Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension Bundle - Printable & Digital

Make reading fun this Thanksgiving with high-interest holiday passages! In this nonfiction bundle, you'll get 11 informational text reading passages about fascinating Thanksgiving topics - plus activities to teach text structure, text features, main idea, sequencing, author's purpose, and more. These nonfiction activities are the perfect way to teach and practice tons of middle school reading skills while keeping students engaged right up to Thanksgiving break!

This bestselling bundle includes the following resources:

• Thanksgiving Nonfiction Reading Passages - Text Structure
• Thanksgiving Nonfiction Reading Passages - Text Features

Both resources include digital Google Slides versions that you can share with your students virtually! (Find links to the Google resources on the last page of the passage PDFs.)

Here's what's included:

• 6 text structure reading passages (one for each structure and one bonus passage for description)
• 5 text structure graphic organizers
• 5 pages of comprehension questions (one page per passage)
• 1 page of text structure lesson ideas
• 5 text features reading passages
• 5 text features comprehension worksheets
• Notes pages for text structure and text features, great for teaching or whole-class review
• A separate "Organizational Pattern" notes page for Virginia teachers using SOL terminology
• Answer keys
• Google Slides versions
• Easel Activities

Note: To use these resources, you must be able to open PDFs.

Teaching these nonfiction reading skills well can be challenging - especially on a middle school level - since you really have to read and analyze several full-length passages to get an idea of how the text structures and text features each contribute to the author's purpose and main idea. These engaging articles and higher-level-thinking activities make your nonfiction lessons easy!

I hope your students enjoy learning fun facts about Thanksgiving while they practice nonfiction reading skills!

Answer keys are included for all worksheets.

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