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. 🙂 ***

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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