January Bundle-Day in History Differentiated Reading and Comprehension 2023

31 Nonfiction Topics, 3 Differentiated Levels for Each, 465 Questions

Check out the 31 nonfiction passages, differentiated for the students in your classroom! These high-interest passages build important background information and give practice with standardized testing questions and important reading skills.

What is special about this bundle?

Nonfiction passages are based on events that occurred on this day in history. Although the topic was selected to correspond to a historical event, the passage is completely stand-alone and appropriate for any day of the year. Mix and match by purchasing the topics you want or save with monthly bundles and give your students daily opportunities to develop background knowledge and improve their comprehension. The passages are designed to help students build background knowledge while reading and understanding nonfiction texts. One passage for the class with differentiated versions allows the teacher to discuss, develop background knowledge, show a video clip, or engage the full class yet provide for individual differences. Passages have been evaluated using a minimum of 5 different readability formulas. The first passage is the most challenging, with an average reading level of 9th-10th grade. The second passage has an average readability of 8th grade. The third passage averages a 6th-7th grade level. With a teacher introduction and background information, the passages have been used successfully with younger readers. Please note the basic passage is the same, with differences in vocabulary and sentence structure to accommodate varying levels.

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New Year's and the History of the Calendar

Ellis Island

King Tut

Isaac Newton

Amelia Earhart

Continental Drift

Marshall Plan

State of the Union

Joan of Arc

Women's Suffrage

Egyptian Pyramid

Charles Darwin

Bill Gates

Treaty of Paris and End of American Revolution

Pentagon

Prohibition

Doomsday Clock

Martin Luther King Jr.

Tokyo Rose

Barack Obama

Concorde

The CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)

Poll Tax

Winston Churchill

Winter International Sports Games

Amnesty International

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Eiffel Towel

Smithsonian Institute

Wright Brothers

Jackie Robinson

Types of Questions

Questions for each passage appear in standardized test format, helping students to prepare for high-stakes testing. Each passage contains these types of questions
 Main idea
 Vocabulary
 Organizational patterns
 Inference
 Summarizing

Progress Monitoring

A chart is provided so students can easily track their progress and teachers, students (and parents too) can see any pattern of errors or areas of strength at a glance. This is great for data collection and easy for students to maintain! Students and teachers using multiple passages can assess student progress. Diagnostic charting shows both teachers and students the patterns of errors with main idea, vocabulary, organizational patterns, inference, and summarization. Compiling data is easy and motivating with student-completed charts.