Description
Four close reading passages for April: April Fools’ Day, Earth Day, The Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay, and National Poetry Month nonfiction passages. Each passage includes three days of response pages with answer sheets and an extension activity (the extension activities do include links to YouTube); 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. Answer keys and introduction to close reading are also included.
No prep materials make it easy to implement close reading in your upper elementary classroom.
Each set of passages, response pages, and extension activity are also available on Google Slides to use for distance learning.
This set of passages is also part of a 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.
Teaching Little Minds – A Gale’s Journey –
A great resource for April! We used this during independent and small group time to help kiddos with close reading and comprehension questions!
Nolan in Fifth –
Perfect and just what I was looking for! This worked so well for my 5th grade class.
Christy R. –
I used this with my third graders and they loved it! Thank you!
FocusOn5th –
My students really enjoyed the passaged. This helped review skills for testing.
Julie Tallman –
I used this resource during my reading rotations. Students were engaged and able to complete it independently which is what I was looking for.
Tania miranda –
great supplemental resource for our classroom
Rachel M. –
This helped me supplement and give extra practice to my students, especially the struggling ones.
Christine M. –
Great practice and engaging reading passages. Easy to use.
Erin M. –
My students really enjoyed this and got a lot out of it!
Mindy Attaway –
Thank you so much for this great language arts resource.
RF Resources –
just what I needed, thank you!
Danielle M. –
These were awesome and my students enjoyed them!
Michelle Brooks –
Great resource! Thank you!
Brenda D. –
Thank you!
Dimas Designed –
Very good product. Students were engaged and interested in the material.
Christina Bryant –
These continue to be one of my favorite resources to use with my son who is still developing his reading skills!
Kristen M. –
This has been helpful with my groups. They use it to practice the skills we are working on.
Valerie B. –
These will be great to use in April!
Irma G. –
Great resource
Lisa B. –
My students loved these passages! Great resource