Are you looking for ways to incorporate more non-fiction text in your reading block? This set of leveled, informational reading passages and science readers is designed for your students to practice reading high-interest, informational texts. Students strengthen their reading comprehension skills through close reading and text-evidence tasks as they read engaging nonfiction articles about scientists, scientific processes, science tools, jobs scientists do, and where scientists work.
Easy to use for teaching whole groups or small group instruction, these informational reading passages and science readers feature high-interest topics, rich vocabulary, and multiple Lexile levels, offering everything you need to provide differentiated reading activities for a wide range of learners. They’re ideal for adding a reading element to your science block and are the perfect companion to this Scientists & Scientific Methods science unit.
You’ll receive 48 reading choices in article format, book format, and Google Slides versions for four engaging science topics.
Each resource includes three reading levels (350–450L, 450–550L, and 550–650L), making it easy to meet the needs of every student in your class, whether you’re teaching whole groups, small groups, or need reading intervention materials.
Each leveled passage and reader includes 2 sets of questions. Text-dependent questions for students to locate and color-code evidence in the text, and text structure-based questions that target 9 key learning standards for reading informational text.
The question sets address these standards:
- Ask and answer questions
- Read and comprehend
- Main topic
- Text features
- Images & diagrams
- Text purpose
- Word meanings
- Context clues
- Cause & effect
Scientists Reading Comprehension Passages Include:
12 printable, leveled reading passages
12 printable, leveled science readers
Matching digital versions on Google Slides
2 sets of comprehension questions per text (text-evidence & text-structure based)
Detailed teaching procedures, reading level chart, and standards alignment page
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Why teachers love them:
- Seamlessly integrates science into your literacy block
- Makes differentiation easy and stress-free
- Keeps all students working on the same skill targets with leveled texts and identical question sets
- Builds reading comprehension skills with standards-based questions
- Perfect for guided reading groups, skill groups, early finishers, interventions, and test prep
Passage titles & topics:
Meet a Scientist: Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant (conservation scientist)
Where Do Scientists Work? (explore different types of scientists in the field)
What Does a Scientist Do? (jobs scientists do and how they do them)
Scientist Use Tools (science tools and their uses)
Whether you’re introducing new science concepts or reinforcing previously taught content, this resource offers a meaningful way to increase reading comprehension, content understanding, and student engagement—all in one easy-to-use resource.
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Happy teaching!
Linda Kamp
Around the Kampfire
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