Leap Year Explorations: A Pedagogical Guide to Close Reading
This instructive close reading package delves into the concept of Leap Year, emphasizing the extra day that is added to the calendar on February 29th, which is known as Leap Day. It can be used during Leap Year discussions or any other time during the academic year in classrooms that examine historical events, calendar systems, and timekeeping. The primary content of the packet consists of sections on Leap Year History, Leap Day and its implications, Year Change, the mathematical and astronomical justifications for Leap Years, and Leap Year Celebrations, which covers cultural and historical events related to Leap Year observances. In order to help students grasp the difficulties involved in keeping track of time and making modifications to the calendar, this packet includes educational texts, timelines, conversation starters, and activities. It is especially pertinent for conversations about time calculations, for examining how other cultures and communities record the passage of time, and during Leap Year itself.
These close reading comprehension passages are the perfect no-prep, standards-based, and high interest way to strengthen your students’ close reading skills!
Short on time to teach? This print and go packet truly is for you! It has everything you need for a complete, successful informational text reading unit.
This Close reading set features:
Leap Year
Extra Day
Leap Day
February 29
Year Change
As they complete the close reading process, students will build comprehension by answering text-dependent questions.
Skills align with both the RI (Reading Informational Texts) and RL (Reading Literature) Common Core Standards
These passages can be used in the morning, at centers, as part of homework, with small groups, for extra learning with smart students, to help struggling students, or to get ready for tests.
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