November Close Reading – Thanksgiving Reading Passages

Description Close Reading – This Common Core aligned product contains 4 themed reading passages (2 fiction, 2 nonfiction) relating to the month of November. 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. *** For some reason, when you download this product, the file name states that it is April’s passages. I have consulted with TpT support and we cannot figure out why it is doing that. If you wish, after downloading, you can simply change the file name to November instead of April. Sorry for the inconvenience! *** *** 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 – The Unlikely Family (Lexile 730) Character Traits and Actions Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Text Dependent Comprehension Questions Theme Making Predictions Text – Pilgrims (Lexile 750) Read to learn Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Text Dependent Comprehension Questions Summarizing Making Connections Text – Welcome Home (Lexile 810) Character’s Feelings Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Text Dependent Comprehension Questions Identifying Conflict Sequencing Text – Thanksgiving – A Glimpse of the Past (Lexile 790) Summarizing Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Text Dependent Comprehension Questions Compare and Contrast Nonfiction notes Total Pages 29 pages Answer Key N/A Teaching Duration N/A