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December and Christmas Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions

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4th - 7th, Homeschool, Staff
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19 pages
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This was a great gap filler for days when I needed rigor but didn't want to work on our current lesson. Very fun for students and a great break from the routine.
This were very engaging to use right before Christmas break with my 6th graders. Good review of skills.
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Description

Do your students need more close reading work to practice their reading comprehension skills? This bundle of December and Christmas reading passages is the perfect tool to learn and implement close reading strategies.

This 19-page Christmas close reading resource includes:

• Inspiration and Directions for Use

• What is Close Reading?

• Close Reading Strategies

• The Happy Holiday Shoppe: Fictional Narrative (1010L)

• Candy Canes: Informational Text (1210L)

• How to Decorate a Christmas Tree: Expository Text (1010L)

• Everything: A Poem (810L)

• Santa’s Elf and the Gingerbread Man: Fable (610L)

• Answer Key

Directions for Use…

• Use for weekly reading homework, center work, small group, or one-on-one intervention. The uses are endless.

• Copy passages, questions, and organizers.

• Teach students the Close Reading Strategies-FRUIT

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

Estimated Lexile Level for collection of passages: 1120L

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Happy Close Reading!

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19 pages
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Teaching Duration
1 Week
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4–5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.

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