A Close Reading Packet for Learning to Celebrate New Year’s Eve
With its focus on the countdown to midnight, making goals, and different practices from around the world, this educational close reading packet looks at New Year’s Eve. During the holidays, especially in the days before December 31st, it’s great to use. The main part has interesting parts about how people from different cultures enjoy New Year’s Eve, what goals mean, and different countries’ special traditions. With fun games and reading questions, students will learn more about this worldwide holiday. This packet works well with lessons that are about holidays because it lets students learn about different national customs and think about their own New Year’s routines.
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:
New Year’s Eve
Countdown to Midnight
Resolutions New Year’s Traditions
Around the world
Cultural Practices
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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