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World No Tobacco Day | Reading Passages & Writing Scaffold (Grades 4–5

World No Tobacco Day reading and writing pack: five short informational passages on the May 31 observance and tobacco's health effects, followed by four structured writing scaffolds on the same topic.
Grades
Grades 3–5, Elementary
Pages
10
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Updated Oct 13, 2026

Subject
Reading Comprehension, Reading, ELA, Creative Writing, Writing
Topic
World No Tobacco Day, Reading Passages
Resource types
Writing Prompts, Worksheets & Printables
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What's inside this resource

Support reading comprehension and writing development with this informational resource based on World No Tobacco Day. Designed for grades 4–5, this activity pack uses age-appropriate texts to help students practice literacy skills while exploring a real-world topic.

Students will read informational passages that introduce the purpose of World No Tobacco Day and general facts about tobacco and health. The focus is on understanding informational text, identifying key ideas, and building academic vocabulary.

The included writing activities provide structured support to help students organize their thoughts, respond to prompts, and develop clear written responses. This resource emphasizes reading and writing skills rather than persuasion.

This no-prep resource is suitable for classroom instruction, independent practice, or literacy centers.

What’s Included:

  • Informational reading passages

  • Comprehension questions (multiple choice and short answer)

  • Structured writing activities and prompts

  • Sentence support for developing responses

  • Clear, student-friendly layout

Ideal For:

  • Reading comprehension practice

  • Informational text analysis

  • Writing development and organization

  • Literacy centers or independent work

  • Classroom or homeschool use

Provide students with an opportunity to practice essential literacy skills through structured and engaging informational activities.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify main ideas and key details in short informational passages
  • Plan and write opinion, narrative and informative pieces on one topic

Skills covered

  • Informational reading — answering five questions after each passage
  • Structured writing — building responses from sentence starters and structure guides

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Informational text
  • Main idea
  • Opinion writing
  • Narrative writing
  • Informative writing

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