Description
About this Product
• This is a SINGLE reading passage with text-based comprehension questions
• Short answer questions probe lower, mid and higher order thinking
• Multiple choice questions align with informational text ELA CCSS standards
• Passages are Immersive Reader ready and can be read-aloud and translated
• Answer key included.
What is included with this reading passage?
• A single passage with a Lexile score below 1100L
• A short summary with key points and vocabulary
• Link to an Immersive-Reader passage (internet required – read below)
• 5 Short answer questions tiered to Bloom’s Taxonomy
• 10 Multiple choice questions aligned with Middle School ELA CCSS RI.1 – RI.10
DIGITAL RESOURCES
This resource includes modified files that facilitate online – distance learning:
• Fillable slides designed to work with Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint
Important Notes about Fillable Slides:
• Digital assignments work seamlessly with Google Slides: WATCH ME
• Each assignment is saved as an individual file with the key removed.
• Digital assignments CANNOT be edited. Only the text boxes or forms can be manipulated.
All Digital resources can be shared via platforms that are password-protected or accessible only to students.
IMMERSIVE READER
This resource includes a version of the reading passage that can be read to a student with Microsoft’s Immersive Reader. The Immersive-Reader compatible passage is a read-only word document accessed in a web browser. Internet access required. Students are provided a link to the Immersive Reader compatible passage in the printable and digital versions of the passage.
Immersive Reader is a FREE Microsoft educational tool. You do NOT need a Microsoft account to access this tool in a web browser. Learn more about Immersive Reader from Microsoft HERE.
Immersive Reader can:
• Read the entire passage to a student
• Help pronounce individual words in a passage as a student reads
• Translate the entire passage or individual words in the passage for ESL students
• Change the font, text color and background color for students with visual impairments
Additional Notes
• The video preview provides a brief overview of Immersive Reader’s capability
• Written and video instructions for students are included: http://safesha.re/ppk
• Download a FREE unit of Immersive Reader compatible reading passages HERE.
TERMS OF USE
• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.
• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.
• Intended for classroom and personal use only.
• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.
• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.
• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
