This resource includes fiction and nonfiction reading passages about koalas. The information is perfect for students in 5th grade to practice reading and answer comprehension questions. There are pre- and post-comprehension activities for students to engage with to support reading the fiction and nonfiction passage.

⭐↘️ What's included:

• Nonfiction passage about koalas

• Fictional story about a koala character

• Fluency passage with word count tracker

• Comprehension questions

• Vocabulary activities

• Text connections prompt

• Summary and synthesizing tasks

✨⬇️ Skills Focus:

• Differentiating between fiction and nonfiction texts

• Developing reading comprehension and critical thinking

• Expanding vocabulary and context clue strategies

• Practicing text evidence and inference skills

Students will:

✅ Engage with fiction and nonfiction reading

✅ Improve comprehension

✅ Complete concise tasks to support comprehension

Teachers will:

✴️ Have a Science of Reading aligned comprehension task

✴️ Provide students with engaging reading passages

✴️ Reinforce key literacy skills

✴️ Supplement explicit direct instruction around reading comprehension

❗ Ways to use this resource:

• Whole class reading

• Independent task

• Homework activity

• Intervention group

• Science of Reading literacy center

• Sub plans

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