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Holidays Around the World Level T
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count: 1679

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WORKSHEETS FOR
HOLIDAYS AROUND
THE WORLD

Worksheets

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COMPREHENSION QUIZ FOR
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Comprehension Quiz
Level T Answer Sheet

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Correlation
READING A-Z LEVEL T
Grade 3
Fountas
& Pinnell
P
Reading
Recovery
23
DRA 38
Lesson Parts
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading
4) Build Skills
5) Build Fluency
6) Extend the Reading
7) Assessment

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Book Summary
People around the world express themselves most joyfully through their holidays. This book takes a look at many of the major holidays that take place from November through March—one of the busiest holiday seasons. Students will learn through sensitive text and photographs how kids just like them celebrate Hanukkah, Ramadan, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Chinese New Year, Holi, and the international celebration of the new year. 

About the Lesson 

Targeted Reading Strategy

  • Make personal connections to the text

Objectives

  • Compare and contrast
  • Identify complete and simple subjects
  • Make and understand words with suffixes -ion and -tion
  • Understand content words

Materials

  • Book - Holidays Around the World (copy for each student)
  • Chalkboard or dry-erase board
  • Compare and Contrast, Sentence Subjects, Suffixes, Content Words worksheets
  • Word journal (optional)

    Indicates an opportunity to use the book interactively (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are not consumable.)

Vocabulary

  • Content words: dreidel, Kinara, menorah, ornaments, shamus, Ramadan, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year, Holi