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Close Reading and Fluency Practice FDR & The Great Depression

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This close reading and fluency resource is designed to be used with students in grades 4-8 and provides many options for differentiation. This resource includes 2 different nonfiction passages (Franklin Delano Roosevelt and The Great Depression). Each passage is written at 3 different reading leve

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Grade
Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Subject
Reading
Pages
60
Answer key
Included
Teaching duration
2 Weeks
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Description

This close reading and fluency resource is designed to be used with students in grades 4-8 and provides many options for differentiation. This resource includes 2 different nonfiction passages (Franklin Delano Roosevelt and The Great Depression). Each passage is written at 3 different reading levels (approximate grades 4-5, 6-7, and 7-8).

There are also 3 different reading response sheets with text-dependent questions for each passage. Each of the 3 reading response sheets is based on a specific Common Core Reading Domain: Key Ideas and Details, Craft and Structure, and Integrating Knowledge and Ideas. These reading response sheets are also differentiated! I have created two levels (A and B): Level A is based on the Common Core Standards for grades 4-5, and Level B is based on the Common Core Standards for grades 6-8.

In addition to the leveled passages and Reading Response Sheets, this resource also includes a fluency component. Each of the leveled close reading passages have been formatted into fluency passages that can be used with your students who struggle with reading expression and word recognition. These passages afford your students the valuable practice of repeated readings and progress monitoring.

Student Resources:

•Steps for Close Reading

•Annotations for Close Reading

Primary Source Analysis:

•A captioned video of an excerpt from FDR’s 8th “Fireside Chat”.

Leveled Passages

•Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Grades 4-5)

•Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Grades 6-7)

•Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Grades 7-8)

•The Great Depression (Grades 4-5)

•The Great Depression (Grades 6-7)

•The Great Depression (Grades 7-8)

Text-Dependent Questions:

•Response Page: Key Ideas and Details (Level A)

•Response Page: Key Ideas and Details (Level B)

•Response Page: Craft and Structure (Level A)

•Response Page: Craft and Structure (Level B)

•Response Page: Integrating Knowledge and Ideas (Level A)

•Response Page: Integrating Knowledge and Ideas (Level B)

(Answer keys are provided for all of the above pages.)

Fluency Passages:

•Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Grades 4-5)

•Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Grades 6-7)

•Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Grades 7-8)

•The Great Depression (Grades 4-5)

•The Great Depression (Grades 6-7)

•The Great Depression (Grades 7-8)

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© Copyright 2018 M. Tallman. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to copy pages specifically designed for student or teacher use by the original purchaser or licensee. This is intended to be used by one teacher unless additional licenses have been purchased. The reproduction of any other part of this product is strictly prohibited. Copying any part of this product and placing it on the Internet in any form (even a personal/classroom website) is strictly forbidden. Doing so makes it possible for an Internet search to make the document available on the Internet, free of charge, and is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

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Shelah M.

Very nice product.

I took a chance on this.....I was hoping for something that the student could use independently. But it's created for the classroom where the teacher would speak as s(he) "flips" through the slides.

I'll still use it in my own direct instruction.

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Jillian J.

I like this, I would love it if I could move things around to match when my kids learn concepts. I don't want kids to have an activity that I would use as a morning work, individual, on-their-own, to frustrate them because this has fractions before they've learned them, or whatever. I had kids who became very frustrated by the fact that they hadn't learned something at the beginning of the year, but it was introduced in this packet. It also meant I had to either do a mini-lesson for them, weeks before something was introduced, or just show them how something was solved when we went over the answers, rather than letting them figure it out, because it was a morning activity. I don't like that about this product. I understand about copyright, however, there are other sellers and products that do allow editing, which I've since purchased so that I CAN tailor to my classes. This was somewhat of a waste of money.

Teacher Thrive

Hello. I hope you will find a use for this in your classroom at some time in the year. I understand your desire to prevent your students from becoming frustrated. I have always found it beneficial to present unfamiliar concepts to my students, as this is representative of "real life". I can assure you that if you do use the first few weeks of the resource as a a guided instruction opportunity (see teaching notes), your kids will catch on in not time and be off and running. Also, please note that an entire 2 weeks is provided in the preview. Best of luck with your school year!

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