Winter Wonders: A Close Reading Packet on Holidays in the Winter
The “Winter Wonders: Close Reading Packet on Winter Celebrations” is meant to look at different cultural and seasonal features of winter in different places and customs. It talks about winter holidays, celebrations, and traditions that people all over the world observe, focused on their historical roots, practices, and meanings. This packet has stories, papers, and games that help you learn more about how people in different countries celebrate and enjoy winter. It is especially important in the winter because it gives us a chance to think about ethnic variety, weather changes, and community gatherings.
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:
Winter
Winter Celebrations
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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