Election Day November Reading Comprehension Passages Inauguration Day

This engaging close reading pack will help you easily bring Inauguration Day into your upper elementary classroom. These informational reading passages teach about both Election Day and Inauguration Day without discussing specific candidates or presidents.

This set includes printable version and digital links in PDF, along with directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™.

Students will learn and think critically about the election process in the United States while close reading information about elections, the presidential election, and the electoral college. Reading passages about Inauguration Day and Inaugural Address are included too.

KINDLY NOTE: There is no specific information or passages about any specific president. This set can be used year after year, as it discusses the electoral process, Inauguration Day history, traditions, and speeches.

This pack can be easily infused into any social studies program and is perfect for distance learning, hybrid learning, or classroom learning.

CONTENTS of Inauguration Day:

✓ Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™

✓2, two-page articles with reader response question pages

✓Main idea and supporting detail graphic organizer

✓Flowchart to break down the events of Inauguration Day

✓Close Reading Anchor Charts in two sizes

✓Bonus activities included: Write a Speech, Vocabulary Words and Agree Disagree Chart

CONTENTS of Election Day:

✓ Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™

✓Close Reading Anchor Charts in two sizes

✓Close Reading Graphic Organizer

✓2, two-page articles with reader response text-dependent questions about Election Day (see preview for a closer look at each article)

✓Suggested Answer Key

✓Main Idea and Supporting Detail graphic organizer

✓Sequence Chain of Voting

✓Bonus Activities Include:

-Students as School Representatives Activity

-Picturing the Future as President

Suggestions for Effective Classroom Use:

• Distance Learning Reading Accountability
• End of Book Assessment
• Fast Finisher Assignment
• Reading Group or Book Club Writing Project
• Partner Reading and Reflection Activity
• Reading/Writing Center or Station
• Homework
• Assignment for Substitutes

Teacher Approved!

"This is a great resource to use with students to learn about the election. Very easy to use! It's great to use with the kids or as independent work. "

"There are perfect for my 4th graders. We have started using them and they are just what I needed. Good info about elections without going into information about specific candidates."

"It was great to use around election time. Very informative and engaging. Thank you!"

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