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Close Reading Strategy, Mardi Gras Packet

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Cover of the differentiated Mardi Gras reading unit showing passage excerpts and vocabulary and annotation tasks
Cover introducing the differentiated reading unit
Packet overview explains two passage levels, matching activity sheets, and five daily tasks ending in a summary
Reading levels and five-day activity schedule
Teaching directions outline three readings for annotation, vocabulary, text evidence, and summary writing
Directions for the three-reading sequence
Annotation guide directs readers to circle powerful words, underline unfamiliar phrases, and add margin notes
Annotation reference for reading the passage
Easier Mardi Gras history passage covers holiday timing, French connections, meals, parades, and color meanings
Easier version of the holiday history passage
Harder Mardi Gras history passage uses vocabulary such as festivities, extravagant, customary, and spectacular
More difficult version of the same passage
Task 1 pairs annotation reminders with five questions about Mardi Gras, its French connection, colors, and timing
Task 1: Annotation and first-reading questions
Task 2 asks students to select three to five unfamiliar passage words, draw pictures, and write sentences
Task 2: Vocabulary from the second reading
Task 3 asks for the main idea, three supporting details, and text evidence about the author's point of view
Task 3: Questions requiring text evidence
Task 4 asks students to reread the Mardi Gras history passage and organize its main idea and four supporting details
Task 4: Main idea and supporting details organizer
Attributes
Subject

ELA, Reading

Grades

Grade 3, 4, 5

Types

Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets

File

PDF

Editable
No
Author
That One Cheerful Classroom
Rating
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About This Product

This is a Mardi Gras Close Reading Packet.

Students will analyze vocabulary and text evidence while they annotate and dig deeper.

These worksheets are a great way to teach students more about this holiday while building their reading, writing and comprehension skills.

Answer keys included.

What's Included

12-page PDF

Resource Tags

close reading vocabulary comprehension annotate Mardi Gras May summer graphic organizers nonfiction article

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