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Close Reading and Fluency Practice | Leonardo da Vinci & Michelangelo

5.0 (39 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 (Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo). Each passage is written at 3 different reading levels (approximate

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Grade
Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, 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 (Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo). 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

Leveled Passages
•Leonardo da Vinci (Grades 4-5)
•Leonardo da Vinci (Grades 6-7)
•Leonardo da Vinci (Grades 7-8)
•Michelangelo (Grades 4-5)
•Michelangelo (Grades 6-7)
•Michelangelo (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:
•Leonardo da Vinci (Grades 4-5)
•Leonardo da Vinci (Grades 6-7)
•Leonardo da Vinci (Grades 7-8)
•Michelangelo (Grades 4-5)
•Michelangelo (Grades 6-7)
•Michelangelo (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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4th Grade Daily GRAMMAR Language Spiral Review Morning Work [Editable] Test Prep
kim M.

Very, very hard. Not suitable for my remedial 4th graders. I hope to use it later in the year.

Teacher Thrive

Hi Kim! I hope that you will stick with it! I promise that it will get easier as time goes on. I also have a 3rd grade version (it doesn't say the grade level on the resource:-) that you might want to check out.

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Mr Liquoris ELA Resources

Great product, but I would've liked more directions. Also, the second page doesn't print upside down. It took a little while to figure out how to put it together. Once figured out, it was a great foldable and the kids had fun with it!

6th Grade Daily GRAMMAR Language Spiral Review Morning Work [Editable] Test Prep
Debi L.

I love this format, but this is more of a preview with instructions needed than a review. I started this day one of 6th grade and realized much of this had not been taught yet. It is a great review, but my goal for this was an independent transition. I will reserve judgement until further down the road. If you are teaching 6th grade at the beginning of the year, you will need to do some direct instruction with this.

Teacher Thrive

Hi Debi! I use this a preview and a review. The first two weeks are completed whole group, with me modeling each item. After a few weeks the students can complete alone; I definitely don't expect them to know all the concepts at first and they know that some of it will be new information. The most important component is correcting and discussing the work whole group; that's where so much learning takes place. After 4-5 weeks your students will take off, I promise! They not only understand all of the concepts but they are familiar with the format as well.

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