February Close Reading – Valentine’s Day Reading Passages with Comprehension

Description Close Reading – 4 Close Reading Passages with Daily Comprehension Activities This Common Core aligned product contains 4 themed reading passages (2 fiction, 2 nonfiction) relating to the month of February. Each passage contains 5 days of comprehension activities and graphic organizers that use text dependent questioning to encourage high level thinking in your students. Each passage also contains symbols to use for marking the text to encourage active reading. A page is included at the beginning of the document to align each activity with Common Core standards for second, third, and fourth grade. *** Please note that the CCSS Lexile Levels for grades 2-4 are as follows.*** 2nd Grade 420-650 3rd Grade 520-820 4th Grade 740-940 ***This file will download to your computer as JanuaryWeeklyReadings.png, however, it is the February Weekly Close Readings. For some reason, when I upload it, the file name changes. TpT technical support was unable to fix the issue. You just have to change the file name after downloading. �� *** ___________________________________________________________________ CLICK TO DOWNLOAD A FREE SAMPLE PASSAGE WITH ACTIVITIES HERE ___________________________________________________________________ For more Weekly Readings click HERE ___________________________________________________________________ For my WHOLE YEAR BUNDLE of Weekly Readings HERE ___________________________________________________________________ Included Pages Text – Valentine’s Day (Lexile 740) Connecting to the Main Idea Graphic Organizer Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Text Dependent Comprehension Questions Series of Events Illustrating the Text Text – Game Day (Lexile 560) Analyzing Character Feelings Graphic Organizer Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Text Dependent Comprehension Questions Making Connections Graphic Organizer Central Message Graphic Organizer Text – President’s Day (Lexile 750) Author’s Point of View Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Text Dependent Comprehension Questions Sequence of Events Asking Questions After Reading Graphic Organizer Text – The Groundhog (Lexile 770) Nonliteral Language Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Text Dependent Comprehension Questions Story Elements Graphic Organizer Summarizing Total Pages 25 pages Answer Key N/A Teaching Duration N/A