Less than $5 2nd Grade Close Reading Resources (by date, latest first)

Mia and the Magic Flower is a heartwarming picture book that celebrates kindness, perseverance, and the power of community through the eyes of a young girl named Mia. When Mia plants a mysterious seed given to her by her grandmother, she learns that patience, hope, and a caring heart can blossom into something extraordinary. As the tiny sprout grows into a wondrous tree with glowing silver flowers, it transforms not just Mia’s world—but the entire village.

Children will be captivated by the rich, textured illustrations that bring each joyful and emotional moment to life. From laughter and teasing to triumph and celebration, Mia’s journey mirrors challenges every child faces—and reminds us that even the smallest hands can make the biggest difference.

Perfect for ages 4–8, Mia and the MagicFlower is ideal for bedtime reading, classroom inspiration, or as a gift for budding nature lovers and dreamers. This beautifully illustrated tale encourages empathy, resilience, and the joy of giving back to your community.

Let Mia’s story plant a little magic in your heart.

Select 4 different types of music to play for students. (scary, upbeat, nature, lullaby, etc)

Students will write and draw how the music makes them feel.

**Martin Luther King Jr Writing Activities Printable Worksheets 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Grade.

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Martin Luther King Jr Activities Printable Worksheets 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Grade. This resource includes True/False and Fill in the Blanks activities designed to help students reinforce key concepts about Martin Luther King Jr. Ideal for 2nd to 5th-grade classrooms, these printable worksheets are perfect for independent practice, small group work, or as quick formative assessments

Make January a breeze with these engaging First Grade Reading Passages! This resource includes 20 no-prep reading passages designed to build reading comprehension and fluency. Featuring winter-themed, MLK Day, and New Year’s topics, these passages provide meaningful, high-interest reading practice that keeps students motivated while strengthening essential literacy skills.

Perfect for teachers looking to:
✅ Save time with ready-to-go reading passages that require zero prep.
✅ Support students’ fluency and comprehension in a fun, purposeful way.
✅ Provide differentiated instruction for small groups, independent reading, or homework.

How This Resource Benefits Your Students:
These January-themed passages help students:

• Build fluency through repeated readings with built-in tracking.
• Strengthen comprehension by answering three targeted questions that require citing text evidence.
• Boost confidence with engaging, age-appropriate stories about familiar topics like winter fun, MLK Day, and New Year’s celebrations.

Product Features:
✅ 20 Thematic January Reading Passages: Includes exciting topics such as snowball fights, sledding, MLK’s message of kindness, and New Year’s celebrations.
✅ Fluency Practice: Each passage includes a fluency tracker, encouraging students to read the story multiple times for improvement.
✅ Text-Based Comprehension: Three carefully crafted questions per passage focus on finding and marking text evidence.
✅ No-Prep & Teacher-Friendly: Simply print and go! Perfect for busy teachers who want an effective and engaging resource at their fingertips.

Ideal for:
Small Groups & Guided Reading: Support students as they practice fluency and discuss their understanding of the text.
✏️ Independent Practice: Great for literacy centers or morning work to build confidence.
Homework & Extra Practice: Encourage family involvement with easy-to-use passages that reinforce classroom learning.

Why This Resource Will Make Your Life Easier:
These no-prep reading passages take the guesswork out of lesson planning, saving you valuable time while providing high-quality literacy practice. The mix of engaging themes and targeted comprehension skills ensures your students stay on track and grow as confident readers—all while enjoying relevant, seasonal topics.

What’s Included:

• 20 Winter, MLK Day, and New Year-themed reading comprehension passages
• 3 text-based comprehension questions per passage
• Fluency tracking tools

Help your students build fluency, comprehension, and confidence this January—without adding extra stress to your day!

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Engage your students and build essential reading skills with this set of R Blends Decodable Passages! These blends decodable passages are designed to help young readers master decoding R blends (cr-, br-, dr-, fr-, gr-, and tr-) while answering comprehension questions. With 10 short and engaging R blends passages, your students will practice fluency, comprehension, and text-based evidence skills in a fun and structured way.

How Can This Resource Be Used?

