January Close Reading – New Year’s & Martin Luther King Reading Passages

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 January. 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. These passages may be a bit of a challenge for 2nd grade.*** 2nd Grade 420-650 3rd Grade 520-820 4th Grade 740-940 ____________________________________________________________________ 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 – New Year’s Resolutions (Lexile 660) Analyzing Character Traits Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Text Dependent Comprehension Questions Characters and Setting Central Message Text – Martin Luther King Jr. (Lexile 760) Non-Fiction Note Taking Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Text Dependent Comprehension Questions 3-2-1 Graphic Organizer Making Connections Text – Snow Day! (Lexile 820) Visualization Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Text Dependent Comprehension Questions Sequencing Summarizing Text – The Beginnings of Braille (Lexile 840) Asking Questions Before Reading Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Text Dependent Comprehension Questions Facts and Opinions Pictures with Captions Total Pages 29 pagesAnswer Key N/ATeaching Duration N/A