Elevate your students' reading comprehension with these hassle-free, NO PREP text structure worksheets! These reading comprehension passages and questions include themed text structure passages, featuring end of the year themes such as Summer Beach Day pg.10, Back to School pg.20, Halloween pg. 42, Earth Day pg. 56, Recycling pg.22, and more!
This package focuses on Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, Description, and Sequence. It includes 20 meticulously crafted reading activities, text structure anchor charts, a comprehensive quiz, and answer keys! (Discover all the exciting themes listed below, with each theme offering one unique passage.)
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✏️ What fellow teachers are saying: ✏️
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Amanda N. said, "This resource is jam-packed with text structure goodness! It was an awesome resource to use with my small groups. The passages were just right, and kept my kids engaged! Thank you."
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Donna D. said, "I just love this resource!!! This truly helps make the connections students need to learn this standard with complete success!!
I strongly recommend this!"
✅ What's included: ✅
→ 5 text structure anchor charts (poster size & notebook size) pg. 4 - 9
→ 2 reading passages and graphic organizers for each text structure pg. 10 -29
→ 13 seasonal themed passages – Table of Contents pg. 3
→ A text structure quiz pg. 30 - 31
→ Answer keys - Follow each passage
→ A list of aligned TEKS and Common Core Standards pg. 46
→ A list of holidays below, with each holiday offering one passage.
→ Use as standard no prep printable worksheets -OR- as a digital resource through Tpt's Easel Activities!
✨ BONUS: ✨
I LOVE to spoil teachers and have turned this into a seasonal bundle which means you also get seasonal passages included at no additional cost.
Back to School pg.20
The Scientific Method pg.44
Presidents for Constitution Day pg.34
Halloween pg.42
Veterans' Day pg.40
Christmas Around the World pg.52
Penguins pg.46
Black History Month - Famous Inventors pg.54
Ground Hogs Day pg.32
President's Day pg.34
St. Patrick's Day pg.36
First Day of Spring pg.20
Easter pg.38
Cesar Chavez pg.50
Butterfly pg.18
Earth Day pg.56
Recycling pg.22
Memorial Day pg.40
Summer Vacation pg.10
❤️ Why you'll love this resource: ❤️
Enjoy two text structure practice passages with comprehension questions per text structure. After working through each one together, I give the quiz to my class. Witness their academic growth soar! Designed for 3rd, 4th, 5th, & 6th grade classrooms.
- Improves Reading Comprehension: understanding text structure provides students with a framework to organize information, make connections, and extract meaning!
- Boosted Confidence: Watch your students' confidence soar with each exercise, as they hone their analytical skills!
- Comprehensive Resource: Access anchor charts, 22 reading passages, graphic organizers, quiz, and answer keys!
- Exploration of Various Text Structures: Delve into Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, Description, and Sequence!
- Seasonal Bonus: Enjoy seasonal passages making this resource a valuable addition to your teaching toolkit!
- Appealing Visual: Color coding by structure creates a visually stunning classroom display!
- Flexible Usage: Use for whole-class instruction, small group activities, RTI or intervention sessions!
- Digital Option: Utilize as printable worksheets or digital resources through TpT's Easel Activities!
- Core Skill Mastery: Seamlessly integrate Common Core skills!
► Common Core ►
RI.3.8 Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).
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.5.5 Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.
RI.6.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
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