October Close Reading – Halloween 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 October. 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 – Pumpkin Hunting (Lexile 820) Visualization Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Text Dependent Comprehension Questions Author’s Word Choice Sequencing and Making Choices Text – Columbus Day (Lexile 750) Asking Questions Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Text Dependent Comprehension Questions Double-Entry Journal Looking Closer at Motives Text – Escape Plan (Lexile 810) Analyzing Character Traits Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Text Dependent Comprehension Questions Central Message Dialogue with Feeling Text – Halloween (Lexile 850) 3-2-1 Graphic Organizer Vocabulary Graphic Organizer Text Dependent Comprehension Questions Details and Author’s Purpose Sequence of Events Total Pages 29 pages Answer Key N/ATeaching Duration N/A