• Small Group Instruction: Target decoding and comprehension in guided reading or intervention groups.
• Fluency Practice: Students read each passage three times, using a tracker to monitor progress and build confidence.
• Independent Work: Perfect for literacy centers, morning work, or early finishers.
• Homework Assignments: Send home for additional reading practice with comprehension support.
• Text Evidence Skills: Students highlight answers in the text and write complete responses to comprehension questions.

How Will This Benefit You?

• Save Time: Ready-to-use decodable passages eliminate the need for planning R blends activities.
• Cross-Curricular Reading Skills: Students practice decoding and comprehension, boosting their ability to read and understand texts across subjects.
• Engage Students: Relatable stories keep students motivated to learn.
• Versatile Resource: Use for intervention, independent practice, or enrichment activities.

What’s Included:

• 10 decodable passages with comprehension questions
• Fluency tracker (read 3 times and color a tracker)
• Visual connection activity (students draw a picture related to the passage)
• Three comprehension questions for each passage

These R blends decodable passages are perfect for building confident, fluent readers while aligning with the science of reading. Add this resource to your toolkit and watch your students thrive!

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Product Description: Get your students into the holiday spirit while building their reading comprehension and fluency skills with these Christmas reading comprehension passages and questions! This resource includes 20 engaging Christmas reading passages, each paired with targeted comprehension questions that encourage students to find text evidence. The passages feature high-interest, festive stories centered around Christmas traditions, winter activities, and the magic of the season, making December reading passages both fun and educational. Perfect for helping first-grade students develop their Christmas reading comprehension skills, these passages are designed to boost fluency and comprehension while celebrating the holiday spirit.

Product Features:

• 20 Thematic Christmas Reading Passages: Each story centers around Christmas or winter themes, such as holiday celebrations, gift giving, snowy weather, and festive meals.
• Fluency Tracking: Students read each December reading passage three times, using the built-in tracker to build reading confidence and fluency.
• Comprehension Questions: Three focused questions follow each Christmas reading passage, encouraging students to cite details from the text, reinforcing Christmas reading comprehension.
• Text Marking Prompts: Questions prompt students to color or highlight specific answers in the text, helping them learn to find and use text evidence.

Perfect for:

• Independent Reading Practice: Ideal for morning work, literacy centers, or quiet reading time with Christmas reading comprehension passages and questions.
• Small Group Instruction: Perfect for guided reading, where students can read and discuss answers as a group.
• Homework or Extra Practice: Great for sending home December reading comprehension passages to encourage family engagement in reading.

Why This Resource? This packet combines the fun of Christmas reading passages with essential reading skills, aligning with first-grade comprehension standards. It’s perfect for teachers looking to boost fluency, comprehension, and text evidence skills with December reading passages that celebrate the holiday season.

What’s Included:

• 20 Christmas reading comprehension passages and questions
• 3 comprehension questions per passage
• 2 Cover Pages (Girl and Boy options)

Help your students practice their reading skills while enjoying the festive joy of Christmas with these Christmas reading comprehension passages!

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This bundle includes informational reading on President's annual turkey pardon ceremony for Thanksgiving in 2 formats - flipbook and packet with comprehension questions and vocabulary. It also contains a. persuasive letter writing craft activity with teacher instruction, rubric, student checklist, and sample writing.

This is a 4 page flip book on candy corn. It covers the ingredients, origin, and fun facts about candy corn.

Pre-reading graphic organizers can be used prior to starting any read aloud or novel study.

Includes:

• character analysis
• illustration analysis
• vocabulary

This product contains Thanksgiving Dinner themed Reading, Math, Writing, Art, Word search and Fun facts. It also includes comprehension questions with answer key. This can packet can be used as a fun classroom activity, independent student work, or can as Fall break homework.

This product contains the true story of Thanksgiving turkey pardoning in two different formats. It can be printed as a flip book or as a packet (front and back). The product contains vocabulary and comprehension questions with an answer key page for teachers.

This product includes a 5 page Veteran's Day flip book. Students can highlight key details and write a short thank you note or message in the flip book. They can color the flag on the front cover.

