November Bundle-Day in History Differentiated Reading Passage and Comprehension

30 Nonfiction Topics, 3 Differentiated Levels for Each, 450 Questions

Check out the 30 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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The following passages are included in this bundle:

Nov 1-Stamp Act

Nov 2-Dewey Defeats Truman error

Nov 3-Annie Oakley

Nov 4-Jane Goodall

Nov 5-Guy Fawkes

Nov 6-Apartheid

Nov 7-Marie Curie

Nov 8-Louvre

Nov 9-Carl Sagan

Nov 10-David Livingstone

Nov 11-Veteran's Day

Nov 12-Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Nov 13-Draft

Nov 14-Nellie Bly

Nov 15-Articles of Confederation

Nov 16-Alaskan Pipeline

Nov 17-Chichen Itza

Nov 18-NAFTA

Nov 19-Gettysburg Address

Nov 20-International Space Station

Nov 21-Iran-Contra Scandal

Nov 22-King-Riggs, Battle of the Sexes

Nov 23-Marx Brothers

Nov 24-Scott Joplin

Nov 25-Carrie Nation

Nov 26-Thanksgiving

Nov 27-Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

Nov 28-James Naismith

Nov 29-Kennedy Assassination

Nov 30-Mark Twain

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.

All student pages are available in the preview files for each individual resource. Please take a look and be certain this is a good match for your students before purchasing.

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