Ensure understanding with this CHRISTMAS Close Reading Comprehension Challenge. This activity focuses on multiple reading strategies including text-marking, context clues, writing, and summarizing all while learning about why we use and decorate trees for Christmas! Students will examine the reading passage multiple times to complete each of the five tasks using the informational text. The best part…NO PREP for teachers. Just Print and Go!
 
Students will work individually (or in pairs) where they will use reading comprehension skills to complete 5 tasks. As students complete each task, they will bring you their answers to earn an ornament. After checking, they can move on to the next task. They will repeat the process until all 5 tasks are complete where they will then color, cut and glue their ornaments to their Christmas tree answer sheet.
 
This activity can be used for partner activities, sub plans, extension activities, early-finishers, stations, or independent work. How you choose to set it up in your classroom is completely up to you. You my also choose to do one task per day or complete them all in one or two class periods.
 
What’s Included?
Printable PDF pages
Task 1: Fill in the Blank Reading Passage
Task 2: Vocabulary Practice
Task 3: Pick 6 Summarizing & Comic
Task 4: True or False Maze with Text Marking
Task 5: Comprehension Check Color by Number
Student Completion Sheet
Teacher Answer Keys (when applicable)
Teacher Directions
 
What do students need?
✏️ Highlighters, Crayons, Markers, or Colored Pencils, Glue or Tape, Scissors
 
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