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Reading Passage: Exploring Parts and Functions of the Brain (3-5)

After reading Your Fantastic Elastic Brain, use this reading passage to extend your students' thinking. Print or download this passage as a supplementary, independent reading activity to help them develop reading fluency. 

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Age Range
8 - 10
Grade Level
3rd - 5th
Literacy Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10
By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.