The Solar System Digital Reading Comprehension Activities
Description
Go paperless with our Solar System digital reading comprehension for Google Classroom activity – great for digital guided reading! Learn about the Solar System, the 8 planets in our solar system, Pluto, and the first moon landing. This Google Slides resource includes seven passages (at two levels) with at least seven unique slides of engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking interactive tasks.
These activities are great for your guided reading program in both a traditional classroom with some access to mobile learning through to a full 1:1 digital classroom.
In this Solar System digital reading comprehension resource you will receive:
1. Seven texts – all with an extended and scaffold version:
- The Solar System
- The Sun
- Mercury, Venus and Earth
- Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
- Uranus and Neptune
- Is Pluto a Planet?
- The First Moon Landing
2. At least seven unique Higher Order Thinking Activities based on Blooms Taxonomy and aligned with the CCSS and the NZ Curriculum (48 activities in total)
- Remember
- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
3. Full instructions on how to use this Google Slides resource, and how to share it with your students.
4. Tips for using Google Slides for teachers AND students
5. Teacher Answer Key for applicable questions.

















