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Common Core Aligned
Passages and Activities
By the end of year, read and comprehend informa2onal texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
What is in here? There are original passages written within the Lexile Level of 450-790, which is the Common Core State Standards expectation for 2nd and 3rd grade. The Lexile Level is marked at the top of each passage.
These are meant to be compared and contrasted according to standards RI.2.9 and RI.3.9. Dig deep on these with your students! I will spend nearly a week just comparing two passages! They are meant to be looked at closely! This set of passages includes three carefully written and consistent pages. The first page is specifically aligned to standards RI.2.9 and RI.3.9 (compare and contrast two two texts on the same topic).
The second page of activities is a of other CCSS Informational
Reading standards. This is perfect for holding those kids accountable for everything they have already learned! No skill slipping on your watch!
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product! The complete product includes 52 original Lexile Leveled reading passages. It is available for 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade. In the full product...
passages and close reading activities specifically dedicated along with a page of spiraling activities for the rest of the standards.
By the end of year, read and comprehend informa2onal texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
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questions aimed at standard RI.2.10
All standards
clearly marked
There are 5 activities just like this for each
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Questions specifically
focused on a certain
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Spiral of all common core
standards
Lexile Level
�READ�REFLECT�REPEAT� NAME:
Importance of Recycling
We use resources from our planet to make things like toys, cars, dishes,
houses, and so much more! This is a good thing. Our Earth has been good to us
and now it’s time to return the favor!
We mix resources like wood, oil, and minerals from the Earth with other
things to create the stuff we use every day. The problem is, when we do this,
we create something that stays around forever. Items such as plastic won’t
decompose, or break down. The problem with this is that most people just throw
it away when they are finished with it. Where does it all go?
Landfills are places where trash is taken and dumped off. This space is
limited and when we fill it up we have to find somewhere else to take the
garbage. There is a solution, though, and that is to recycle. Recycling means that
we reuse it or turn it into a new product. This keeps it from going into landfills
and just sitting there.
Many things that we use each day can be recycled. We can turn writing
paper or newspapers into new types of paper. An aluminum can, can be melted
down and turned into a new one. Glass can be melted and used as jewelry,
mirrors, counter tops and many other things.
Recycling is not hard to do. It just takes time to sort the materials into
different piles and take them to a recycling center. However, many cities have
made it easy by offering a recycling service where they come to your house
and pick up the material. What will you do? How do you recycle?
©2013 Alyssha Swanson: Teaching and Tapas
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Lexile Level – 780
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RI.2.9 RI.3.9
�READ�REFLECT�REPEAT� NAME:
Reusing Trash?
Have you ever wondered where all the trash goes when the garbage
truck comes and takes it away? It is taken to a place called a landfill. A landfill is a
place where they pile garbage, smash it up, and then bury it. This can be harmful
to us and animals. But what if we could reuse that stuff? Well, the good news is,
we can!
If you have something that you don’t want anymore or you have
outgrown, then you can give it to someone or donate it. Maybe your family is
getting new furniture? They can sell the old furniture and someone else can
reuse it. Most things do not have to be thrown away.
Another option for our stuff is to recycle it. Most of the things we use
everyday can be recycled. If you think about it, you can probably put most of
your trash items in one of the following categories: plastics, metals, glass, or
paper. All of these things are easy to recycle.
Recycling is where the items are melted or broken down and made into
something new. We are basically reusing the things that we would have thrown
away. This is important because it keeps that stuff from sitting in a landfill and
staying there forever!
Can you imagine wearing an empty milk jug as a shirt? Once the milk jugs
are cut into tiny pieces, they can be used to make shirts, mittens, and other
fabrics. Aluminum, like soda cans, can be used for car parts and bicycles. Glass
can be made into tiles used for floors, artwork, and jewelry. Recycling protects
our Earth, animals, and us…and that is pretty cool!
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Lexile Level – 780
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RI.2.9 RI.3.9
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�RESPOND� NAME:
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RI.2
.9
RI
.3.9
Compare: Importance of Recycling
and Reusing Trash?
1. Read: THE IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING Underline three of the most important reasons the author suggests for why we should recycle? Then write those reasons in your own words.
1. ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________________________________________
2. Read: REUSING TRASH? Underline three of the most important reasons the author suggests for why we should recycle? Then write those reasons in your own words.
1. ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________________________________________
3. Describe the points in both articles that are the SAME. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. Describe the points in both articles that are DIFFERENT. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________
5. Color a sentence or phrase in both texts where the author’s point is the same or similar.
6. Color a sentence or phrase in REUSING TRASH that is a point not
made in the other text (THE IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING)
Blue
Yellow
©2013 Alyssha Swanson: Teaching and Tapas
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NAME:
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RI.2
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RI.
3.1 7. Write three questions where the answer could be found in the text
____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
RI.2
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RI
.3.2
8. Write one WORD that describes the main idea of the text: _______________________________ 9. Write ONE sentence that tells the main idea of the text. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
Cite the Evidence
Complete Sentences
Restate the Question
10. Find the underlined word, decompose in the text. Use the context clues to explain what this word means. Circle the words in the text that are a clue to the meaning of the word. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________
RI.2.8 #3
�RESPOND� Ride Your Bike...Safely! �RESPOND�
Importance of Recycling
NOTE: The questions on this page all refer to Importance of Recycling Passage
Page 2 RI
.2.6
11. Do you think the author wrote this text mostly to: (choose one)
☐ EXPLAIN something ☐ DESCRIBE something ☐ ANSWER a question
Explain your reasoning: __________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________
RI.2
.4
RI.
3.4
©2013 Alyssha Swanson: Teaching and Tapas
NAME:
Page 8
7. Write three questions where the answer could be found in the text ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Write one WORD that describes the main idea of the text: _______________________________ 9. Write ONE sentence that tells the main idea of the text. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
Cite the Evidence
Complete Sentences
Restate the Question
NOTE: The questions on this page all refer to Reusing Trash? Passage
Page 3 �RESPOND� Reusing Trash?
RI.2
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RI.
3.1
RI.2
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RI
.3.2
RI
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R
I.3.
4 10. Find the underlined word, landfill in the text. Use the context clues to explain what this word means. Circle the words in the text that are clue to the meaning of the word. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________
RI.2
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11. Do you think the author wrote this text mostly to: (choose one)
☐ EXPLAIN something ☐ DESCRIBE something ☐ ANSWER a question
Explain your reasoning: __________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ©2013 Alyssha Swanson: Teaching and Tapas
By the end of year, read and comprehend informa2onal texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
The BIG product includes original Lexile Leveled reading passages.
passages and close reading activities specifically dedicated along with a page of activities for the rest of the standards. There is a 2nd or
3rd grade version available. These products have VERY detailed answer keys.
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