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 first simple life forms on Earth. Students will learn how single celled prekaryotes are responsible for the oxygen rich atmosphere of our world.
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.
"The First Life on Earth" reading comprehension passage is provided in two reading levels.
3rd-4th Lexile band
5th-6th Lexile band
This packet includes:
- "The First Life on Earth" 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 a change in life they predict for Earth's future using evidence from the article.
- A creative writing activity where students imagine what a day in the life of a prekaryote on prehistoric Earth would have been like.
- An arts/writing activity where students add a structure to a prekaryote and explain how this evolution would help the lifeform.
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 - The First Life on Earth Differentiated Close Read
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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 first simple life forms on Earth. Students will learn how single celled prekaryotes are responsible for the oxygen rich atmosphere of our world.
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.
"The First Life on Earth" reading comprehension passage is provided in two reading levels.
3rd-4th Lexile band
5th-6th Lexile band
This packet includes:
- "The First Life on Earth" 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 a change in life they predict for Earth's future using evidence from the article.
- A creative writing activity where students imagine what a day in the life of a prekaryote on prehistoric Earth would have been like.
- An arts/writing activity where students add a structure to a prekaryote and explain how this evolution would help the lifeform.
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.
