An Educational Close Reading Packet on Easter Exploration
This informative close reading packet explores Easter customs and festivities, emphasizing the holiday’s religious and cultural significance. Particularly around the Easter season, it is a great resource for history, religious studies, and cultural studies classrooms. The key components of the packet are the following: sections on Easter Bunny folklore and symbolism; Easter Eggs history and artistry; Easter Sunday significance in Christian traditions; and seasonal springtime celebrations (Spring Easter). This packet is especially pertinent for lessons and conversations about Easter in the classroom and at home because each component offers interesting texts and stimulating questions to help students better understand Easter customs and their cultural significance.
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:
Easter
Easter Bunny
Easter Eggs
Easter Sunday
Spring Easter
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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