End of the Year Literacy Reading Comprehension May June Reading Activities EOY

The last few weeks of school can be tough. Kids are tuned out, and it’s hard to keep their focus. Teachers are equally ready for summer break too. This End of the Year Literacy Set can really help. Not only does it have motivating topics and activities that your students will enjoy, but it’s easy and fun to teach.

This End of the Year Literacy Set includes high-interest passages, grammar printables, poetry, a persuasive essay activity, 32 figurative language task cards, and more!

These reading and writing handouts were created to review the standards that you’ve been teaching (main idea, inferences, cause and effect, informational text structures, author’s purpose, figurative language, grammar skills, writing skills), but are presented in a fun, summer-themed way.

This unit includes:

• Reading Passages:

1. Cause and Effect: S’mores History Passage

2. Whale Sharks Passage: Text Evidence

3. Jacques Cousteau: Character Traits

• Bonus comprehension passages:

1. Hammerhead Sharks: Main Idea

2. Fireflies: Text Evidence

• Main Idea Matching:

1. Scuba Diving

2. Backpacking

• Author’s Purpose Printable

• Informational Text Structures Printable

• Inferences

• 32 Task Cards for Figurative Language (record sheet and answer key)

• Grammar Review (3 double-sided worksheets)

• Poetry Writing

1. Acrostic Summer Poem Directions and Examples Page

2. Acrostic Poem Writing Page

3. Number Poem Directions and Examples Page

4. Number Poem Writing Page

• Opinion Writing Activity:

1. Summer Topics Idea List

2. Opinion Writing Structure Handout/Teaching Page

3. Opinion Writing Outline (2 different versions)

4. Opinion Writing Pages

5. Opinion Writing Checklist for Students

Why you'll love this resource:

• The materials are easy to prep and to use.
• Students love to learn using thematic materials!
• This literacy set hits standards while being engaging.
• It includes many reading and writing skills with different types of resources to keep learning fun!
• There are so many ways to use this resource, such as independent work, partner practice, homework, reading centers, substitute plans, summer school, and more!!!

If you're looking for an end of the year week-long unit, check out these:

Beach Club: End of the Year Unit for 3rd - 5th Grades

Summer Safari: End of the Year Unit for 3rd - 5th Grades

Art Adventure: End of the Year Unit or Any Time (3rd - 5th Grades)

I love these hands-on units too!

End of the Year Activities for 3rd – 5th Grades (Set 1)

End of the Year Activities for 3rd – 5th Grades (Set 2)

End of the Year Activities Bundle

Here are some more end of the year resources:

Time Capsule: Don’t Open Until High School Graduation Project

End of the Year Award Certificates: Editable

End of the Year Awards: Editable

End of the Year Memory Book

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