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Reading Comprehension - Biographies

Inspire readers with these free printable stories about the lives of important people in culture and history. print the one-page reading passages for offline use or test comprehension with the online reading quizzes. recommended level: 3rd or 4th grade and up.

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A great way to teach about history and content-area topics, biographies highlight famous figures, inventors, scientists, civil rights leaders, sports legends, and heros. Many of these mini-books, plays, and passages feature question/response activities, biography worksheets, teaching guides, lesson ideas, and graphic organizers.

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Text Evidence Reading Passages: BIOGRAPHY Edition!

I posted my first “text evidence reading passage” back in early October of 2013.  It was part of a little Pumpkin Freebie pack and I wanted to try it out with my kids that weren’t paying close enough attention to detail while they read.  (Do you have those kiddos? I sure do!!) I had nooo idea that the set up of those little passages would be so effective with my students! You all have shown such amazing support for these Text Evidence Reading Packs and I’m so thankful they are working in your rooms, too! So…I have fun news to share!

The “ Biography Edition ” of my Text Evidence Reading Passages is finally here!!  Many of you have sent the sweetest emails and messages to me over the past year about the need for a pack that focused on biographies and I’m happy to say…it’s created and posted!

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Steve Jobs is such a good idea! We are using biographies to study chronological text structure this week. It has been challenging to find second grade friendly, short biography passages to use. Yours look great! Have a great week! -Marie

This packet is in my cart! I have all your text passages and these will fit right in 🙂 Thank you – my students have really caught on to close reading using these pages! Jen

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This product features a short non-fiction passage (biography) and a set of comprehension questions that can be answered based on the passage.

The passage is a 3rd grade level passage about Abraham Lincoln. There are 7 questions that go with the passage:

- 5 multiple choice practice questions

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The question stems vary and give students great practice with looking up answers, determining purpose, vocabulary skills, and main idea. Answer key included.

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