Earth Day Reading Comprehension Passages & Earth Day Writing Activities
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The Earth Day reading comprehension passages include high-interest reading and writing activities. Easy to use as ELA test prep or for reading and writing practice, the printable Earth Day Reading Passages unit will help you with planning reading comprehension practice and reading test prep so that you don't have to spend time searching for test prep activities. Earth Day bulletin board items are included. See the preview.
✏️ The best part? The 3 no prep reading comprehension passages are formatted side by side with test-type questions that target author's purpose and text evidence to help you with test prep.
✏️ The differentiated activities are perfect for upper elementary & middle school enrichment or remediation, centers, as a partner review activity, seat work, or to leave for a substitute.
The environmental-focused reading and writing activities provide practice with reading comprehension and summarizing skills that won't bore your students. Each reading activity has 2 differentiated writing activities.
Includes paragraph writing work that's focused on using text evidence from the reading passages. Scaffolded text evidence proof frames and paragraph writing frames increase access so that all students can learn.
Reading prompts and writing stems are provided as a teacher resource to help reduce your workload, and the Earth Day word search and vocabulary mastery word pages offer quick Earth Day activities for early finishers or as fillers.
Use the reading passages in combination or as single units.
A bonus Earth Day Activities list provides you with numerous options for classroom activities or Earth Day activities for students to do at home.
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The engaging Earth Day Activities & ELA test prep unit includes
- 3 No prep reading comprehension passages
- 3 Grade-level writing activities
- 3 Differentiated writing activities
- Engaging ELA test prep!⭐️
- Differentiated text evidence proof work
- Differentiated paragraph writing frames so all students can learn
- Example of completed paragraph frame
- Example of completed text evidence proof frame
- Reading prompts and writing stems to help you save time
- Early finisher activities
- Earth Day word search
- Earth Day mystery word work
- Earth Day bulletin board options
- Bonus Earth Day Activities list for the classroom or for home
- Interactive notebook options
- Close reading annotation marks
- Tips for Use
- Keys
See what teachers are saying about the Earth Day Activities:
⭐️ Rebecca said, "Great resource for my ELA classroom to celebrate Earth Day and practice our writing skills."
⭐️ Emily said, "This resource was perfect to use right around Earth Day...Students were able to navigate the reading passages and questions... and practiced their skills before testing."
⭐️ Ailynn said, "My students liked these passages because they could relate to the items being described/talked about (i.e., cellphones, to go cups)."
⭐️ Taylor said, "Great resource to use to gather data for IEP goals and objectives!"
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Supports Common Core Standards (CCSS):
RI 5.1, 5.2. 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.6, 7.1, 7.4
W 6.1a, 6.1d, 6.1e, 6.2, 6.2e
Supports TEKS:
5.6.F, 5.6.G, 5.6.H, 5.7.C, 5.7.G, 5.7.F, 5.9.ei, 5.9.eii, 5.10.A, 5.10.F
6.5.H, 6.6.C, 6.6.D, 6.6.F, 6.7.A, 6.8.ei, 6.8.eii, 6.9.A, 6.9.F
7.5.F, 7.5.G, 7.5.H, 7.6.C, 7.6.D, 7.6.F, 7.6.G, 7.6.I, 7.7.A, 7.8.Di, 7.8.ei, 7.7.eii, 7.9.A
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