Differentiated Close Reading Comprehension for 3rd-4th Grade: Iditarod

Differentiated Close Reading Comprehension for 3rd and 4th Grade: "What is the Iditarod?" Informational Text Worksheets Package

Motivate your students by adding this differentiated reading package on a highly engaging topic to your collection of non-fiction close reading comprehension materials.

As March rolls around, print and distribute these ready to print materials to introduce your class to the topic of the famous annual Alaskan dogsled race and answer the question, "What is the Iditarod?"

To help you reach all of your students with differentiated learning materials, there are two versions of the basic informational text included, a harder version and an easier. The two differentiated reading passages are followed by the same set of multiple choice questions to test close reading comprehension. An answer key is provided to make checking or self-checking easy and quick. Part of the answer key is a copy of the marked up passage, with text supporting the answers highlighted and underlined.

These no prep, print and go worksheets are perfect for literacy centers, seatwork and homework. Use them to supplement your other Iditarod and informational text materials, or to introduce a fun new topic to your collecction of reading resources. The worksheets are in a black and white format which make them suitable for low cost printing and distribution

Make it easy for everyone in your class, even the weaker readers, to learn more about this exciting event that appeals to so many students.

Format and Content: The 15-page PDF includes the basic informational text passage in both black and white and full color versions, an easier to read passage also in black and white and color, a single-page worksheet of close reading questions, an answer key and a copy of the passage with text supporting the answers identified..

The primary curriculum standard addressed is CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1: Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.