Description
Looking for a way to increase science reading comprehension and science literacy in your middle school classroom? Help your students learn about the importance of biodiversity in ecosystems, the threats to biodiversity, and how we can help conserve biodiversity with these science reading comprehension passages with note-taking templates that guide the students, comprehension worksheets that have leveled questions, and Task cards to extend the learning. Perfect for Common Core Literacy Science Standards.
✎Print and digital versions
These importance of biodiversity in ecosystems science reading comprehension passages and worksheets cover topics such as:
✅ importance of biodiversity
✅ threats to biodiversity
✅ biodiversity in ecosystems
This will guide students through reading information about why biodiversity is important, the threats occuring to biodiversity, and the biodiversity that exists within ecosystems. They then have to apply their knowledge by answering leveled questions in the comprehension worksheets that accompany them and task cards at the end. They are perfect for use during the explain phase of the 5E model.
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What is included in these importance of biodiversity in ecosystems science reading comprehension passages and worksheets:
- 3 Expository reading passages (Print and digital)
- 3 Notetaking templates for each passage (Print and digital)
- 3 worksheets to assess the students’ comprehension of the reading passage (Print and digital)
- Answer keys to go with all worksheets
- 4 TASKS cards to extend their learning beyond the readings (Print and digital)
- Lesson Design on how to differentiate the lesson in your classroom
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