ELA Close Reading Bundle: 60+ Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions

Do your students need more close reading work to practice their reading comprehension skills? This bundle of thematic and seasonal close reading passages is the perfect tool to learn and implement close reading strategies all year long.

This bundle includes 10 monthly/seasonal units, each with 5 high-interest passages with accompanying worksheet of comprehension questions. Multiple genres are covered every month, including fictional narratives, informational text, expository text, fables, poems, and more.

Also included in the bundle are 2 sports-themed units covering baseball and popular athletes from the NFL and NBA. There are a total of 15 sports reading passages with comprehension questions.

Each Standalone Unit Features:

• Inspiration and Directions for Use

• What is Close Reading?

• Close Reading Strategies

• 5 Close Reading Passages

• Text Specific Comprehension Questions

• Answer Keys

• Estimated Lexile Measure: 690-1300L

Included Units:

• Back to School Close Reads (5 passages)

• October Close Reads (5 passages)

• November Close Reads (5 passages)

• December Close Reads (5 passages)

• New Year's Close Reads (5 passages)

• February Close Reads (5 passages)

• March Close Reads (5 passages)

• April Close Reads (5 passages)

• May Close Reads (5 passages)

• Summer Close Reads (5 passages)

• Baseball Close Reads (5 passages)

• All About Athletes Close Reads (10 passages)

Directions for Use…

• Use for weekly reading homework, center work, read-to-self, read-to-someone, whole class strategy work, small group, or one-on-one intervention. The uses are endless.

• Copy passages, questions, and organizers.

• Teach students the Close Reading Strategies (FRUIT acronym)

• Watch as your students become more engaged, independent readers capable of answering text dependent questions.

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Happy Close Reading!

Erin

Common Core Standards: RL.4.1, RL.4.4, RL.4.10, RL.5.1, RL.5.4, RL.5.10, RL.6.1, RL.6.4, RL.6.10, RI.4.1, RI.4.10, RI.5.1, RI.5.10, RI.6.1, RI.6.10