Pair with:

VETERAN'S DAY DIFFERENTIATED WRITING

Planning for a fun activity before Christmas/Winter break? Here's a "Twist into Holidays-Candy Cane Day!" fun packet with informational and non-fiction reading, map skills, comprehension questions, Science experiment, Writing, and Math. The packet includes answer key and instructions for Science experiment for teachers.

Help you students explore the different features found in fiction and non-fiction texts with these 'Text Feature Templates.'

These templates are a great way to assess your students understanding of the different features, while also finding text evidence/ examples to support their understanding.

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Reading strategies enable our students to comprehend a text in a variety of ways and develop a deeper understanding of how texts are constructed. They use these strategies to express what they have just read, make connections, draw conclusions and further engage with a text.

These posters can be used to display the learning focus for a lesson, unit or student goal. Created to match my Geometric Design theme, they are also an interesting way to display reading strategies in your classroom.

What's Included:

• British and American Spelling
• Two different Reading Strategy Designs
• 10 Different Reading Strategies.

Reading Strategies Include:

• Visualising/Visualizing
• Questioning
• Adjusting
• Summarising/Summarizing
• Inferring
• Predicting
• Synthesising/Synthesizing
• Connecting
• Analysing/Analyzing
• Critiquing

This Reading Comprehension - Summarizing Pack can be used with any text, both fiction and nonfiction. With differentiated graphic organisers, to build your students 'summarizing' skills and depth of understanding.

What's Included:

• 6 Different Summarizing graphic organisers (American and British Spelling)
• Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then Poster
• Summarizing Bookmark

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Teaching Science/Animal/Mammal through Close Reading and Fine Arts using GLAD strategies. Prep free! Grade 1-5.

Materials include lesson plans, activity pages, and posters with both student version and teacher’s version (with teaching scripts).

Major components of the product:

- Student Package:

- 1 Info Organizer

- 1 Reading Passage

- 1 Text Dependent Questions Set ( with 4 questions)

- 1 Vocabulary Sheet

-Teacher Package:

- 1 Info Organizer with answers

- 1 Reading Passage with Close Reading marks

- 1 Text Dependent Questions Set with answers

- 1 Vocabulary Sheet with answers

- 1 Elephant Black and White Drawing

- 1 Elephant Color Drawing with labels ( great open house student project )

- 1 Vocab Poster with Post-it notes

- Lesson Plan embedded in 2 teaching scripts: 1 for Reading Passage and 1 for Text Dependent Questions.

This product is included in Close Reading Bundle: Science + Holidays.

Save $$$s when you buy in bundles!

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Related Lessons:

Science Word Search: Mammal Facts

Science Word Search: Animal Unit

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Click a link below to see my other Close Reading Lessons:

Close Reading Bundle: Science + Holidays from Gail Gibbons

Plant:

Close Reading: Plant Unit

Close Reading: Apples

Close Reading: Corn

Close Reading: From Seed to Plant

Close Reading: Tell Me, Tree

Close Reading: The Fruits We Eat

Close Reading: The Pumpkin Book

Close Reading: The Vegetables We Eat

Animals:

Close Reading: Animal Unit

Amphibian:

Close Reading: Frogs

Arachnid:

Close Reading: Spiders

Bird:

Close Reading: Owls

Close Reading: Penguins!

Fish:

Close Reading: Sharks

Insect:

Close Reading: Monarch Butterfly

Close Reading: The Honey Makers

Close Reading: Ladybugs

Mammal:

Close Reading: Bats

Close Reading: Elephants of Africa

Close Reading: Polar Bears

Close Reading: Wolves

Close Reading: Whales

Reptile:

Close Reading: Alligators and Crocodiles

Close Reading: Dinosaurs!

Close Reading: Sea Turtles

Close Reading: Snakes

Environment:

Close Reading: Environment Unit

Close Reading: Caves and Caverns

Close Reading: Coral Reefs

Close Reading: Deserts

Close Reading: Marshes & Swamps

Close Reading: Rain Forests

Close Reading: Recycle!

Weather:

Close Reading: Weather Unit

Close Reading: It's Hurricanes!

Close Reading: It's Raining!

Close Reading: It's Snowing!

Close Reading: Tornadoes!

