3rd Grade Cause and Effect Nonfiction Text Reading Comprehension Passages
5.0 (7 reviews)Teaching cause and effect nonfiction text structure doesn’t have to be overwhelming. This reading comprehension unit includes high-interest leveled passages, graphic organizers, keyword analyses, text-dependent reading response questions, and assessments. You will have everything you need to teach,
- Grade
- Grade 3
- Subject
- Reading
- Pages
- 56 Pages
- Answer key
- Included
- Teaching duration
- 2 Weeks
- Digital download
Description
Teaching cause and effect nonfiction text structure doesn’t have to be overwhelming. This reading comprehension unit includes high-interest leveled passages, graphic organizers, keyword analyses, text-dependent reading response questions, and assessments. You will have everything you need to teach, reinforce, and assess cause-and-effect text structure.
All components listed below are provided in print and digital versions.
3 Leveled Passages: High-interest and professionally written. Include nonfiction text features (Images, Diagrams, Infographics, Graphs, Charts, Illustrations, Tables, Maps, Captions, and Keywords)
3 Graphic Organizers: Graphic organizers that are customized for each passage. Provide a visual representation of the text structure and passage, which helps with reading comprehension and writing skills.
3 Keyword Analyses: Students will find the specific cause-and-effect keywords and analyze how they are used in the articles. Keywords Analyses deepen student understanding of nonfiction text structures and help them build expository writing skills.
3 Reading Responses: 10 short-answer reading response questions for each passage. These text-dependent questions can be used for, Closed Reading, Guided Reading, Shared Reading, Independent Work, Writing/Journal Prompts
3 Assessments: Each passage comes with a 10-question multiple-choice assessment. Teachers can use these assessments at the end of each unit to direct further instruction.
What grade level is this resource designed for?
The passages in this resource are leveled between 640-740 Lexile. This Lexile range typically aligns with third-grade students reading near grade level. Teachers can use this resource with students in other grades if the Lexile level is appropriate. There are no grade-level labels or indicators on the student pages of this resource.
Other Third-Grade Nonfiction Text Structure Units:
- Cause and Effect
- Compare and Contrast
- Descriptive
- Order and Sequence (Chronological Order)
- Problem and Solution
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I purchased this resources to use with my students that are distance learning. I saw the standards that were included and purchased it with the assumption that I would be able to find the standard that I was teaching and give the assessment/quiz for that specific standard. While the material is good, I do NOT like the set up and it does NOT allow me to use it in the way that I want. It is set up weekly with NO table of contents. I did not intend to use it weekly. I thought that I would be able to use it for the standard that I was teaching. If you want to do a spiral review at the end of the year after you have taught every standard, then this would be a good resource. However, if you are wanting a product that will you will be able to use per standard, do not waste your time. Each link is just a link with no idea what you are downloading. I am going to keep looking for a product that I can use.
Good resource, but too few lessons are drilled throughout the year. It'd be great if more grammar lessons were incorporated.
The file is in a PDF. I wanted to modify it by using each page as a background in slides and then placing text boxes over it where I wished students to write or place images. I got the free extension small PDF to convert the files into PNG files but the document is too large. I tried several other extensions but nothing would work without paying additional money. I reached out to the seller to give me the document in PNG, or to break it in 10 page segments so I could use it. She refused. Now I am stuck doing screenshots which come out blurry.
This was WAY too difficult to start the year with. It would have been much better to spiral at the beginning with the standards from the grade level below, rather than starting with the end of year standards.
<p>This resource is not designed around a particular scope and sequence since many teachers follow different timelines.</p><p>Since Daily Spiral Reviews cover all standards, students are exposed to concepts they may not have had formal instruction on. Unfamiliar content presents a great opportunity for you to build background knowledge and assess where your students are before you even teach a specific lesson.</p><p>The best way to use this spiral reveiw is to begin with whole-group lessons where you model and discuss each activity. I don't worry too much if there haven't been formal lessons on a particular concept; I treat those items more as a preview. After a few weeks, the students really start grasping the format, and you can begin to transfer the workload to them. Eventually, when the students work independently on the review, you will spend time correcting and discussing their work in class. </p><p>As mentioned above, students will encounter concepts they are unfamiliar with. This is a GOOD thing, I promise! We don't always have the answers or know the procedures to solve problems. It's beneficial to expose students to "unknowns"; they become less sensitive to the uncomfortable feeling of "not knowing" and are less likely to panic. </p><p>However, you can always use the editable version (open in PowerPoint) to remove/change any review items you like.</p>
I really like this-like others have said, I haven't found a way to have students record their name so that makes it somewhat unusable.
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Are these available for 5th grade?
Hi Julie! Not yet, but they are in the works and should be ready in about a month. Please note that all grade level sets (including this one) do not have grade-level indicators on the student pages, so if you have students reading at this Lexile level, you may want to consider this set for now.
