The interesting teaching resource “Discovering Cinco de Mayo: A Close Reading Packet for Students” is meant to help students understand what Cinco de Mayo is all about. This packet is great to use before and during May 5th, but you can also use it all year to learn about Mexican history and culture. The main part of the packet is the close reading tasks that explain what Cinco de Mayo means, how it’s celebrated around the world, and some of the practices that go along with it. This resource gives students a complete look at this exciting and important holiday, making it great for classroom talks, lessons on cultural history, and diversity education programs.
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:
Cinco De Mayo
Meaning of Cinco De Mayo
history of Cinco De Mayo
Traditions of Cinco De Mayo
Cinco De Mayo around the world
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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