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Reading Comprehension Unit on Elephants – Middle School Science Unit

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This reading comprehension unit with informational text articles will improve your class’ science literacy with high-interest passages on Elephants!

Containing a week’s worth of activities, this unit will save you LOTS of time and keep your class engaged!

Students will learn about behavioral and structural adaptations as well as conservation efforts and the differences between Asian elephants and African elephants.

Students will use CLOSE reading and text-dependent questions to read back into the text. This resource is aligned with informational text standards for 5th-6th grade.

What’s included in this resource?

Your download includes a six-page informational text passage on elephants, reading comprehension questions, interactive notebook activities, response pages, and answer keys for everything!

I bought this to use with my 6th-grade class and I am really pleased with how many activities are included and with the great article on elephants. My students were eager to read more!

Vessa W.

This is a standards-aligned unit.

Aligned with CCSS RI.5.1, RI.5.2, RI.5.4, RI.5.8, RI.6.1, RI.6.2, RI.6.4, and RI.6.5, you can be sure that you are covering the material that you are required to cover!

Great unit for integrating science and literacy into one unit! Students were engaged! Loved the interesting article on elephants and all the interesting facts.

Brooke G.

It is hard to find good informational text unit for middle school. This was great! My students loved learning about elephants. Really interesting.

Jennifer K.

Other middle school science teachers LOVE this unit!

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My students loved this unit. I was able to present different elements of it throughout the month. It is hard to find interesting non-fictional, age-appropriate text for my students that they will enjoy. This was a great unit that aligned well for my students who have very different goals within the same group.

 
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Heidi J

My students loved this unit. I was able to present different elements of it throughout the month. It is hard to find interesting non-fictional, age-appropriate text for my students that they will enjoy. This was a great unit that aligned well for my students who have very different goals within the same group.   Compare and Contrast Two Texts on Reindeer
I am so impressed with this unit which manages to be distance learning and hands-on at the same time.  Really well thought out and engaging activities that allow students to practice each of the eight Science and Engineering Practices.  Really no prep for me!

 
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Tina S

I am so impressed with this unit which manages to be distance learning and hands-on at the same time.  Really well thought out and engaging activities that allow students to practice each of the eight Science and Engineering Practices.  Really no prep for me!   Science and Engineering Practices Distance Education Unit
The elephant article was excellent but I also thought the lab on dissecting a flower was broken down so easily, even telling me where to get inexpensive flowers!  This resource helped me teach this challenging standard in an engaging way.  Worth every penny!

 
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Richard S

The elephant article was excellent but I also thought the lab on dissecting a flower was broken down so easily, even telling me where to get inexpensive flowers!  This resource helped me teach this challenging standard in an engaging way.  Worth every penny!   Structure and Function NGSS 4-LS1-1 and 4-LS1-2
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