If you’re like most teachers, then you are constantly trying to find the balance between having fun and keeping your students engaged AND making sure that your reading lessons are actually helping them improve their reading comprehension.
The good news is with these holiday themed reading passages, you can do both!
Thanksgiving Reading Passages and Comprehension Activities
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If you’re like most teachers, then you are constantly trying to find the balance between having fun and keeping your students engaged AND making sure that your reading lessons are actually helping them improve their reading comprehension.
The good news is with these holiday themed reading passages, you can do both!
Your students will LOVE learning all about Thanksgiving with these reading passages, and rest assured these passages and response sheets will help your students continue to make progress towards mastering some of their reading standards.
What’s Included:
- 6 Reading Passages (All written in different Genres)
- Comprehension Questions for Each Passage
- Skill-Based Graphic Organizer for Each Passage
- Generic Skill-Based Graphic Organizer For Independent Reading
- 5 Additional Reading Response Activities – can work with all passages!
- Digital versions of all student pages created using Google Slides
Genres Included:
- Informational
- Poetry
- Fantasy
- Fable
- Realistic Fiction
- Biography
Supports the Following Reading Skills:
- Sequence of Events
- Identifying Theme
- Figurative Language
- Summarizing
- Compare and Contrast Characters
- Synthesizing Information
How to Use this Product:
- Use for your holiday themed workstations – in person or virtual!
- Incorporate into your reading block during the week of the holiday
- Use anytime of year to study genre
- Works great as homework, strategy groups, independent reading, enrichment activities, small group lessons, mini-lessons and more!