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January Informational Texts | Winter Close Read Nonfiction Passages
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Ease the return from winter break with January reading comprehension passages for close reading, text questions, and vocabulary practice.
Number of Pages: 25 + digital
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January Informational Texts | Winter Close Read Nonfiction Passages
You’re coming back to school after a long Christmas break. You and your students need an easy way to transition back into the routine of learning for the new year. These January reading comprehension passages are perfect for achieving that goal! They provide the right balance of reading challenge + fun for winter reading activities.
This printable + Google Slides resource has 10 nonfiction / informational text passages with text-dependent questions about topics that are popular during the month of January. These passages are great for winter reading centers.
These January reading comprehension passages give your students practice with:
- close reading
- referring to the text
- defining words in context
- with interesting January winter topics
Here are the 10 nonfiction topics your students will learn facts about:
- “Do You Want to Build a Snow-Person?” History of Snowmen
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Penguins: A Peculiar Bird
- Polar Bears–Precious and Dangerous
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- The History of New Year’s Resolutions
- 100 Days and Counting
- Animals That Hibernate
- National Bird Day
- “The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway”–All About Snowflakes
SAVE YOURSELF TIME with this January Reading Comprehension
- Let’s be real…getting back in the swing of things for learning during January can be a challenge.
- And who wants to lesson plan and prep during the holidays? Save yourself that lesson planning time by having engaging winter reading activities like these nonfiction passages that don’t require any additional prep!
These January reading comprehension passages are excellent for:
- sub-work
- holiday reading centers
- morning bell ringer work
- nonfiction reading homework
- supplements to your basal readers
- early finishers
- guided reading practice
- digital / virtual learning
- winter reading / January ELA activities
- worksheets to quietly complete during transitions and more!
Answer Keys are included.
The questions are editable in the Google Slides format.
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taysha F. –
This was super helpful and ready to implement immediately!
Soaring in Fourth Grade –
I use this resource as a fluency rotation during my Literacy block. My students enjoy reading these passages, and love to use their crayons to answer the accompanying comprehension questions.
Tori Fenton –
This resource was perfect for capturing the excitement of the season and for practicing skills.
Tracy F. –
My students absolutely loved this resource. I used it as one of my activities for guided reading rounds and my students were able to complete the questions independently.
Frances M. –
Very nice articles, My students really enjoyed them
Renee C. –
I love these passages!! They have been great to use with my 5th graders. I love how they are quick and easy for me to check due to the color coding of the answers!
Middle School Minds Marketplace –
Thanks for the wonderful product. It is very helpful!
Abbey C. –
Excellent resource! Will use yearly!
Patricia B. –
Just what we needed!
Traci N. –
I love, love, love this resource! Thank you so much!
El Quinto King –
Thank you for this resource! Helped a lot with my small group instruction
Vanessa Gorgas –
This was perfect for one week! It was enough for the teacher to model and then the kids to do one on their own. I loved how it used colors to find answers.. Very engaging topics as well.
Natasha L. –
Thank you!