Looking for a high-interest, engaging resource to build reading comprehension skills? This Natural Disasters Reading Comprehension Packet is perfect for students reading at a Level T. Featuring five carefully crafted nonfiction passages about some of the most fascinating and intense natural disasters—earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and blizzards—this packet is designed to capture your students’ attention while challenging their comprehension abilities. Each passage is approximately 600 words, making it accessible yet challenging for 5th-grade readers or students at a Level T reading level. The topics provide an engaging mix of science, history, and real-world events, offering both background knowledge and opportunities for critical thinking.

What's Included:

5 Nonfiction Reading Passages on Earthquakes, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Floods, and Blizzards

25 Higher-Level Multiple-Choice Questions(5 per passage Questions are designed to test understanding of main ideas, details, cause and effect, vocabulary in context, and summarizing.

10 Discussion Questions(2 per passage) Open-ended questions designed to encourage critical thinking, making inferences, explaining concepts, and connecting ideas from the text.

Answer Key for all multiple-choice and discussion questions.

Skills Covered:

Reading Comprehension: Focus on understanding complex texts, identifying main ideas, and analyzing details.

Critical Thinking: Discussion questions encourage students to infer meaning, analyze cause and effect, and make connections between information.

Vocabulary Development: Students will encounter and learn domain-specific terms related to natural disasters. Summarizing: Higher-level questions require students to identify and summarize key points from each passage.

Text Evidence: Students are prompted to use evidence from the text to support their answers, honing their ability to cite sources in discussions and written responses.

This resource is ideal for independent practice, small group work, or as part of a science or literacy unit on natural disasters. It aligns with standards for reading informational text and provides ample opportunities for your students to apply critical thinking skills. Whether you're looking to enhance your science curriculum or focus on nonfiction reading comprehension, this packet is the perfect addition to your classroom.

Great for:

Reading Comprehension Practice Science and Literacy Units Test Prep for Nonfiction Reading Independent Work or Small Group Discussions

This product is designed to provide flexible use—whether you want to use it for weekly comprehension practice or integrate it into your science lessons on natural disasters, it’s sure to engage your students and build essential skills.