Summer Reading Comprehension Passages Questions Activities for All Seasons
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Summer is here! Grab these summer and seasonal-themed close reading passages and activities to engage your students. These seasonal close reading passages offer high engagement for students and are perfect for celebrating each changing season throughout the year.
Students will learn and think critically about different topics related to each season, like the winter solstice, how snowflakes are formed, the spring equinox, insects, fireflies, summertime, sunflowers, autumn equinox, owls, and pumpkins.
Your students will practice gathering important information as they read nonfiction content within informational texts. All passages include glossary boxes, too.
Close reading anchor charts are also included to help your students understand the text more deeply. Perfect for the whole group, small group, and science centers or stations.
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This resource will help you...
- Save time planning
- Keep student interest and engagement high
- Have high-quality reading activities at your fingertips to use as formal or informal assessments or to use as independent reading activities
- Collect student data over the school year
- Tie together science content and reading strategies
- Provide meaningful NF passages to students
This bundle includes BOTH a printable and a digital Google Slides™ version.
CONTENTS of Summer Close Reading:
✓ Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™
✓Close Reading Anchor Charts in two sizes
✓Close Reading Graphic Organizer
✓3 articles that include two versions: 2 page passage and simpler 1 page passage
✓3 articles with reader-response text-dependent questions:
- Summer Is Here {Summer Solstice}
- Catching Fireflies
- Life Cycle of Sunflowers
✓Main Idea Organizer
✓Life Cycle Activities
✓Answer Keys
✓Bonus Activities Include:
-Looking Closely at Summer and Sunflowers
-Exploring Sunflower Fields
-Compare and Contrast Seasons
-Vocabulary Word Focus
-Word Search
-Display Poster
CONTENTS of Spring Close Reading
✓ Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™
✓Close Reading Anchor Charts in two sizes
✓Close Reading Graphic Organizer
✓3 articles with reader response text-dependent questions:
The First Day of Spring {Spring Equinox}
Down Comes the Rain
Out Come the Insects
✓Compare and Contrast Seasons
✓Visualizing Spring
✓Answer Keys
✓Bonus Activities Include:
-Adapting to Spring
-Comparing Grasshoppers and Crickets
-Snapshots of Spring Insects
CONTENTS of Winter Close Reading
✓ Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™
✓Close Reading Anchor Charts in two sizes
✓Close Reading Graphic Organizer
✓3 articles with reader response text-dependent questions:
Winter Solstice
Snowflake's Journey
Adapting to Winter
✓Compare and Contrast Winter Solstice to Spring Equinox
✓The cycle of a Snowflake
✓Visualizing Winter Adaptations
✓Answer Keys
✓Bonus Activities Include:
-Cause and Effect Activity
-Main Idea Activity
-Snowflake Analysis
CONTENTS of Fall Close Reading:
✓ Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™
✓Close Reading Anchor Charts in two sizes
✓Close Reading Graphic Organizer
✓3 articles with reader response text-dependent questions:
- Time for Fall {about the Autumn Equinox and Apple Trees}
- Spotting Owls
- Life Cycle of Pumpkins
✓Main Idea Organizer
✓Life Cycle Activities
✓Answer Keys
✓Bonus Activities Include:
-Looking Closely at the Pumpkin Life Cycle
-Exploring Pumpkin Patches
-Going Owling
-Compare and Contrast Seasons
-and more!
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"This was our first look at Close reading and the activities were perfect for my class. I like that they all could keep a chart for reference. Thank you!"
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"Another well-written, comprehensive, high-interest close read (digital!) product from Think Grow Giggle!!!"
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"An awesome addition to my growing collection of Close Reading resources from this author. My students enjoy the topics. I love that they offer digital and print options."
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"Excellent topics for developing their critical reading skills."
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