The Mystery of Amelia Earhart: Reading Comprehension Passage and Assessment #5
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Some mysteries and wonders have had a uniquely American footprint. This set of four passages and assessments all have an American connection and provide a deep look into mysterious or strange events that are distinctively associated with United States history!These high interest articles work especPrice $8.00Original Price $12.00Save $4.00
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Amelia Earhart was the perhaps the most courageous and celebrated American woman of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Her words and deeds were followed by millions as she set speed and distance records in her airplane. All that ended with her mysterious disappearance as she neared completion of an around-the world flight in July, 1937; her plane and remains have never been found. This article examines and relives the last fateful day of her life and explores what most likely happened to Amelia Earhart. It can be used in Grades 4-7 depending on your students' ability levels and in a number of ways by teachers (close reading, teacher-directed study in class, independent practice, homework, test prep, etc). This is a high-interest article designed for use with reluctant readers or in the regular classroom! Please download the Preview to see part of the text and ALL the questions included in the printable.
This passage and assessment is ideal as part of a close reading program in your classroom based around mastery of the Common Core! What does that mean to you as a classroom teacher? It means that this is not the typical “one reading I'm done” comprehension work often given before the Common Core Standards were created. To complete the assessment for the passage, students will need "to undertake the close, attentive reading and re-reading that is at the heart of understanding and enjoying complex and worthy works.”
This product is part of a larger collection on Mysteries and Wonders. The bundle can be purchased at a huge 50% discount to the price of the individual resources that are included by clicking below!
Mysteries and Wonders Informational Passage and Assessment Collection
The "printable/no prep" resource includes:
1) An engaging, high-interest informational text of 950 words called “The Mystery of Amelia Earhart.” Flesch Kincaid Reading Level = 5.1
2) A set of 26 questions, from simple to more challenging, written to align with these Common Core Informational Text Standards:
RI.4.5. Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
RI.5.1. Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI.5.7. Draw on information from multiple sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently.
RI.6.1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
3) An additional crossword puzzle for your early finishers or to use as another form of assessment.
4) Answers to every question.
Grab the attention of your reluctant readers with any or all of the following individual Mysteries and Wonders passages and assessments! These articles with questions give you no-prep, ready to go printables right at your fingertips. Answer keys are provided for each resource.
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UFOs: Aliens, Hallucinations, or Natural Phenomena?
Mermaids: The Maidens of the Sea
Ludwig: The Mad Castle Builder
Alexander Selkirk: "Robinson Crusoe"
Our Human Cousins: Neanderthals
Alchemy and The Philosopher's Stone
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This item is a PAID digital download from my TpT store. As such, it is for use in one classroom only. This item is also bound by copyright laws and redistributing, editing, selling, or posting this item (or any part thereof) on the Internet are all strictly prohibited without first gaining permission from the author. Violations are subject to the penalties of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Any claims of correlation or alignment to the Common Core State Standards are solely those of Mark Aaron and have not been evaluated or endorsed by the NGA. Mark Aaron is the sole creator of this product and does not claim endorsement or association with the creators of the CCSS.
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