Can be used for K – 9th, Homeschool students.
Includes: PDF, 52 pages
I wrote and designed these informational text articles for my students because I was looking for text that was short, interesting, looked like a real article with real photographs and were good examples of different nonfiction text structures. These articles are ideal for close reading in grades 3-8 or as read-alouds, shared reading or group reading activities in grades K-2.
And, do you have a range of readers in your class? These articles are perfect because every child can read the same article but at *their* level, it’s like a differentiated class set of texts because there are five articles written (by me) at four different lexile levels ranging from 770L – 1080L. Passage topics are all related to pop culture and/or global awareness in the 21st century…basically, hot or interesting topics to kids, not time or month sensitive, and crossing boundaries of culture, ethnicity, income, and socioeconomic status. Passage titles are:
Chicken Nuggets, Anyone? (chronological order)
The Vortex of Video Games (cause/effect)
The Art of the Selfie (description)
Laundry Around the World (compare/contrast)
Polar Bear Predicament (problem/solution)
What’s included:
*1 Lexile Level Correlation Sheet
*1 Close Reading Summary Page
*1 Text Comparison Chart with Links to YouTube Videos
*5 Short Informational Text Passages
*4 differentiated levels per passage
*1 Teaching Points Page with Questions
*1 Tiers of Vocabulary Chart per passage
*2 Written Comprehension Organizers per passage
*1 mini-version of each passage (4 articles/page)
*1 Sheet explaining Print & Use Options
*1 Sheet explaining options for use with Interactive Notebooks
*3 Versions of My Annotations sheets
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Thanks!
Jen Jones-Hello Literacy
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© 2014, Hello 411: Short Informational Articles for Close Reading – Volume 1, by Hello Literacy, Inc. | All Rights Reserved. Licensed for single user/single classroom.
Standard
CCSSRI.6.10
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.
CCSSRI.6.1
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
CCSSRI.5.10
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSSRI.5.1
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
CCSSRI.4.10
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