Description
“The History of Pizza” close reading passage includes three days of response pages with answer sheets; day 1 focuses on main idea and details, day 2 focuses on vocabulary and text structure, and day 3 focuses on theme, author craft and inferencing.
No prep materials make it easy to implement close reading in your upper elementary classroom.
This passage is also part of the September Close Reading Pack. You can find close reading for the entire year here:
You may also like close reading anchor charts, posters, a flip book, and bookmarks. You can find these reference materials here: Close Reading Reference Materials
You may also be interested in the whole close reading bundle that includes passages for each month of the year and more. You can find this bundle here: Close Reading-A Bundle for the Whole Year
If you have any questions, please email me at jen@twolittlebirdsteaching.com.
The Teaching Files –
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Shannon Maree Teaching –
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Carly and Adam STEM Activities and Challenges –
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Sensei-tional Classrooms –
Engaging reading material!! 🙂
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The Book is Always Better –
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The Fun Sized Teacher –
This is a fantastic resource! I can’t wait to use it with my intervention groups!
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Believe to Achieve by Anne Rozell –
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Kinder Lake –
Who doesn’t love pizza? Great topic for kiddos!
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Mrs. D’s Kindergarten Adventures –
My grandson is going to 3rd grade. This will be a great help to him. Thank you!
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The Children’s Literature Teacher –
Awesome! A great tool for developing readers and thinkers!
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Autism Journey – Angie S –
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Reading with Mrs D –
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Elementary at HEART –
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One Delightful Life –
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