Nonfiction Reading Passages Gr. 2 BUNDLE

Are you looking for ways to improve reading comprehension and incorporate more non-fiction text in your reading block? This bundle of leveled, nonfiction reading passages and science readers with comprehension question sets is designed to provide your students with practice reading informational texts. Students strengthen their reading comprehension skills through close reading and text-evidence tasks using engaging articles related to 2^nd grade science topics.

Easy to differentiate, these science-related, nonfiction reading passages feature high-interest topics, rich vocabulary, and multiple Lexile levels, offering everything you need to help your students become more confident readers and to provide differentiated reading activities for a wide range of learners. They’re ideal for adding science content to your reading lessons or incorporating ELA standards into your science block. This resource is the perfect companion to this 2nd grade science curriculum.

You’ll receive 180 original reading choices in article format, book format, and Google Slides versions for 20 engaging science topics.

Each set 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 nonfiction reading passage includes 2 sets of comprehension 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/skills:

• Ask and answer questions
• Read and comprehend
• Main topic
• Text features – Images, diagrams, captions, infographics, tables
• Text purpose
• Word meanings
• Context clues
• Cause & effect
• Sequencing

Included in the bundle:

• 60 leveled reading passages
• 60 leveled science readers
• 60 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

Nonfiction Reading Passages Titles & Topics

Properties of Matter

• How Do Astronauts Eat in Space? (Structure and properties of matter)
• Instant Ice Cream: A Liquid Nitrogen Treat (Reversible changes)
• Soaring with Science: How Do Hot Air Balloons Fly? (Understanding Gases)
• Small Pieces: The Watts Tower Wonder (Matter within objects)

Landforms & Earth changes

• Fast Changes on Earth (earthquakes, landslides)
• The Most Dangerous Job in the World (Meet a Scientist – Volcanologist)
• The Hidden World of Caves (Landforms)
• How Does Weathering, Erosion & Deposition Happen? (Slow Earth changes)

Habitats

• Coral Farming: Restoring Our Reefs (conservation)
• Venus Flytrap: The Plant All Insects Fear (plant adaptations)
• How Do Animals Survive Harsh Habitats? (animal adaptations)
• How Salmon Cannons Are Saving the Salmon (engineering design)

Plant & Animal Interdependence

• Carried Away: How Seeds Travel (seed dispersal)
• Animal Pollinators (pollination, plant & animal interdependence)
• Teamwork: Partners in the Wild (living in groups for survival)
• Plants: Nature’s Best Medicine (humans rely on plants)

Scientists & Scientific Processes

• Types of scientists
• Places where scientists work
• Jobs scientists do
• Science tools and their uses
• Conservation scientists

Teachers love this resource because they can:

Seamlessly integrate science content into your literacy block

Make differentiation easy and stress-free

Keep all students working on the same skill targets with leveled texts and identical question sets

Improve comprehension with standards-based questions

Use them for whole group lessons, small group instruction, interventions, and test prep

Please see the previews for more details of everything included.

Happy teaching!

Linda Kamp

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