Reading Paired Texts 20-book SET - Social Studies - Science - Chapter Slices

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Reading Comprehension | Science | Fiction/Nonfiction Pairing | Social Studies

Supports Best Practices in Reading by Pairing Science and Social Studies-Based Nonfiction Stories with Fiction Stories on the Same Topic!

THIS SET INCLUDES BOTH SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE PAIRED TEXTS SETS IN ONE!

Each exciting and fact-filled story is accompanied by a dynamic, colorful, realistic illustration that brings the story to life and enhances the content. The nonfiction story gives a detailed, scientific explanation of the topic. The matching fiction story makes the topic relatable to everyday life.

Reading Skills

Follow-up questions and activities help build important comprehension skills and strategies shared by and unique to nonfiction and fiction stories. By reading the stories and completing the accompanying activities, students will have a much greater understanding of these two key genres of reading.

Questions & Activities

Each story is followed by who, what, when, where, why, and how type questions.

Additional skill-specific questions for each story include: Main Idea, Locating Information, Fact or Opinion, Sequencing, Cause & Effect, Conclusion, Inference,

Summarizing, and Picture Interpretation.

Vocabulary activities include: vocabulary matching, word search, and context.

Details:

Each short story is about 350 words and is written at a 2.9 to 4.9 reading level according to the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Scale. The interest level is grades 3 and up.

Contents Include:

20-Book Reading Paired Texts for Science and Social Studies

• 40 high-interest, illustrated, short stories

• 200 pages of questions and activities

• Glossary

• Answer Key

• 360 total pages

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