preview PDF

YouTube video (shows the entire slideshow lesson)

Reading Strategy #6: Finding the Main Idea

Slideshow Lesson

• Watch the preview video
• Look at the preview PDF

Reading Passage: Article 008 (goes with slideshow)

• Watch the preview video
• Look at the preview PDF

YouTube video (shows the entire slideshow lesson)

Well developed and engaging lessons, wonderful strategies to help increase my struggling students comprehension skills.

Jennifer B - March 27, 2022

"It’s a great resource. This allows the students to use these strategies on a regular day basis and provides them with follow up activities after the lesson has been adminsitered."

Danial R. - March 20, 2022

"Great topics - high interest level for students. Well prepared and great to use both in class and as a distance learning package."

Tanya H. - October 19, 2020

Perfect for IN-PERSON learning

• Use the slideshow lesson to teach concepts to students in class

• Print out the articles + handouts (for students to keep in their binders.)

Awesome for ONLINE Learning
(1:1 Google Classroom™, Microsoft Teams™, and other LMS platforms)

• Students can watch the videos or go through the slideshow lesson at their own pace

• Students can submit answers in Easel by TpT digital versions of the virtual handouts.

• (NOTE: The formatting of the handouts DOES NOT CHANGE as students type in the answer boxes using Easel by TpT!)

JULY 4, 2022 UPDATE: This product is MUCH easier to use!

I'm currently updating all of the products into my "Single PDF File" format!

When you download the BUNDLE, you will get a zip folder containing a single PDF file for each reading strategy lesson or article.

HOW TO USE THIS READING STRATEGY MEGA BUNDLE:

Decide which reading strategy you want to teach first

• STEP 1. Find the PDF for that reading strategy in the zip folder.

• STEP 2. Open the PDF and click the link on the first page to get the slideshow (in Google Slides or Google Docs.)

• STEP 3. Print the PDF. It has all of the handouts you need for the lesson, as well as a detailed lesson plan / script.

Find the Reading Passage Article that goes with the reading strategy

• STEP 4. Scroll down in this product description and find out which reading passage non-fiction article goes with the reading strategy. Find the PDF for the article in the zip folder.

• STEP 5. Print the PDF. It has all of the handout versions.

• STEP 6. The first page of the PDF will tell you the approximate grade level for the different handout versions (A, B, C.) Look at the handout footers to see which version it is.

• STEP 7. Teach

If you have any questions, please ask below in the TpT Question section or email Mike@educircles.org!

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