The Practice of Engineering Reading Comprehension Passages With Questions 2nd

The practice of engineering {STEM} nonfiction reading passages is engineering for kids. Help students understand what an engineer is and what they do. This STEM topic will allow integration of the content area of STEM into reading! Your students will learn what an engineer is and does, all about engineering tools, how engineers think, the engineering design process, and they will participate in a bonus STEM challenge. (Print and Digital Included- Google Slides)

Topics Covered:

What is an Engineer? and What is an Engineer?

Engineering Tools Vocabulary and Sort

Engineering Design Process and How Do You Think Like an Engineer?

Engineering Safety

Engineering Vocabulary

Bonus:

STEM Challenge

Student Journals

Informational Text Standards Covered:

RI.2.1 Asking and Answering Questions

RI.2.4 Content Vocabulary

RI. 2.5 Text Features

RI. 2.6 Author's Purpose

Getting to EVERYTHING can be so difficult. Short informational passages can help a busy teacher cover informational text standards as well as cover important STEM concepts. This packet can be taught in a week with a bonus STEM challenge on the last day of the week. Students will have the opportunity to develop a physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object can help it function as needed to solve the problem.