Why are some people fascinated by space?
Close Reading Pack, Grade 6, Informational Text
In this Close Reading Pack, students read nonfiction passages about how telescopes and space probes have expanded and changed our understanding of objects in space. Students must read closely to locate evidence to support an answer to the Key Question.
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Student Passages
Jupiter: King of the Solar System
Low - Lexile: 970L
The Helix Nebula
Medium - Lexile: 990L
It's a Galaxy, Not a Nebula
Medium - Lexile: 1020L
Life on Mars?
High - Lexile: 980L
Connecting Passage
Here Comes Halley's...Again
Medium - Lexile: 1040L
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