This St. Patrick’s Day close reading packet has everything you need to engage your students while practicing the common core standards! This high interest passage with interesting facts will meet the needs of all your students with the two differentiated passages that are included.

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This St. Patrick’s Day passage includes 2 different reading levels. One for lower readers in the 2nd grade range (word count 240) and the other for on-level to above-level students (word count 321). Remember, for close reading, text should be slightly difficult to allow for your digging deeper discussions!

This high interest reading passage resource includes:

• Reading passage at two different levels
• Teacher pages detailing what is close reading and what it looks like in my classroom
• Annotation symbols -full page anchor chart or bookmarks available
• Key focus of the passage – Interesting Facts – in two different levels
• 5 additional nonfiction graphic organizers to use with this passage or others
• Vocabulary word cards, pictures and definitions for your pocket charts
• Vocabulary focus pamphlet to record vocabulary learned
• Half-page booklet that students can document their learning
• Two pages of text dependent questions that are common core aligned (pages can be used for both reading levels)
• Answer keys

Get the GROWING bundle at a never before DISCOUNT OF 35%! (Due to repeated pages of teacher information and general graphic organizers) See below for everything included.