Description
These engaging, no-prep Text Time passages (written by a published children’s author) are the “just right” way to help your students learn to support their thinking with evidence from the text. There are 60 passages, each presented at 3 reading levels (for a total of 180 passages) so you can differentiate as needed. The passages are a mix of high-interest and curriculum-based science and social studies topics and include both informational text and literature. The included text-dependent questions address a variety of close reading skills and require students to highlight the text to show how they know. Everything you need is on one page – just print and go!
Please see the free preview for 9 full sized pages to try with your students.
The Show How You Know, text-dependent questions are identical for all three reading levels. This allows you to discuss the passages altogether, even if you have students using different reading levels. Note that some questions may be challenging for first grade students, especially near the start of the year. Each page includes 3 short answer or multiple choice questions. Most of the questions are paired with a crayon graphic. Students should color the crayon and then use that color to highlight the text where they find the relevant information.
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The passages are sequenced in cycles of three as follows:
IT: Informational Text (nonfiction) with an illustration such as a map, diagram, or photo,
IT: Longer Informational Text (nonfiction)
L: Literature (fiction)
Breakdown by type: 2/3 Informational Text, 1/3 Literature.
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Within the 60 passages, there are 6 sets of paired passages. The paired passages appear adjacent to each other and address a similar topic for comparing and contrasting. Three additional printables are included to use with these paired passages. These passages will also work as stand-alone activities if you do not want to use them together.
The skills addressed in each passage are written in small print at the bottom on the left hand side. The skills address most of the RI and RL Common Core Standards and include: reading for key details, vocabulary/context clues, main idea, sequence of events, making inferences and predictions, character, plot, setting, moral/lesson, retelling, genre, and interpreting an illustration (map, chart, diagram, table, or photo), analysis, and evaluation. They are also listed in the Table of Contents for easy reference.
Full-page answer keys are provided. Because the questions are the same for all three reading levels, I have used the middle version for the answer keys. When checking the text highlighting, note that it will vary a bit for the easier and the harder versions. Answers will also vary somewhat for short answer questions.
If you would like consistent practice all year long, use two Text Time pages per week, perhaps on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Another option is to use them three times a week, possibly Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, which will get you through most of the school year. A third possibility is to go ala carte, selecting passages for their subjects or the skills addressed, as needed.
These passages could be used for morning work, at a center or station, as part of a reading packet, with a small group, as homework, as enrichment for younger, highly capable students, as remediation for struggling students, or as test prep. For interactive notebooks, just cut the two sections apart.
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About the Author
All of these passages were written by me, Rachel Lynette. I am a published author of over 120 nonfiction books for children on a variety of subjects. I have written for publishers such as Harcourt, Thompson-Gale, Rosen, Children’s Press, Evan-Moor, and several others. You can find my books on Amazon (I also write under the names: Lynette Robbins and Tori Miller). These passages are well-researched, well-organized, and age appropriate. They are no different than those you would find in a published nonfiction book.
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Topics Included:
1 Capybaras
2 The Tallest Trees
3 Luna and the Leaves
4 Your Sense of Taste
5 What Does a Mayor Do?
6 Shia and the Unicorn
7 The Water Cycle
8 The California Gold Rush (paired)
9 Panning for Gold (paired)
10 What is Erosion?
11 Vampire Bats
12 Planting Pumpkins
13 Castle Battlements
14 A “Waterfall” of Lava
15 At the Store
16 The Sahara Desert
17 What is an Immigrant?
18 Rima’s Story
19 Tiny, Mighty Ants
20 What is Hibernation?
21 A Snowman for Sasha
22 Your Lungs (paired)
23 What is Asthma? (paired)
24 The Seal and the Seagull
25 Sea Stars
26 In a Deep, Dark Cave
27 Sledding with Caleb
28 What is Braille? (paired)
29 Louis Braille (paired)
30 At Grandma’s House
To be added by September 30, 2017
31 In a Tropical Rain Forest
32 What Does a Pediatrician Do?
33 The Rest of the Story
34 Time for a New Toothbrush
35 Snow Leopards
36 New Home, New Friends
37 Why the Wind Blows (paired)
38 Hurricanes (paired)
39 Three Best Friends
40 What is a Family Tree?
41 Make a Magic Balancing Box
42 Keenan’s Kite
43 International Symbols
44 Terrific Tree Frogs!
45 Big, Scary Spider
46 The Moon
47 What is a Coral Reef (paired)
48 An Angelfish Essay (paired)
49 Seeds
50 Why Rabbits Have Long Ears
51 Pitching Practice
52 TBD
53 TBD
54 TBD
55 TBD
56 TBD
57 TBD
58 TBD
59 TBD
60 TBD
Also included: Instructions for use, full page answer keys, and three printables to use with the 6 included paired passages.
The image on every third passage is in color so it will look great when displayed for the whole class. However, the sheets will still print out fine in gray-scale for individual student use.
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Other Great Resources
• Paragraph of the Week for Primary
• Literature Response Question Cards (Lit Sparks)• Creative Book Reports• Brain Breaks
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Everything included in this resource is licensed for single classroom use only. It may be photocopied by the original purchaser for his or her classroom only. It may not be put on the internet, sold, or distributed in any form. Thank you for respecting the copyright.
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Happy Teaching!
Rachel Lynette
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