Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Article and Activities - Tiny House Movement
Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Article and Activities - Tiny House Movement: 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 The Tiny House Movement which advocates for downsizing to smaller living spaces to promote financial freedom, environmental sustainability, and a simpler lifestyle. Students will then show their comprehension and analysis of the article with a ready-to-use response assignment, focusing on making connections, evaluating information, summarizing information, reading comprehension, and more. Also included is a fun and creative assignment where students design a floor plan for their own tiny house and develop a real estate listing to sell the house once it’s done. 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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➡️ Tiny House Movement 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.
➡️ Tiny House Movement Nonfiction Article: Engage your students in an original nonfiction article that explores The Tiny House Movement. This informative piece provides a foundation for in-depth discussions, reading comprehension, and critical analysis.
➡️ Tiny House Movement 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 focusing on making connections, evaluating information, summarizing information, reading comprehension, and more. A detailed teacher answer key is provided for easy grading and review.
➡️ Tiny House For Sale and Floor Plan Creative Response Assignment: Foster creativity and critical thinking skills with this engaging assignment. Students design a floor plan for their own tiny house and develop a real estate listing to sell the house once it’s done. Students will complete the tiny house floor plan by labeling all areas of the house (doors, windows, furniture, appliances etc). The real estate listing allows them to focus on the unique features, description, and ideal customer.
What Teachers Are Saying About This Tiny House Movement Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Article and Activities Resource:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was great before having my students create tiny houses for a character from our most recent novel study. Great way to build background knowledge.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My students really struggle with informational text. I love using these short non-fiction, high-interest articles to refine those skills. The creative activity following the article was also a big hit!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I used these informational texts in my engineering class when we discussed tiny houses as part of a project.
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