Reading Comprehension MEGA BUNDLE: SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES

Description

Integrating social studies and science into your reading curriculum has never been easier! We have designed fun and interactive reading printables that cover a variety of important topics. After your students read each passage, they will complete a simple comprehension activity that directly relates to what they have read. Read these passages together as a class, in groups, or independently depending on the reading level of your students.

23 LIFE SCIENCE Non-Fiction Reading Passages:

-Living and Nonliving

-The Growing Plant

-What Does a Plant Need?

-Parts of a Plant

-Eating Plants

-Mammals

-Birds

-Reptiles

-Amphibians

-Fish

-Insects and Spiders

-Butterfly Life Cycle

-Habitats

-Forest

-Desert

-Ocean

-Tundra

-Our Five Senses

-Skeleton and Bones

-Muscles

-Heart and Lungs

-Digesting Food

-Brain and Nerves

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24 EARTH SCIENCE Non-Fiction Reading Passages:

-Solar System

-The Sun

-Our Earth

-Earth’s Moon

-Mercury

-Venus

-Mars

-Jupiter

-Saturn

-Uranus

-Neptune

-Stars

-Day and Night

-Seasons (2 versions: autumn or fall options)

-Autumn (2 versions: autumn or fall options)

-Winter

-Spring

-Summer

-Weather

-Clouds and Rain

-Wind

-Measuring Weather

-Natural Resources

-Fossils

*(NOTE: when describing the four seasons, we have concentrated on the patterns of the Western Hemisphere)

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20 PHYSICAL SCIENCE Non-Fiction Reading Passages:

-What is Matter?

-Atoms

-Solid

-Liquid

-Gas

-Mixing Matter

-How Water Changes

-Float or Sink?

-Forces and Motion

-Gravity

-Magnets

-Opposites Attract

-Types of Energy

-Sound

-Volume and Pitch

-Light

-Shadows

-Electricity

-Static Electricity

-Lab Safety Pledge

*(NOTE: Since many of these topics are abstract, providing hands on investigations along with these passages will help these concepts come to life! )

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48 SOCIAL STUDIES Non-Fiction Passages:

1.A Very Special Me

2.Family

3.Comparing Families

4.Types of Homes

5.Building a Home

6.Helpers in Our Community

7.Firefighter

8.Police Officer

9.Postal Worker

10.Dentist

11.Doctor

12.Teacher

13.Pilot

14.Garbage Collector

15.A Good Citizen

16.Home & School Rules

17.Classroom Rights

18.Classroom Responsibilities

19.What is Voting?

20.Who Can Vote?

21.United States Symbols

22.Our Flag

23.Pledge of Allegiance

24.Statue of Liberty

25.The Bald Eagle

26.The White House

27.Liberty Bell

28.George Washington

29.Thomas Jefferson

30.Abraham Lincoln

31.Harriet Tubman

32.Helen Keller

33.Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

34.Rosa Parks

35.Cesar Chavez

36.Neil Armstrong

37.Famous Americans Review

38.What Are Maps?

39.Map Symbols

40.Compass Rose

41.Landforms

42.Life Long Ago

43.Time for Play!

44.Time for School!

45.Needs & Wants

46.Spending Money

47.Goods & Services

48.Producers & Consumers

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35 HOLIDAYS & SCHOOL CELEBRATIONS Non-Fiction Passages:

1. Labor Day

2. Grandparent’s Day

3. Patriot Day

4. Rosh Hashanah

5. Johnny Appleseed

6. Halloween

7. Election Day

8. Veterans Day

9. Thanksgiving

10. Hanukkah

11. Christmas

12. Kwanzaa

13. New Year’s Day

14. MLK Jr. Day

15. Chinese New Year

16. 100th Day of School

17. Groundhog Day

18. Valentine’s Day

19. Presidents’ Day

20. Mardi Gras

21. St. Patrick’s Day

22. April Fool’s

23. Easter

24. Passover

25. Earth Day

26. Arbor Day

27. May Day

28. Cinco de Mayo

29. Teacher Appreciation

30. Mother’s Day

31. Armed Forces Day

32. Memorial Day

33. Flag Day

34. Father’s Day

35. Independence Day (4th of July)

Perfect for grades K-1. Kindergarten teachers will find these passages valuable for their students with a more guided instruction approach.

**** Please download our preview for FREE sample printables to try with your students. Enjoy!

PRINTING TIP: If you are having students place these in a science or social studies composition notebook, print the pages out at a reduced size to fit just right. Go to custom scale and key in 85%.

~Curriculum Castle