Do your students glaze over during reading time?
Struggling with vocabulary retention?
Noticing shorter and shorter attention spans year after year?
If you’re nodding “yes” to any of these, this orbits reading is here to save the day!
Reading comprehension doesn’t have to be boring or overwhelming—and it doesn’t belong only in the ELA classroom! Every teacher can support literacy with the right tools (and a little bit of fun!). Just model, read together, annotate, and let those meaningful discussions begin!
I created this line of reading resources to make your life easier and your students more confident readers.
Each passage is:
- ✔️ Clear and engaging
- ✔️ Written at a grade 6–8 reading level
- ✔️ Paired with thoughtful, rigorous questions that ask students to predict, reflect, connect, and think critically
Whether you’re using it for pre-reading, homework, review, or to support absent students—this resource has the flexibility you need to fit your teaching style.
Let’s get those students reading, writing, and building vocabulary—without all the prep stress!
Topics covered in this Orbits Guided Reading Worksheet include:
- Gravity
- Inertia
- Combining Forces/Velocity
- Comets/Satellites/Moons
Who is this resource for?
This resource can be used by classroom teachers, tutors, and parents of students in grades 6-9. It comprehensively covers the mentioned topics, and includes several comprehension and extension questions that will lock in learning.
How Can I Use this Orbits Worksheet?
- Emergency sub plans
- Flipped classroom pre-reading
- Whole/small group modeling of close reading
- Independent workstations or homework
- Extension activities for early finishers
- Choice boards
- Interactive notebooks (mini-booklet or annotation style)
- Reteaching for students needing extra support
- Make-up work for absent students
What’s Included?
- PDF File
- Google Slides Digital Version (for assigning through your learning management system)
- Audio Version
- Plain Text Google Doc (for translation purposes)
- Link to editable PPT/Keynote version of file (for making edits)
- Answer Key
Everything you need is just a click away. After purchase, download the main PDF and access all linked digital resources on page 2.
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What’s Next?
If you enjoy this resource, consider checking out some of my other guided readings! Or submit a request for a topic you’d like to see in a future product.
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NGSS Standards covered by this Orbits Guided Reading Worksheet:
Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons. Examples of models can be physical, graphical, or conceptual.
Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system. Emphasis is on the analysis of data from Earth-based instruments, space-based telescopes, and spacecraft to determine similarities and differences among solar system objects. Examples of scale properties include the sizes of an object’s layers (such as crust and atmosphere), surface features (such as volcanoes), and orbital radius. Examples of data include statistical information, drawings and photographs, and models. Assessment does not include recalling facts about properties of the planets and other solar system bodies.
Construct and present arguments using evidence to support the claim that gravitational interactions are attractive and depend on the masses of interacting objects. Examples of evidence for arguments could include data generated from simulations or digital tools; and charts displaying mass, strength of interaction, distance from the Sun, and orbital periods of objects within the solar system. Assessment does not include Newton’s Law of Gravitation or Kepler’s Laws.
