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December & Christmas Reading Passages w/ Christmas emojis! Text Dependent Reading / Text Dependent Writing / Text Evidence / Constructed Response Reading & Writing (4th- 6th) with social media theme ( emojis - hashtags - texting ) - Made to use with Google Drive or pdf printouts. Great for Christmas Writing Prompts for the month of December.

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Unit Description

Do your upper elementary and middle school students need more practice with text dependent reading and writing? Do they struggle with evidence-based constructed response type questions? How about the difficult reading skill of summarizing and synthesizing? If so you will love this resource.

In upper elementary and early middle school, it is difficult to find passages that are both rigorous and engaging. This resource was created to offer both experiences. It looks like a lot fun, but has no fluff. Every part of it uses higher-order thinking skills. Upper elementary and middle school students will get daily practice with citing evidence from non-fiction text while finding the passages to be engaging with the creative social media theme of:

• Emojis used for predicting

• Phone texting bubbles for constructed responses

• Hashtags for summarizing and synthesizing

Included in this resource is:

• 20 high-interest #Days of Week Passages

• A social media theme

• Rigorous, text-dependent, evidence-based, constructed-response questions

• Daily text dependent writing prompt with graphic organizer and journal pages

• Google Docs Option to save on paper

The resource could be used for:

• Morning Work / Bell Work / Bell Ringers

• Literacy Stations for reading and writing

• Close Reads

• Annotating and coding text

• Prewriting

• Test Prep

• Daily Five’s: “Read to Self” or “Write to Self” or “Read to Someone”

• Cooperative learning groups

• Homework

• Sub Plans

20 High-Interest Passages (Lexile Range 800-1000):

Mondays in December

• # MemoryMonday (Christmas WWI Soldiers)

• # MistletoeMonday (Facts About Mistletoe)

• #MotivationalMonday (Rosa Parks)

• #MovieMonday – (Christmas Movies)

Tuesdays in December

• #TenaciousTuesday (World Record of Christmas Lights)

• #TravelTuesday (Santa Delivering Presents)

• #TraditionTuesday (Cookies and Milk For Santa)

• #TackyTuesday (Christmas Sweaters)

Wednesdays in December

• #WeatherWednesday (Snow Blizzards)

• #WorldWednesday (Christmas in Other Countries)

• #WrappingWednesday (Gift Wrapping Paper)

• #WreathWednesday (Christmas Wreaths)

Thursdays in December

• TributeThursday (John Lennon)

• TreeThursday (Christmas Tree History)

• TwasTheNightThursday (Santa’s Pipe Smoking)

• TrendingThursday (Trendy Toys Through the Years)

Fridays in December

• #FalalalaFriday (Christmas Songs)

• #FamousFriday (Ludwig Van Beethoven)

• #FelizNavidadFriday (Feliz Navidad Song Facts)

• #FruitcakeFriday (Fruitcake Dessert)

Enjoy all the uses this resource offers!

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