4th 5th Grade Birds Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions

This no prep birds nonfiction reading passages product is colorful, easy-to-use and with includes various kinds of comprehension questions.

Give this reading Google Docs set a try today!

Titles Include:

No Fly Zone, Ostrich, Chickadees, The Owl, Turkeys, Oil Spill.

Reading Comprehension Outline:

Each lesson has a blend of post-reading activities. Each lesson also contains a bonus extension exercise at the end. These activities include research projects, poetry, origami and additional writing practice. Full answer keys are provided.

This is the Google Docs version. This version is editable, fillable and easy to save to a range of formats (word/pdf etc.). Includes Easel Activity.

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Contents - Set 1/5 (Birds):

Reading Passage 1: No Fly Zone - An article on birds that cannot fly.

Reading Passage 2: Ostrich: Ostrich eggs are big enough to be used as makeshift cups!

Reading Passage 3: Chickadees - A small, interesting bird, common to Canada and Northern U.S.A

Reading Passage 4: The Owl - What do you know about this mysterious creature?

Reading Passage 5: Turkeys - A popular food at Thanksgiving and Christmas. How do Turkeys live?

Reading Passage 6: Oil Spill - How did the Deepwater Horizon oil spill effect local birds?

Here is a list of the Just for Funs for this product:

1. No Fly Zone: Endangered Bird Research
2. Ostrich: Word Association
3. Chickadees: Read Aloud (reading and speaking practice)
4. The Owl: Additional Vocabulary Practice - choose the correct spelling
5. Turkeys: Create a Thanksgiving Menu
6. Oil Spill: Acrostic Poetry

✅Click the green preview button for an extensive look into the product, what is in each lesson and sample pages. The summary of which is available below. The preview also contains extra Google Docs samples and tips. If you are new to Docs or just want to see more, do look at the last 8 pages of the preview:

Reading Passages

Each passage is especially written for Grade 4-5 students, including key vocabulary required for this age group.

Topics are varied and are accompanied by colorful graphics. Topics are meant to educate, yet entertain the modern student.

These passages are perfect for the modern classroom. Whereas textbooks can become outdated in no time, any changes to technology or the world will result in updates to this product.

Mixed Questions

The mixed questions section of each lesson includes a variation of five or six comprehension, vocabulary and math questions. In addition, key reading strategies are frequently covered including cause & effect, summarizing, compare & contrast, making conclusions and making predictions.

Two or three of the questions will be MCQs and other questions will require a written response of some kind. Full answers and example responses appear at the end of the lesson.

Vocabulary Activities

Each reading passage contains a variety of words and phrases designed for Grade 4-5 students. Vocabulary activities provide the opportunity to build fluency with these words.

As it can become quite mundane doing the same activities over and over, each lesson in a set will contain a different vocabulary activity. Activities include: spelling games, sentence match-ups, mixed-up text and decoding words from the lesson.

Full listings of the vocabulary activities included in this product can be found in the preview.

Writing Prompts

Writing prompts are designed to continue the theme or lessons learned in the story.

Students are persuaded to write in a variety of ways and each prompt includes several cues to help.

As with the spelling/vocab section, writing prompts will vary. This includes research pieces, reading responses, poetry and creative writing prompts.

Full Answer Keys

Full answer keys and sample responses are provided so no matter how busy you

are, you know you're covered!

Mixed question answers provide evidence from the text, math questions contain the relevant workings.

Answers are designed for use by the teacher, but also suitable as a handout to the student.

Bonus Extension Exercises (Just for Fun)

Each lesson will have a bonus extension exercise. This is something fun to extend the lesson with. You can find these at the end of each lesson, titled Just for Fun.

Just for Funs are optional. When pricing is done for each product, these exercises are not included. So in effect, these are free. Some you may like, some you may not. Either way, they are there to do with as you wish.

Google Docs

The Google Docs version of this product includes fillable boxes, easy for students to fill in and send back to the teacher.

Each file is completely editable and if you wish, can also be saved as a pdf, word file or several other formats.

Total: 34 Pages (+12 Bonus Pages)

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