“Celebrating AAPI Heritage: A Close Reading Packet for Students” is a complete learning guide meant to help students understand and value Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. This packet is great for use in May, which is AAPI Heritage Month, but it can also be used at any time of the year to promote cultural understanding and acceptance. The packet’s main part is a set of close reading activities that go into detail about the history of AAPI Heritage Month, the reasons for the celebration, cultural practices, important people, and the struggles and successes the AAPI community has faced. This resource is great for classroom talks, activities for Heritage Month, and diversity education programs because it helps students learn more about the many ways that AAPI people and nations have contributed to the world.
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:
Why we Celebrate
History of the Month
Cultural Traditions
impotant Figures
Challenges and Triumphs
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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