Season:

Close Reading: The Reasons for Seasons

Astronomy:

Close Reading: Astronomy Unit

Close Reading: GALAXIES, GALAXIES!

Close Reading: Planet Earth/Inside Out

Close Reading: The Moon Book

Close Reading: THE PLANETS

Matter:

Close Reading: States of Matter

Social Studies/Holidays:

Close Reading: Holiday Unit

Close Reading: Christmas Is ...

Close Reading: Easter

Close Reading: Halloween Is ... by Gail Gibbons

Close Reading: St. Patrick's Day by Gail Gibbons

Close Reading: Thanksgiving Is ... by Gail Gibbons

Close Reading: Valentine's Day Is ... by Gail Gibbons

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Teaching Science/Matter through Close Reading and Fine Arts using GLAD strategies.

Materials include lesson plans, activity pages, and posters with both student version and teacher’s version (with teaching scripts). Prep Free! Grade 1-5.

Close Reading:

* What Is the World Made of? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

* Solids, Liquids, and Gases by Ginger Garrett.

Major components of this close reading product:

- Student Package:

- 1 Info Organizer

- 2 Reading Passages

- 2 Text Dependent Questions Sets ( each with 4 questions)

- 1 Vocabulary Sheet

- 1 Base Drawing Sheet

-Teacher Package:

- 1 Info Organizer with answers

- 2 Reading Passages with Close Reading marks

- 2 Text Dependent Questions Sets with answers

- 1 Vocabulary Sheet with answers

- 1 Matter Black and White Drawing

- 1 Matter Color Drawing with labels (Open house student project)

- 1 Vocab Poster with Post-it notes

- 1 Teach Sample Writing

- 1 Collaborative Sample Writing

- 2 Student Individual Sample Writings

- Lesson Plan embedded in 2 teaching scripts: 1 for Reading Passage and 1 for Text Dependent Questions.

This product is included in Science Unit: States of Matter & Close Reading Bundle: Science + Holidays.

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Related Lessons:

Science Unit: States of Matter

Close Reading: States of Matter

Science Word Search: Matter & Energy

Science Word Search: States of Matter

Science Project: States of Matter Vocabulary Booklet

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Click a link below to see my other Close Reading Lessons:

Close Reading Bundle: Science + Holidays from Gail Gibbons

Plant:

Close Reading: Plant Unit

Close Reading: Apples

Close Reading: Corn

Close Reading: From Seed to Plant

Close Reading: Tell Me, Tree

Close Reading: The Fruits We Eat

Close Reading: The Pumpkin Book

Close Reading: The Vegetables We Eat

Animals:

Close Reading: Animal Unit

Amphibian:

Close Reading: Frogs

Arachnid:

Close Reading: Spiders

Bird:

Close Reading: Owls

Close Reading: Penguins!

Fish:

Close Reading: Sharks

Insect:

Close Reading: Monarch Butterfly

Close Reading: The Honey Makers

Close Reading: Ladybugs

Mammal:

Close Reading: Bats

Close Reading: Elephants of Africa

Close Reading: Polar Bears

Close Reading: Wolves

Close Reading: Whales

Reptile:

Close Reading: Alligators and Crocodiles

Close Reading: Dinosaurs!

Close Reading: Sea Turtles

Close Reading: Snakes

Environment:

Close Reading: Environment Unit

Close Reading: Caves and Caverns

Close Reading: Coral Reefs

Close Reading: Deserts

Close Reading: Marshes & Swamps

Close Reading: Rain Forests

Close Reading: Recycle!

Weather:

Close Reading: Weather Unit

Close Reading: It's Hurricanes!

Close Reading: It's Raining!

Close Reading: It's Snowing!

Close Reading: Tornadoes!

Season:

Close Reading: The Reasons for Seasons

Astronomy:

Close Reading: Astronomy Unit

Close Reading: GALAXIES, GALAXIES!

Close Reading: Planet Earth/Inside Out

Close Reading: The Moon Book

Close Reading: THE PLANETS

Matter:

Close Reading: States of Matter

Social Studies/Holidays:

Close Reading: Holiday Unit

Close Reading: Christmas Is ...

