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The ongoing transformation on Earth that has produced so many amazing variations of animal life is something crucial to introduce our young learners to. This First Life on Earth Informational Close Reading Packet has everything you would want for a Close Reading unit in your classroom. A high-interest Reading passage about the links in the human evolutionary journey. Students will learn about the skills developed by early humans that aided in their survival and evolved their brains.
If you have never used Close Reading before, this print and go packet is for you! It has everything you could need for a successful informational text reading unit.
"Early Humans" reading comprehension passage is provided in two reading levels.
3rd-4th Lexile band
5th-6th Lexile band
This packet includes:
- "Early Humans" Informational Reading Passages
- 3 Close Reading Activities (basic facts questions, vocabulary, questions for going deeper)
- End of Unit Culminating Writing Activity
- Guide to Close Reading Sheet
- Annotation Guide
- Answer Keys
- An opinion writing activity where students explain how they would celebrate and recognize our species' origins in the continent of Africa.
- A creative writing activity where students imagine what modern invention they would take back to prehistoric humans and how that would affect the development of our ancestors.
- An arts/writing activity where students draw an image of the modern world and write a note that would share with prehistoric humans to inform them about our own time.
The digital version of each packet includes ready-made, Google slides for you to assign to your class.
This packet is rigorous and Common-Core aligned. Questions have been crafted to move readers from basic, recall questions to higher-level text evidence-based questions to support their answers. There are 4 tasks/activities for the passage, moving from the easier tasks to more challenging activities. This offers a full-week's worth of close reading.
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Understanding Evolution - Early Humans Close Read Differentiated Packet
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Description
The ongoing transformation on Earth that has produced so many amazing variations of animal life is something crucial to introduce our young learners to. This First Life on Earth Informational Close Reading Packet has everything you would want for a Close Reading unit in your classroom. A high-interest Reading passage about the links in the human evolutionary journey. Students will learn about the skills developed by early humans that aided in their survival and evolved their brains.
If you have never used Close Reading before, this print and go packet is for you! It has everything you could need for a successful informational text reading unit.
"Early Humans" reading comprehension passage is provided in two reading levels.
3rd-4th Lexile band
5th-6th Lexile band
This packet includes:
- "Early Humans" Informational Reading Passages
- 3 Close Reading Activities (basic facts questions, vocabulary, questions for going deeper)
- End of Unit Culminating Writing Activity
- Guide to Close Reading Sheet
- Annotation Guide
- Answer Keys
- An opinion writing activity where students explain how they would celebrate and recognize our species' origins in the continent of Africa.
- A creative writing activity where students imagine what modern invention they would take back to prehistoric humans and how that would affect the development of our ancestors.
- An arts/writing activity where students draw an image of the modern world and write a note that would share with prehistoric humans to inform them about our own time.
The digital version of each packet includes ready-made, Google slides for you to assign to your class.
This packet is rigorous and Common-Core aligned. Questions have been crafted to move readers from basic, recall questions to higher-level text evidence-based questions to support their answers. There are 4 tasks/activities for the passage, moving from the easier tasks to more challenging activities. This offers a full-week's worth of close reading.
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Also, follow me and be notified when new products are uploaded.
