Reading Comprehension ~ Close Reading
Get Ready to READ and RESPOND with my brand new READ-ITS
® Paired Passages TRIFOLDS!
This resource contains ALL 4 of my Read-Its
® Paired Passages Trifolds to implement All YEAR LONG! The best part is that these Trifolds fit beautifully into your INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS!
DIGITAL OPTIONS NOW INCLUDED:
We have now added Google Slide activities to accompany each activity in this unit. You can click on the Google Slides link, make a copy, and now begin using it with your students. You can add the Google Slide links to Google Classroom, via email, Microsoft Teams, and Seesaw, etc. This will give you the ability to provide the book activities digitally to your students.
There is a fiction passage trifold and a non-fiction passage trifold for EACH topic. There is also a Compare and Contrast Trifold where the students will compare and contrast the Paired Passages on the specific topic.
FAQ: Are the passages leveled? The passages are NOT officially leveled. However, I use them with my reading groups that are reading on a guided reading level L and higher.
Each Trifold includes the following activities:
↳ Read-It® Passage
↳ Predict-It
↳ Highlight-It
↳ Comprehend-It
↳ Define-It
↳ Analyze-It (non-fiction trifolds)
↳ Infer-It (fiction trifolds)
The Compare and Contrast Trifold includes:
↳ Compare-It
↳ Contrast-It
↳ Connect-It (Making Text to Self/Text/World Connections)
The 16 Winter Passage titles are as follows:
❉ All About Snow
❉ Brrr-ian the Snowman
❉ Christmas Around the World
❉ Waiting for Christmas
❉ The History of New Year's Eve
❉ The New Year's Eve Party
❉ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
❉ Our School Celebration
❉ The Chinese New Year
❉ Our New Year Celebration
❉ Groundhog Day
❉ Just Call me Phil
❉ Valentine's Day
❉ Call Me Cupid
❉ What's a Leap Year
❉ A Bad Birthday
The 16 Spring Passage titles are as follows:
❉ Arbor Day
❉ An Important Day
❉ The Iditarod
❉ Life in an Igloo
❉ Cinco de Mayo
❉ Our Cinco de Mayo Party
❉ The Kentucky Derby
❉ A Horse Story
❉ St. Patrick's Day
❉ Llewellyn the Leprechaun
❉ Tax Day
❉ How I Learned About Taxes
❉ Earth Day
❉ Krista's Old Doghouse
❉ Josie's Cartwheels
❉ Kyle's First Win
(These are 2 fictional stories that will be compared and contrasted.)
The 18 Summer/Anytime Passage titles are as follows:
❉ Flag Day
❉ My Favorite Day
❉ Summertime
❉ Summer Fun
❉ Hurricanes
❉ The Storm
❉ Fireflies
❉ Firefly Meadow
❉ All About Crabs
❉ Luther's Crab
❉ The History of Summer Vacations
❉ A Journal of My Summer Vacation
❉ All About Ants
❉ Ants and the Picnic
❉ The History of the Ice Cream Truck
❉ Pennylick the Ice Cream Truck
❉ The Basics of Camping (Freebie)
❉ A True Story about Camping (Freebie)
The 18 Fall Passage titles are as follows:
❉ Apples and Apple Orchards
❉ Apple Picking with my Family
❉ Grandparents Day
❉ Oba and Oji
❉ Why Leaves Change Colors
❉ Raking Leaves is Hard Work
❉ Fire Prevention
❉ Freddie the Fire Engine
❉ Veterans Day
❉ A Very Special Day Indeed
❉ Celebrating an Explorer
❉ A Word from Christopher Columbus Himself
❉ Halloween
❉ Jack and Jackie, Pumpkin Friends
❉ What is Election Day
❉ Election Day at School
❉ Thanksgiving Past and Present
❉ Gobble the Turkey
These Read-Its® Paired Passages Trifolds are PERFECT to implement during Guided Reading groups, for Close Reading practice, for morning work, and/or for homework! They are RIGOROUS, FUN, and INTERACTIVE!
