Close Reading and Fluency Practice FDR & The Great Depression
4.9 (83 reviews)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
- Grade
- Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
- Subject
- Reading
- Pages
- 60
- Answer key
- Included
- Teaching duration
- 2 Weeks
- Digital download
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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Perfect Resource
Just what I was looking for! My students loved it.
Great Unit for Struggling Readers at Any Level
This unit plan is great for struggling readers at any level. I used it with secondary readers after I noticed they were struggling with some of these words. We spread it out, doing a little practice each day over a couple of weeks, and I think it really helped them!
Great Note Taking Tool
I've used the 4th grade version, and when I had to teach a 4/5 combo class, I just new I needed to snag these note pages up for my 5th graders. The note pages really help to fill in some gaps that our district curriculum has.
Great Math resource!
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So engaging!
I am my students love these! It keeps their hands busy while we work on concepts.
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