GROWING BUNDLE of engaging digital resource to practice reading comprehension of informational texts at the middle and high school level — with a holiday twist! Plus, each resource grades itself!
Do you want to teach students the history of various holidays in a creative, motivating way? Do you want to infuse fun and novelty into the classroom while working on reading comprehension skills? Do you need a simple sub plan? Have you been dreaming of the day when student work would magically grade itself? This bundle was made for YOU!
Students will read an informational passage that covers the history of a holiday. Then, students will answer self-checking comprehension questions. Finally, they will uncover a secret code! Students will be motivated to solve the puzzle while learning along the way! Our holiday reading comprehension bundle is gamification at its finest.
Currently, reading passage options include Halloween, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Earth Day — but this is a GROWING BUNDLE, and more holidays will be added! Buy now (at our lowest-ever price) to get all future holiday reading comprehension resources for FREE!
This creative and low-prep resource includes...
- Teacher instructions
- Reading passage
- Self-checking questions
- Self-checking secret code activity
- Answer key
- ...and tons of fun for your students!
These lessons serves as fantastic Holiday-themed comprehension activities, and they can also be used as easy sub plans! These activities are a great addition to your English Language Arts, Social Studies, or Pop Culture class.
To access the resource, you must download each PDF, then click the links within to make copies! These are Google Sheets activities and requires access to Google Suite for staff and students.
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