Description
July August Close Reading Passages | Summer or Back to School Informational Texts
Want a fresh way to keep kids reading as you wrap up the summer then head into back to school? These July August Close Reading Passages for 4th and 5th graders have 10 high-interest topics that keep kids engaged with nonfiction reading comprehension for the summer or during the back to school season. So, as kids transition from summer into back-to-school season, they will have engaging reading passages with questions for practice.
Key Features of these July August Close Reading Passages:
- Printable + Google Slides resource
- Has 10 nonfiction / informational text passages
- Text-dependent questions
- Topics that are popular during the month of July and August–SEE TOPICS BELOW
- These passages are great for summer school reading or back to school review.
Check out the PREVIEW
➡️ For the Google Slides version, your students will drag and drop color-coded shapes to select their answers.
➡️ For the printable version, your students will color-code the correct answers by referring back to the text.
10 nonfiction reading topics included:
1– The History of Independence Day
2–All About the Summer Olympics
3–Walt Disney Mini Biography
4–Where Do Hotdogs Come From?
5-International Day of Friendship
6–National Video Game Day
7–Spiderman’s “Birthday”
8–How “I Have a Dream” Speech Happened in August 1968
9–The History of Football in America
10–How the Voting Rights Act Happened in 1965
These quick-read passages are excellent for helping students maintain reading practice during the summer or during the first month back to school.
This set can be used in homeschooling groups, summer school, or for parents who just want their kid to keep reading while out of school.
For students going back to school in August, teachers can use these as fun passages to kick off the school year.
These quick-read July August Close Reading Passages are excellent for:
•fun summer school activities
•back to school reading activities
•4th Grade Summer reading packet
•5th Grade Summer reading packet
•morning bell ringer work
•nonfiction reading homework
•early finishers during summer school
•early finishers during the first month of school
•back to school reading assessment
•summer reading practice
Helps your students improve their nonfiction reading comprehension!
- Answer Keys are included
- NON-EDITABLE
Bismah S. –
Students enjoyed reading these quick articles and practicing their reading skills during summer school.
Madoka Mason –
This resource helped me gauge where my students were in their reading comprehension at the end of the school year and will help me at the beginning of the next school year.
Kinder Flips –
My students love working on these as small group or independent / early finisher.
Kaitlin Jordan –
Great resource to use over the summer and beginning of the school year.
Cori W. –
Informational reading and engaging topics! Win!