These Earth Day reading passages with comprehension questions and writing prompts will engage your third grade students while learning about Earth Day. This resource contains 3 Earth day informational texts and 1 Earth day fiction story about Earth day. Students will be engaged to learn about the history of Earth day, how people harm the environment, and how to help the environment.

What's Included:

❤️ 3 informational reading passages

❤️ 1 fiction reading passage

❤️ 4 comprehension question pages for each story

❤️ 5 writing prompts

Stories Included:

► "History of Earth Day" (informational)

► "The Green Team" (fiction)

► Harming the Environment (informational)

► Helping the Environment (informational)

Writing Topics Included:

✍ How I Can Help the Earth

✍ 5 Steps I Can Take to Care for the Earth

✍ Should Earth Day Be Celebrated?

✍ Persuade Your Principal to Start a Green Team

✍ How I Can Make a Small Difference

Skills covered:

⭐ reading comprehension

⭐ author's point of view

⭐ main idea

⭐ text dependent answers

⭐ short answer responses

How and When to use these Passages

→ informational text writing

→ whole group instruction

→ partner work

→ small group

→ literacy centers

→ homework

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