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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. Two levels are provided: on grade level for 4-5 and on grade level for 5-6.
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 for the pair.
The printable passages are provided in two styles: article (two column) as well as full page.
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This set contains ONE PAIR (two passages) about the problems in our environment with solutions provided, and about how trees help the Earth.
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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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Paired Passages
This was a great resource to bring in Earth Day with paired passages work.
Great Resource!
This was great for Earth Day! My students found it engaging
Great resource
Great resource to have for earth day !
Great resource!
This was a great resource to have in my classroom! I plan to reuse it next year!
Great Resource
This resource is easy to use and very useful when teaching about human impact.
Great critical thinking practice
This was a well designed resource for comparing and contrasting fiction and nonfiction for Earth Day. Saved me a lot of time.
perfect supplement
Great for intervention, review and supplement to science unit.
Great Resource for Practice
This resource is great for small group intervention.
I enjoyed using this resource to review for state testing with my students! I love how ELA and science aligns
Great resource to use across content areas. I like that the passages are quick and packed full of information.
An excellent reading resource for fifth graders! It is simple to use, maintains student interest, and helps with vocabulary and comprehension—two important literacy skills. Ideal for independent, small-group, and large-group work.
This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you for making this resource.
This resource was a great supplement to our required curriculum.
My students and I love this resource! I highly recommend this resource!
Enjoyed the paired texts and the theme of the passages.
This resource was exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!
Great resource, I wanted my students to be able to compare two texts and this was it.
Another great resource by jivey. Easy to use and well written.
Great resource! Used this resource for Earth Day and the kids enjoyed the activity.
Finding the similiarities and differences between the two events provided students an opportuntity to gain background knowledge in these two events.
My students stayed engaged while using this resource.
This was a great resource to use on Earth Day. The reading was engaging. Thank you.
This resource was very helpful in teaching students how to read multiple texts on the same theme/topic.
Nice way to learn about these holidays and review skills.
This resource was useful for Earth Day. We practiced close reading and highlighting strategies. We practiced vocab and context clues as well as RACE short answer questions. Thank you!
Great resource when I needed a quick assignment for my sub. Will use this again next year.
The students were engaged in this resource and had no trouble using it.
Perfect compliment to our Earth Day studies. Thank you.
Great paired texts. Thanks for digital and print options.
I love this topic! These are so thorough. I really appreciate it. Thank you! :-)
Multiple sources are so tough to teach. This resource is very helpful.
This resource was great for use with small groups to help reinforce our whole group lesson.
I have used this in my third grade classroom and my students really enjoyed this resource.
These are outstanding resources for students to analyze and form a concise response using information from the paired reading. I own several of these.
This is a great resource that my students were very engaged in.
This was great, thank you so much. It aligned wonderfully with the standards and kept my students engaged and interested.
This resource is a great way to help students understand how to engage with paired text.
Simple for students to follow and practice their skills.
Great addition to the bank of ESL-friendly texts I've been putting together.
I used these in Science when studying Ecosystems. They're engaging articles that applied to what my students needed to learn.l
This activity was enjoyable for the students, even while they practiced the skill.
