“Honoring Memorial Day: A Close Reading Packet for Students” is a thoughtful teaching tool meant to help kids understand why Memorial Day is important. This packet works best in the days before and on Memorial Day, but it can also be used for lessons on American history and customs at other times of the year. The main part of the packet is the close reading activities that explain what Memorial Day is, where it came from historically, the practices that go along with it, how it is celebrated across the country, and how important the moment of silence is. This resource is especially useful for school talks, history lessons, and civics classes because it helps students understand more about the contributions military members make and how we respect them.
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:
What is Memorial Day?
The History of Memorial Day
Traditions of Memorial Day
Why we have a moment of Silence?
Memorial Day around the country
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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