Description
Looking for a way to bring social studies into your literacy block while you teach about the history of each holiday? Students will do a close read about the history of holidays, answer 10 multiple choice questions, then use graphic organizers to show what they’ve learned.
These holiday reading comprehension passages, questions, and graphic organizers are the perfect way to connect social studies and literacy. Theses texts are high-interest, non-fiction passages and are a great way to teach all about the history of holidays. Students will read about national holidays while practicing reading skills, too!
Students can read the passages during social studies and/or reading time! Read to learn the history about holidays or as a reader to practice reading skills!
Holidays Informational Text Reading Comprehension Activities Includes:
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17 Non-Fiction Texts
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170 Multiple Choice Questions with Answer Key
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Teacher Tips
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Questions to Ask Students
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Close Reading Steps on a Bookmark
Version with “Annotate the Text” and Version with “Mark the Text”
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How to Mark the Text Bookmark
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How to Annotate the Text Bookmark
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7 Graphic Organizers:
1. Main Ideas with Text Evidence
2. Ideas with Text Evidence
3. Central Ideas with Details
4. Main Idea with Details, Main Idea, Details, Conclusion
5. KWL
6. Overview: Topic, Author’s Purpose, Key Vocabulary, Most Important Thing,
I wonder, Important Facts, Illustration
7. Context Clues (3 versions: 3 words, 4 words, 5 words)
Holidays Included:
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Labor Day
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Patriot Day
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Constitution Day
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Columbus Day or Indigenous People Day
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Halloween
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Daylight Savings
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Veterans Day
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday
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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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Valentine’s Day
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Presidents’ Day and Washington’s Birthday
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St. Patrick’s Day
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April Fool’s Day
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Earth Day
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Memorial Day
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Juneteenth national Independence Day
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Spark a love of science with this high-interest, social studies-based reading passage. A great way to meet multiple standards with one activity.
Ideas for Use:
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Whole Group Instruction
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Partner Practice
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Guided Reading Groups
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Substitute Plans
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Send Home to Practice
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ELA Work Stations or Centers
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Assessment
Close Reading: A reading strategy that is used to comprehend and analyze a text closely. Students will typically read the text at least twice for comprehension, details, analysis, and deep questioning of the text’s purpose and meaning.
Steps for Close Reading:
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Read the Text
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Mark Up the Text or Annotate the Text
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Read the Text Again
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Define Unknown Words
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Read the Text Again
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Respond to Reading
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Be sure to check out these informational resources on historical figures you and your students are sure to love!
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