All provide opportunities to develop students' competence for Common Core Anchor Reading Standard 1:
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it;
cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Nonfiction Resources from the Center for Urban Education |
Focus Thoughtful Reading!
Graphic Organizers to Guide/Assess Nonfiction Reading
Guide, Assess, Expand Thoughtful Reading
|
One-Page Nonfiction Readings by Grade Level Developed by the Center for Urban Education These passages are listed at their readability level according to the Fry formula. You may want to use a reading from an earlier or later grade level because the formula does not factor in conceptual difficulty of a text.
For more "readables" that include core skills development, go to Scholastic Teachables Skill-focused multiple choice questions and graphic organizers with Nonfiction and Fiction One-Page Readings Click here for a listing of ALL GRADES' nonfiction readings. |