Winter Reading Comprehension - Winter Nonfiction Close Reading Passages

Are you looking for high-interest winter reading comprehension passages to help your students practice their close reading strategies? This winter nonfiction close reading comprehension passages pack comes with 14 weeks of activities.

New to close reading? There is a how-to introduction within the product that breaks down each day's tasks for the week. This is an introduction to each day's tasks plus three general graphic organizers in case you want to supplement Asking Questions, Main Idea/Detail, and Fact Finding.

Winter Close Reading Day by Day-

Day 1:

• Teacher reads story aloud
• Student annotates with pencil

Day 2:

• Partner reading & Talk Time
• Work on Vocabulary

Day 3:

• Independent Reading
• Text-Dependent Questions

Day 4:

• Cumulative Writing Activity

14 Winter Themed Nonfiction Stories for Close Reading:

• Winter
• Snow
• Icicles
• Driving Conditions
• Sled Riding
• Skiing
• Snowboarding
• Ice Fishing
• Icebergs
• Inauguration Day
• Polar Bears
• Penguins
• Groundhog Day

Here are other Close Reading products:

• Nonfiction Close Reading- 30 passages
• Fall Close Reading- 14 passages
• Spring Close Reading- 14 passages
• Summer Close Reading- 10 passages
• Bundle

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