Description
Go paperless with our Christmas Digital Reading Comprehension activities. Your students will learn about reindeer and the history of Christmas cards while also enjoying two Christmas narratives.
This Google Slides resource includes four passages (at two levels) with unique slides of engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking interactive tasks. Hook your students in with a topic they are interested in and bring the festive season into your classroom.
These activities are great for your guided reading program in both a traditional classroom with some access to mobile learning through to a full 1:1 digital classroom. This resource can be used on Chromebooks, iPads, Android Tablets, and other devices!
In this Christmas Digital Reading Comprehension activities resource you will receive:
1. Four texts – each with an extended and scaffold version:
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Radical Reindeer – Informational text
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The History of Christmas Cards – Informational text
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Mama’s Happy Christmas – Narrative text
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The Elves and the Shoemaker – Narrative text
2. 28 Higher Order Thinking Activities based on Blooms Taxonomy and aligned with the CCSS and the NZ Curriculum
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Remember
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Understand
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Apply
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Analyze
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Evaluate
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Create
Reading Comprehension Strategies included:
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Make Connections
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Find Facts and Details
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Make Inferences
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Identify the Main Idea
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Ask and Answer Questions
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Understand and Use Vocabulary
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Sequence
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Summarize
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Synthesize
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Make Predictions
3. Full instructions on how to use this Google Slides resource, and how to share it with your students.
4. Tips for using Google Slides for teachers AND students
5. Teacher Answer Key for applicable questions and a link to the Google Slides Interactive Answers
Why Go Digital and Paperless?
Many classroom are now 1:1, BYOD, or improving the access of technological devices to students. This resource uses these devices to engage and enhance learning!
Further benefits include:
– High student engagement and motivation
– Access and share learning from anywhere
– Build a skill base with 21st-century learning tools
– Save on paper and printing!
– Accessible on a range of devices including Chromebooks, iPads, tablets and more!
