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These paired passages, or paired texts, meet the demand for more complex texts that students can use to compare and build knowledge to integrate information and draw conclusions. The high-interest, rigorous 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 passages in this set are differentiated. Two levels are provided: on grade level for 4-5 and on grade level for 6-7.
I have included printable AND Google App formats of the passages along with the multiple-choice and constructed response questions. There are seven multiple-choice questions (each question assessing a different standard) and one constructed response/essay question PER PAIR.
The printable passages are provided in two styles: article (two column) as well as full page.
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This set contains three pairs of informational passages (six total passages) about the American Revolution / Revolutionary War that you won’t find in your textbook!
⭐️ King George III and the Acts he passed
⭐️ the Declaration of Independence and how it was treason, as well as the traitor Benedict Arnold
⭐️ George Washington with details about the Battle of Trenton, along with the Battle of Yorktown
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INFO ABOUT THE DIGITAL FILES:
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.
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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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Great to use as we prepared for state testing. Great vocabulary, text, and question types.
A great resource
This was a great resource to supplement our curriculum. I used it when we had a sub for some more in depth learning, as our currculum is very hard for a sub to follow.
good resource
I have bought many resources from the seller and have liked every single one. This aligned perfectly with my curriculum!
Great resource!
This paired well with CKLA Grade 4, Unit 7!
Paired Passages
Well researched and written paired passages focused on the American Revolution. Good review of information for students with a practical reading skills application and responding to a writing prompt.
Great Addition to Unit
Kids need so much practice with reading comprehension and this is a great addition to our American Revolution unit. Kids enjoyed the passages and it added extra information our curriculum didn't
Great resource for 5th grade. Students were engaged.
This is an excellent resource! Thank you for sharing!
Paired these with our class texts for building background knowledge and they were great!
Used these passages for MSTEP prep! It was easy to find the perfect passage to practice certain skills!
Great resource to help supplement our Revolution unit. Engaging passages that the class enjoyed reading and interacting with.
This resource was very helpful in giving my students extra work with making inferences.
This was a great resource. Thank you for all the hard work.
Worked well for end of the year reading comprehension. Thank you!
This resource was perfect for wrapping up the American Revolution with my class. I absolutely loved being able in to incorporate reading and social studies together!
This was exactly what I needed in my classroom! Perfect! Thank you!
Thank you this is a great resource and I love using it in my classroom.
I've used some paired texts by this seller before and I've been very pleased. I was excited to see that there were some sets for the Revolutionary War. This is a great way to give kids test prep - without them knowing that they're doing text prep.
My 5th grade class enjoyed these texts. It was a great supplemental resource for our ELA unit on the American Revolution. Easy to explain and leave for a sub! The vocabulary was a better fit for my struggling readers. This has helpef them access the content and skills better.
We just finished the American Revolution, so this was perfect! Thank you!
My students and I loved this resource. Thank you. All of your products are great.
This is a great resource for my comparing and contrasting between texts unit. Thank you!
This was such an easy resource to utilize during my American Revolution unit.
Good addition to my Social Studies resources and supplemental materials
I used this with a fifth grader. I loved the format and topics in this packet. Thank you!
Thank you for your work on this product. Very helpful resource.
It was good for me to have the paired texts for students to build background knowledge for our research projects.
I teach G&T and these articles were great for my kids. They have interesting information and great assessments.
Great resource to compare events of the American Revolutionary War! I also love that there's both the option of print and digital, something that's beneficial to any classroom. Anything you create has been a staple in the classroom! Thank you so much!
This was a wonderful and very engaging resource used to support reading and writing instruction. Thank you!
A great way to hit the reading standard while being connected to our current Social Studies unit. Easy to use. Thank you!
Thorough resource for supplemental text regarding Revolution! Thank you!
Another great cross-curricular product. I love the option of digital or print!
This was a great resource for integrating social studies into my reading block. It was challenging for some of my lower readers, but made them think.
This has been so helpful for my paired text unit. Thank you!
I used this to enrich our American Revolution unit and my students really enjoyed the comprehension practice.
This was very easy to set up on Google Classroom and very informative.
