Fiction & Non-fiction Paired Reading Passages

Fiction & Non-fiction Paired Reading Passages Grade 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8

Paired Text Lessons and Resources Grade 4
Paired Passage Practice and theExtended Response Question

K-12 Paired Texts & Question Sets - ReadWorks best searchable paired reading passage resource

American History

NONFICTION	FICTION
Senator Barack Obama: The American Promise (excerpts from acceptance speech)--or pair this with the speech by Obama on election night, or with a reading about the Civil Rights Movement.	The Train Ride—Barack Obama's Election Night (4th Grade Fiction)
Pioneer Families 3rd Grade     5th Grade	Pioneer Diary (Historical Fiction) 3rd Grade     5th Grade
Valley Forge (5th Grade)	Soldier's Letter (5th Grade Historical Fiction)
American Explorers (5th Grade)	Traveling with Lewis and Clark (5th Grade Historical Fiction)
Traveling West (6th Grade)	Stopping in Denver (6th Grade Historical Fiction)

Chicago History

NONFICTION	FICTION
Pioneer Families 3rd Grade     5th Grade	Pioneer Diary (Historical Fiction) 3rd Grade     5th Grade
After the Chicago Fire: Choosing a Park (3rd Grade)	Letter from Chicago (3rd Grade Historical Fiction)
Chicago Changes 3rd Grade     5th Grade	Letter to Grandmother (Realistic Fiction) 3rd Grade     6th Grade
Chicago Streets 3rd Grade     5th Grade	Changing Our Street (Realistic Fiction) 3rd Grade     5th Grade
Chicago Changer--Jane Addams (8th Grade)	External link: "Angelo's Saturdays" (Chicago History Museum)
Native Americans in Checagou (6th Grade)	Potawatomi Prairie (6th Grade Historical Fiction)
Changing Chicago (Reversing the River--7th Grade)	My Father's Miracle (reversing the Chicago River--7th Grade Historical Fiction)

Current Events

NONFICTION	FICTION
Landing on the Hudson (6th Grade)	The Hero (6th Grade Realistic Fiction)

Science

NONFICTION	FICTION
Prairie Ecology (4th Grade) Changing the Prairie (4th Grade)	The Prairie (4th Grade Realistic Fiction)
Learning about the Solar System (4th Grade)	The Astronaut's Diary (4th Grade Realistic Fiction)
Nutrition Lesson (6th Grade)	The Food Change (6th Grade Realistic Fiction)

American History
NONFICTION FICTION
Senator Barack Obama: The American Promise (excerpts from acceptance speech)--or pair this with the speech by Obama on election night, or with a reading about the Civil Rights Movement. The Train Ride—Barack Obama's Election Night (4th Grade Fiction)

Pioneer Families
3rd Grade 5th Grade
Pioneer Diary (Historical Fiction)
3rd Grade 5th Grade
Valley Forge (5th Grade) Soldier's Letter (5th Grade Historical Fiction)
American Explorers (5th Grade) Traveling with Lewis and Clark (5th Grade Historical Fiction)
Traveling West (6th Grade) Stopping in Denver (6th Grade Historical Fiction)

Chicago History
NONFICTION FICTION
Pioneer Families
3rd Grade 5th Grade
Pioneer Diary (Historical Fiction)
3rd Grade 5th Grade
After the Chicago Fire: Choosing a Park (3rd Grade) Letter from Chicago (3rd Grade Historical Fiction)

Chicago Changes
3rd Grade 5th Grade
Letter to Grandmother (Realistic Fiction)
3rd Grade 6th Grade
Chicago Streets
3rd Grade 5th Grade
Changing Our Street (Realistic Fiction)
3rd Grade 5th Grade
Chicago Changer--Jane Addams (8th Grade) External link: "Angelo's Saturdays" (Chicago History Museum)
Native Americans in Checagou (6th Grade) Potawatomi Prairie (6th Grade Historical Fiction)
Changing Chicago (Reversing the River--7th Grade) My Father's Miracle (reversing the Chicago River--7th Grade Historical Fiction)
Current Events
NONFICTION FICTION
Landing on the Hudson (6th Grade) The Hero (6th Grade Realistic Fiction)
Science
NONFICTION FICTION
Prairie Ecology (4th Grade)
Changing the Prairie (4th Grade) The Prairie (4th Grade Realistic Fiction)
Learning about the Solar System (4th Grade) The Astronaut's Diary (4th Grade Realistic Fiction)
Nutrition Lesson (6th Grade) The Food Change (6th Grade Realistic Fiction)
DEVELOP CONTENT COMPETENCE AND COMMON CORE LITERACY ABILITIES

Guides to Scaffold and Assess Student Learning

Comprehensive Nonfiction Reading Questions

Concise constructed response provide immediate data--and opportunities for feedback.

Graphic Organizers to Guide/Assess Nonfiction Reading
Nonfiction Reading Strategy Pre-Assessment

Common Core Constructed Response Organizer

Student Reading/Writing Guides

Nonfiction Reading Resources One Page Readings with Graphic Organizers Focused on Specific Skills to Support Common Core Standards 1 and 2

Use video shorts to kick-start your paired reading activities! Use graphic organizers and question stems to compare two genres or literary ideas. Select two videos to compare and contrast, analyze and discuss with your class.