Insects Close Reading

This close reading resource includes 6 close reading passages. Each close reading passage comes with a page of reading response questions as well as a graphic organizer for visual interpretation.

For your convenience, we’ve also included a teacher’s guide and answer keys for each question and graphic organizer page. The teacher’s guide for this close reading resource includes a Common Core Standards listing and usage map, a quick teaching reading tutorial, the procedure for close reading, as well as optional close reading “codes” that can be used by your students when annotating their passages.

Close Reading Passages Include:
– The Making of a Butterfly
– Butterfly Behavior
– Moths
– Solitary Bees
– Stages of a Bee’s Life
– Habitat Preservation