Dinosaurs Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions
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Description
Head back in time to the Jurassic Age and improve reading comprehension with our Dinosaurs Reading Comprehension activities. This activity pack includes FIVE Year Five and Six informational non-fiction passages with six pages of unique and engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks.
These activities are great for your guided reading program, or as homework tasks. Integrate these activities into your history and/or social studies projects! These link closely to New Zealand’s Literacy Progressions and Curriculum.
In this Dinosaurs Reading Comprehension pack you will receive:
1. Five texts – all with an extended and scaffold version:
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An Introduction to Dinosaurs
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Brachiosaurus vs Triceratops vs Stegosaurus
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Tyrannosaurus Rex
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Paleontologists, Fossils, and Dinosaurs
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Theories on Dinosaur Extinction
2. SIX corresponding NO PREP Higher Order Thinking Activities – that’s 30 activities in total.
Each passage features different activities!
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Remember
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Understand
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Apply
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Analyse/Analyze
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Evaluate
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Create
Reading Comprehension Strategies included:
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Find Facts and Details
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Make Inferences
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Identify the Main Idea
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Ask and Answer Questions
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Vocabulary
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Summarise/Summarize
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Synthesise
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Compare and Contrast
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Make Predictions
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Make Connections
3. Three Graphic Organiser Examples
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Information Web
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Main Idea
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Venn Diagram
4. Teacher Answer Key for applicable questions.
5. Two ‘Tips For Use’ pages with ways to use this resource in your classroom.
