Christmas Reading Comprehension Activity

Description

Celebrate the festive season this winter and improve reading comprehension with our Christmas Reading Comprehension Activity. The completed puzzle posters will brighten your classroom walls or bulletin boards. earn about the history of Christmas Trees, Christmas Carols, Christmas Cards, the North Pole, Saint Nicholas, Reindeer, Christmas Lights…and MORE!

This activity is great for individuals, pairs or as a small group activity. Engage your students’ artistic flair with the wide range of activities provided in this resource.

Activity Purpose

The purpose of this resource is to provide an interactive and engaging way to learn about Christmas and the traditions, symbols, and history surrounding this event. This activity involves reading comprehension strategies such as cloze reading (using context clues), visualizing, organizing information, and finding specific details.

As students read the fact cards, they have to hunt for information. This information-seeking process will involve reading and re-reading of the clue cards. The activity, therefore, mirrors the close reading skills you will be teaching your students throughout the year.

The students then synthesize their knowledge and understanding using the Christmas puzzle poster activity.

In this Christmas Reading Comprehension Activity pack you will receive:

⭐️Ten Christmas Fact Cards

– What is Christmas?

– Christmas Trees

– Christmas Lights

– Christmas Food

– Christmas Cards

– Reindeer

– Santa and Saint Nicholas

– Christmas Carols

– The North Pole

– Fun Christmas Facts

⭐️Nine puzzle pieces with a range of artistic and writing activities

These puzzles come in two sizes. Choose the size that fits your purpose!

***When you download this resource, it comes with both British and US English spellings and printing sizes.***

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