Famous Person Biography Reading Comprehension Passages Scientists

Women's History Month made simple! Looking for biography close reading passages & activities to engage your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students? This famous people biography close reading passages, include many famous women, and are just what you need!

These informational, nonfiction reading passages will help your students learn about high-interest topics and connect reading with historical figures of different topics in meaningful ways to support readers!

With seven different sets and 36 different passages, you can easily ensure that your students are practicing nonfiction reading strategies all year long.

Help your students understand different historical figures, including US Presidents, Inventors, Black History, Women's History, Poets, Native American Heroes, and Artists with these engaging and critical-thinking nonfiction articles.

Each pack includes:

• nonfiction reading passages
• open-ended reader response questions
• graphic organizers
• going further activities
• answer keys
• anchor charts

This bundle includes an exclusive text marking anchor chart only available when purchasing this bundle.

These passages are great for test prep, small group instruction, informal assessments, morning work, sub plans, or anyway you want!

Save so much valuable classroom time by combining content topics and close reading standards together with these activities! Your students will practice gathering important information and reflecting as they read high-interest nonfiction passages.

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Included are 36 highly engaging articles to help your students understand these social studies topics and important events through close reading activities.

Kindly note: This set includes close reading sets from my shop. Please be sure that you do not own these before purchasing.

This set includes printable AND digital versions to use with Google Classroom™.

CONTENTS

✓36 passages with critical thinking reader response questions on different historical figures with reader reflection activities to match each article.

7 Individual Packs with Topics that Include:

✓ US Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama

✓ Black History Month: Jackie Robinson, George Washington Carver, Harriet Tubman, Ruby Bridges

✓ Women's History Month: Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie, Pocahontas, Mother Teresa, Frida Kahlo, Kamala Harris

✓ Native American Heroes: Black Hawk, Sacagawea, Sitting Bull, Jim Thorpe

✓ Famous Scientists: Alexander Graham Bell, Sarah Breedlove, George Washington Carver, Josephine Cochrane, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Steve Jobs, Lewis Latimer

✓ Famous Artists: Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keefe, Johannes Vermeer, Michelangelo, Horace Pippin, Jackson Pollock

✓ Famous Poets: Jack Prelutsky, William Shakespeare, Shel Silverstein, Walter Dean Myers, Emily Dickinson
PLUS:

✓3 Anchor Charts: ABC of Why We Close Read, 123s of Close Reading, Close Reading Text Marking

✓Answer Keys

✓123s of Close Reading Graphic Organizer to use with any passage

Teacher Approved! {Feedback on resources in this set}

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“This was such a fantastic resource to initiate student understanding about inventors and inventions. The reading passage is packed with valuable knowledge that is tailored to students' needs and interests. Not only does it provide useful information, but it also keeps students at the center of the learning experience. The addition of the banner takes the lesson to a whole new level of engagement. It adds a fun and interactive element to the classroom while giving students the opportunity to showcase their creativity.”

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“I loved these reading comprehension passages. It was a great tool for students to practice their comprehension and learn more about women's history. Highly recommend.”

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“This was a great resource! I would highly recommend purchasing! Even I learned a lot from these passages and the assignment pages were well thought out.”

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