The interesting book “Celebrating Mother’s Day: A Close Reading Packet for Students” is meant to help kids learn about and enjoy Mother’s Day. This packet is great to use in the weeks before and on Mother’s Day, but you can also use it whenever you want to talk about love and family. Close reading tasks in the packet’s main part explain what Mother’s Day is, how it’s celebrated around the world, and different ways to show love on this special day. This book is great for school talks, family studies, and cultural education because it tells students everything they need to know about how important moms are and how to honor 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 Mother’s Day?
The story of Mother’s Day
Celebrating Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day around the world
Ways to show Love on Mother’s Day
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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