20 March Themes Women's History Month & More Close Read Passages PDF available

Multiple choice, True or False, and Matching added! PDFs &/or Digital Resources(Google Slides). 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th grade Homeschoolers and Special Education.

All About March

National Peanut Month

Daylight Saving Time

Read Across Time

Music in Our Schools

Women’s History Month

March and the Color Green

Spring

Spring Cleaning (Fiction Passage)

Albert Einstein

Irish American Leaders

Telephones and a Birthday

Yellowstone

St. Patrick's Day Themed Texts

Shamrocks and Clovers

St. Patrick’s Day

The Irish Fairy

The Tricky Leprechaun (A retelling of an old Irish Folktale)

All About Rainbows

All About Ireland

Irish Immigrants

18 Non-Fiction Informational Texts & 2 LEGENDARY FICTIONAL PASSAGES

4 Levels + 7 Activities for Each Reading Comprehension Passage

*** 3 pages of questions per passage (4-5 questions on each page)

* 1st Question Page: Key Ideas and Details (Addresses RI.1, RI.2, RI.3 RL.1, RL.2, RL.3)

* 2nd Question Page: Craft and Structure (Addresses RI.4, RI.5, RI.6 RL.4, RL.5, RL.6)

* 3rd Question Page: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas (Addresses RI.7, RI.8, RL.7)

---- (Vocabulary is delicately selected to ensure appropriate text evidence support.)

*** Full Answer Key for ALL three question pages.

Save Ink! One page is used for each of the three question pages. Included with the answer key are the text based questions.

Provided for those who are not using all of the student question sheets.

*** 2 Graphic Organizers per passage for Key Ideas and Details

---- (One page for paragraph focus! Ensure students get the gist.)

---- One "Fill-In" Fun poster graphic organizer per passage.

Simple fact questions.

Use to decorate bulletin boards or hallways.

*** 2 Writing pieces per passage.

---- For opinions/ text evidence/ personal connections!

*** Three Day Close Reading General Outline

(Ideas for a 4th or 5th day are also provided)

*** Three Text Coding Posters. One for each Common Core Category!

>>>>> Weekly Homework Assignment Sheets

----- There are four different assignment options

----- Two versions: With or Without Adult/Parent/Guardian Initials

----- One blank template for each version. Twelve pages total.

As always, you will find:

*** Modern clickable navigation in the table of contents which also has lexile levels.

These timeless close reads and the corresponding activities can be used all year! Not just during January!

Use the differentiated passages for fluency practice!

Each passage page has the word count and lexile level clearly indicated.

Will work nicely for whole group, small group, social studies, science, history, weekly Common Core homework, and more!

This set will also work perfectly for read-alouds.

"Close Reading" can happen with read-alouds. :)

Common Core Standards are listed in the answer key and next to each question so you are sure which standards are being addressed.

Fiction and folktale pieces contained figurative language designed to help your students master inferential thinking through hidden messages.

Second Grade Common Standards Addressed

RI.2.1, RI.2.2, RI.2.3, RI.2.4, RI.2.5, RI.2.6, RI.2.7, RI.2.8, RI.2.9, RI.2.10

RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL.2.4, RL.2.5, RL.2.6, RL.2.7

Third Grade Common Standards Addressed

RI.3.1, RI.3.2, RI.3.3, RI.3.4, RI.3.5, RI.3.6, RI.3.7, RI.3.8, RI.3.9, RI.3.10

RL.3.1, RL.3.2, RL.3.3, RL.3.4, RL.3.5, RL.3.6, RL.3.7

Fourth Grade Common Standards Addressed

RI.4.1, RI.4.2, RI.4.3, RI.4.4, RI.4.5, RI.4.6, RI.4.7, RI.4.8, RI.4.9, RI.4.10

RL.4.1, RL.4.2, RL.4.3, RL.4.4, RL.4.5, RL.4.6, RL.4.7

Click HERE to see the cheaper Mini March Unit

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For more on Text Coding, Text Structures, and Close Reading of Informational Texts.

Click HERE to see my Interactive Notebook for Informational Text, Text Structures, and Close Reads.

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Click HERE to see my Monthly Close Reading Units.

"Helping your children become text-dependent!"

Each monthly unit has history, biographies, science topics, holidays, and more!

Designed for Close Reading: Other uses includehomework, social studies, or science.

Text dependent questions are designed for text evidence responses!

Each passage is written at FOURlevels.From first to fifth!

Each passage has five or more activities. Use for guided reading!

Each passage can be used as week-long homework!

Click HERE to check out my Monthly Close Reading Club!

January-December!

Click below to see more of each individual unit in the file.

Click HERE for the January Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the February Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the March Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the April Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the May Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the June Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the August Close Reading Unit. 10 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the September Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the October Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the November Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click HERE for the December Close Reading Unit. 20 passages: EACH Written at FOUR levels.

Click the green links to see the titles included in each unit.

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