Close Reading: Easter

Close Reading: Halloween Is ... by Gail Gibbons

Close Reading: St. Patrick's Day by Gail Gibbons

Close Reading: Thanksgiving Is ... by Gail Gibbons

Close Reading: Valentine's Day Is ... by Gail Gibbons

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Thank you so much and I hope you enjoy this lesson.

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• Comments, suggestions, feedback and questions always welcomed!

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Teaching Social Science/World Holidays through Close Reading and Fine Arts using GLAD strategies.

Materials include lesson plans and activity pages with both student version and teacher’s version (with teaching scripts).

- Student Package:

- 1 Info Organizer

- 1 Reading Passages

- 1 Text Dependent Questions Set ( each with 4 questions)

- 1 Vocabulary Sheet

- 1 Base Drawing Sheet

-Teacher Package:

- 1 Info Organizer with answers

- 1 Reading Passage with Close Reading Marks

- 1 Text Dependent Questions Set with Answers ( each with 4 questions)

- 1 Vocabulary Sheet with Answers

- 2 Easter Black Line Drawings (with/without labels)

- 2 Easter Color Drawings (with/without) (Great for open house)

- 1 Vocab Poster with Post-it notes

- Lesson Plan embedded in 2 teaching scripts: 1 for Reading Passage and 1 for Text Dependent Questions.

This product is included in Close Reading Bundle: Science + Holidays.

Save $$$s when you buy in bundles!

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Related Lessons:

Holiday Word Search: Easter

All Easter Products

All Holiday Products

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Click a link below to see my other Close Reading Lessons:

Close Reading Bundle: Science + Holidays from Gail Gibbons

Plant:

Close Reading: Plant Unit

Close Reading: Apples

Close Reading: Corn

Close Reading: From Seed to Plant

Close Reading: Tell Me, Tree

Close Reading: The Fruits We Eat

Close Reading: The Pumpkin Book

Close Reading: The Vegetables We Eat

Animals:

Close Reading: Animal Unit

Amphibian:

Close Reading: Frogs

Arachnid:

Close Reading: Spiders

Bird:

Close Reading: Owls

Close Reading: Penguins!

Fish:

Close Reading: Sharks

Insect:

Close Reading: Monarch Butterfly

Close Reading: The Honey Makers

Close Reading: Ladybugs

Mammal:

Close Reading: Bats

Close Reading: Elephants of Africa

Close Reading: Polar Bears

Close Reading: Wolves

Close Reading: Whales

Reptile:

Close Reading: Alligators and Crocodiles

Close Reading: Dinosaurs!

Close Reading: Sea Turtles

Close Reading: Snakes

Environment:

Close Reading: Environment Unit

Close Reading: Caves and Caverns

Close Reading: Coral Reefs

Close Reading: Deserts

Close Reading: Marshes & Swamps

Close Reading: Rain Forests

Close Reading: Recycle!

Weather:

Close Reading: Weather Unit

Close Reading: It's Hurricanes!

Close Reading: It's Raining!

Close Reading: It's Snowing!

Close Reading: Tornadoes!

Season:

Close Reading: The Reasons for Seasons

Astronomy:

Close Reading: Astronomy Unit

Close Reading: GALAXIES, GALAXIES!

Close Reading: Planet Earth/Inside Out

Close Reading: The Moon Book

Close Reading: THE PLANETS

Matter:

Close Reading: States of Matter

Social Studies/Holidays:

Close Reading: Holiday Unit

Close Reading: Christmas Is ...

Close Reading: Easter

Close Reading: Halloween Is ... by Gail Gibbons

Close Reading: St. Patrick's Day by Gail Gibbons

Close Reading: Thanksgiving Is ... by Gail Gibbons

Close Reading: Valentine's Day Is ... by Gail Gibbons

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Thank you so much and I hope you enjoy this lesson.

• Check out my store https://www.TeachShare.com/store/Qiang-Ma for more lessons to help your students have fun while learning!

• Comments, suggestions, feedback and questions always welcomed!

• Each time you give feedback, TeachShare gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly!

• Be sure to click on the green ★ to follow me for updates and new product announcements!

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