Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Life Reading Passages - 5 Texts + Questions

Five original nonfiction reading passages on dinosaurs and prehistoric life, each with comprehension questions and a full answer key. Print and go, or assign one passage at a time. Built for middle school (grades 6-8) and aligned to the reading standards below.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

- 5 nonfiction passages: What Makes a Dinosaur a Dinosaur? / How Fossils Form / The Age of Dinosaurs / Meat-Eaters and Plant-Eaters / The End of the Dinosaurs

- 8 questions per passage (40 total): recall, main idea, vocabulary in context, cite-the-evidence, and inference

- Combined answer key for every question

- A standards page listing the exact codes covered

- US Letter, print-friendly, low-ink, no filled backgrounds

GREAT FOR

- Sub plans, early finishers, stations, homework, or review

- Pairing with a documentary unit (Prehistoric Planet (Season 1 / Season 2 / Ice Age))

STANDARDS

- CCSS: RI.6-8.1, RI.6-8.2, RI.6-8.4

- NGSS: MS-LS4-1, MS-LS4-2, MS-LS2-4

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TERMS OF USE

- For single-classroom / single-teacher use. Do not redistribute or post publicly.

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