Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Article and Activities - Life in Space
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Article and Activities - Life in Space: Bring nonfiction into your classroom with this comprehensive resource, designed to meet your informational text standards. Use the included presentation slides to guide this high-interest nonfiction reading comprehension lesson where students will read an article about what life is like for astronauts in space. Students will then show their comprehension and analysis of the article with a ready-to-use response assignment, focusing on finding text evidence, comparing and contrasting information, making inferences, summarizing information, analyzing figurative language, and making connections. Also included is a fun and creative assignment where students must write a daily schedule as an astronaut living in space. This nonfiction reading comprehension lesson has everything you need to help your students be stronger at reading and analyzing informational texts.
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Included in This Life in Space Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Article and Activities Resource:
➡️ Life in Space Presentation Slides: Use this PowerPoint presentation to guide you through every element of the lesson. From pre-reading discussion questions to activity prompts and answer keys, each slide is crafted to facilitate engaging classroom discussions. Additionally, the presentation includes a link to a related video and a video writing prompt, enabling students to make meaningful text-to-self connections.
➡️ Life in Space Nonfiction Article: Engage your students in an original nonfiction article about what life is like for astronauts in space. This informative piece provides a foundation for in-depth discussions, reading comprehension, and critical analysis.
➡️ Life in Space Reading Response Assignment: Challenge students to analyze the text and show comprehension with this reading response assignment. Designed to meet informational text curriculum standards, this assignment encourages students to analyze and reflect on key concepts like finding text evidence, comparing and contrasting information, making inferences, summarizing information, analyzing figurative language, and making connections. A detailed teacher answer key is provided for easy grading and review.
➡️ A Day in the Life of an Astronaut Creative Response Assignment: Foster creativity and critical thinking skills with this engaging assignment where students must write a daily schedule as an astronaut living in space. They will imagine that they are astronauts living at the International Space Station. Students will use the organizer to compare their current daily schedule on Earth to their schedule in space by theorizing how they might do their regular tasks in space without gravity.
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