Day of the Dead Project - Día de los Muertos Close Reading Activities Questions

Day of the Dead Close Reading Resources are excellent activities to celebrate El Dia de los Muertos while empowering your students to become independent readers, learners, and thinkers. This Day of the Dead close reading resource package includes Day of the Dead questions and activities that engage struggling readers with common core reading strategies. This resource includes fun activities that fit seamlessly into your existing curriculum. They help students to remain focused while reading, and to become actively involved in the text.

Close Reading is a highly effective Common Core strategy that helps students better understand text; it asks them to dig deeper into what they have been reading, and to back up their thinking with text evidence. This engaging package of resources takes students through the Close Reading process step by step, providing gradual release of responsibility and time for independent practice. Story elements are focused on throughout the activities.

Everything needed to get your students started with Close Reading is included – detailed step by step instructions, annotation guide, reading passages, and graphic organizers. Very little teacher prep is needed – simply print and teach!

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This creative and engaging package includes the following:

⭐Close Reading – What it it?: A two page document explaining the Close Reading process, with tips on how to set it up for use in your classroom.

⭐Text Annotation – A Step By Step Guide to Increase Reading Comprehension: Multiple pages of information that teaches students how to effectively annotate text.

⭐Close Reading – Step By Step Guide: Detailed explanation of the Close Reading process, teaching students exactly what they need to do during a first, second, and third reading of a text.

⭐Close Reading – Partner Discussion Tips: A detailed list of tips to enable effective partner discussion during the Close Reading process.

⭐Close Reading – Answer Stems: A detailed list of answer stems, to improve student reading responses and encourage students to provide text evidence to back up their ideas.

⭐Close Reading – Things to Look Out For: A list of things for students to look out for while reading, to aid in the Close Reading process.

⭐"Day of the Dead"- Close Reading Article and Resources: An original full text article on The Day of the Dead is included, as well as detailed graphic organizers with targeted comprehension questions for students to complete after their first, second, and third reading.

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✅This resource is also included in my Day of the Dead Bundle. Grab the complete bundle here at a reduced price!

• Day of the Dead Bundle | Dia de los Muertos | Activities | Art | Questions

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