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    [DIGITAL CLASSROOM] Paired Texts Passages: Westward Expansion Grades 4-6

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    Categories: ARTICLES AND PASSAGES, READING, SOCIAL STUDIES, πŸ’» DIGITAL CLASSROOM, πŸ”— PAIRED TEXTS Tags: *4th, *5th, *6th, *Google Classroom, *Informational Text, Assessment, Close Reading, Homeschool, Test Prep, U.S. History
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    Paired passages, or paired texts, meet the demand for more rigorous, complex texts with Common Core- especially these passages that students can use to compare and build knowledge to integrate information and draw conclusions. The digital passages in this set are great to stretch your 4th and 5th graders, and still appropriate for many students in middle school as well.

    The assessments are provided in Google FORMS. The multiple choice options will be shuffled for each student, and the items will be automatically scored.

    The passages are provided in Google SLIDES and can be annotated by adding text boxes. Students could use lines to underline or draw arrows with the line tool. I have also inserted a “highlight box” on the title of each passage. Show students how to select the box, then copy and paste it to use for highlighting purposes in the text. They can resize the box by dragging the corners to highlight only what they need.

    You could allow the students to use their annotated passages for their assessments by having them share the screen (or “split screen”) for both files. I have also included the passages at the top of the assessments.

    LOOKING FOR PRINTABLE PDF FORMAT? Click here to get this in printable PDF format.

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    THERE ARE THREE PAIRS (six passages) IN THIS SET!

    I have included informational passages about the Oregon Trail, Prairie Schooners (Covered Wagons), California Gold Rush, Boomtowns, Pony Express and Telegraphs, and a poem from 1860 about the Pony Express.

    AT THIS TIME, there are not multiple levels of passages included.

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    In my 4th grade classroom, I used each of the texts for close reading and annotating lessons- this helped ensure the students fully comprehended the texts before having to answer questions about both texts together. Click here to see a blog post showing how I model purposeful annotating! My students used their annotated texts to answer the questions. Since the texts are in the “stretch” range for 4th and 5th, I don’t give these texts as cold reads, but if you have students reading on a 6th-8th grade level, you definitely could! If your students have not been exposed to paired text questions, you may want to walk them through some examples before you ever take a grade.

    Please look at the preview to see a snapshot of the set!

    Check out this similar product- a freebie digital paired text set about epidemics and germs!

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    See the other digital classroom products in my store!

    Check out all of the paired texts in my store!

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    Do you have a paired text topic idea? Submit it here!

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    Please remember, this purchase is for the use of one teacher. It is not intended to be shared. Please use the ‘additional license’ purchase if more than one teacher will be using it. Thank you!

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    All rights reserved by author, Jessica Ivey.

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    Not for public display.

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