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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 two pairs of informational passages and one fiction/nonfiction pair (six total passages) about natural disasters.
⭐️ hurricanes and tornadoes
⭐️ earthquakes and tsunamis, and how to prepare for earthquakes
⭐️ floods (informational paired with a Native American Legend called “The Flood and The Rainbow”)
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WHY TEACHERS LOVE THESE PAIRED TEXTS:
SEE IT IN ACTION:
Click here to see a blog post showing how I model purposeful annotating!
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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Natural Disasters Earthquakes Tornadoes Hurricanes Flood Paired Reading Passages
This is a great resource to review reading skills while reinforcing the topics we're learning about in science.
Great Resource
This is a great resource to have to discuss Natural Disasters.
Nice Leveled Texts
This is a nice set of information to reinforce textbook concepts.
Great resource!
This resource was well-organized, easy to implement, and engaging for my students
Very Interesting
The students were very engaged and I will definitely buy more from this seller.
Great Resource
This was a great resource for reading expository texts about natural disasters!
useful and engaging
This resource is incredibly useful and engaging for my 5th graders! The passages are clear, well-organized, and keep my students actively involved in the learning. Everything is easy to implement, visually appealing, and truly supports mastery of the standards. My students loved it, and I’ll definitely be using it again!
Great resource
I love paired passages! I used these for my guided reading groups. There is more than 1 level, questions and a prompt are included. Great resource and time saver.
Highly Recommend
I used these to build background knowledge for a novel we were about to begin. They absolutely did the trick. Very well written and informative.
An excellent resource
This resource features leveled reading passages suitable for upper-grade students. The passages are well-written and engaging.
Great resource
Easy to assign and my students were able to complete it independently
These paired passages on natural disasters were a huge hit with my students! The texts are engaging, informative, and perfectly leveled for upper elementary readers. I loved how the passages encouraged comparison and critical thinking while covering real-world science topics. The questions helped reinforce key reading comprehension skills, and my students were genuinely excited to learn more about these powerful natural events. A top-notch resource for integrating science and literacy!
My students were very successful in this lesson. Thanks for the student friendly pages. I will be using every year from now on.
I bought this to tailor to one specific students interests, but my entire class ended up loving them as well!
My students loved this resource! I was able to reuse it every single year!
I recently purchased this product on Teachers Pay Teachers, and it was a game-changer for my classroom! The resource was well-organized, visually appealing, and easy to implement. My students were highly engaged and excited to participate in the activities. They especially loved the interactive components, which made learning both fun and meaningful. It sparked great discussions and reinforced key concepts in a way that kept them motivated. I could see their confidence grow as they worked through the material. I highly recommend this resource to any teacher looking for an engaging and effective way to enhance their lessons!
I love using these passages during our theme learning weeks! Thank you!
Thank you for creating these engaging articles about subjects students are always interested in.
This was great for both my 6th and 7th graders. They really found it interesting! Will use again
Great supplemental resource for HMH reading and science curriculum.
Loved using this resource! Definitely peaked my kids interest in tornadoes!
I love the differentiation for the class and the grasp of knowledge the students obtain through the passages. Most kids love learning about natural disasters, and these passages really help the students pick up on key details and then engage in great conversations.
My students loved this resource. It was great to use to further their understanding of the skill.
Great resource and the texts were great! Used it last year for my small groups for my higher leveled readers. Thank you!
Love this product! Easy to use and very helpful for my classroom.
Paired texts are a huge part of our state testing. I love how this resource makes it easy to teach.
These articles were great for teaching text structure. My students were engaged which is a huge win!
My students enjoyed this resource and I feel it did a good job teaching them the skills intended.
I used this with my 6th grade EL class and they loved it. The different levels were extremely beneficial for my range of learners. Students were engaged.
I used this in a small group to practice paired passages, the students enjoyed using this.
My classes have LOVED this set of paired passages. The information has sparked conversations each of the three years I have used this. I will continue to use this set and other sets I have purchased from her.
This was great, thank you so much. It aligned wonderfully with the standards and kept my students engaged and interested.
Used in my classroom for reading assessment. The students were very motivated by this resource.
A very engaging reading and writing resource. Thank you!!
Highly engaging and useful for teaching paired text.
Love this and appreciate the leveled text complexity! Great articles! Thank you!
This was an excellent resource to help students to work on comparing and contrasting skills.
Comparing and contrasting is a difficult task for students. These passages and this activity was a great way for me to see how well the understand, and a great resource for remediation.
This is a great resource to teach integrating information.
I really enjoyed using this resource in my classroom.
My students loved the digital version. It was a great way to build computer skills.
