Holiday Fiction Reading Comprehension Differentiated Worksheets- December

Your reading instruction needs these differentiated, and NO PREP way to enhance reading comprehension skills with your 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade students? These unique and engaging reading passages are ideal for practicing literacy skills in a fun December and winter-themed context.

Each of the 15 reading passages is carefully crafted for primary students, with two reading levels available for each topic—providing a total of 30 passages.

Available in both printable PDF format or Google Slides, to meet your diverse classroom needs and technology preferences.

Key Features:

• Differentiated Questioning: Students can either answer open ended questions or color text evidence to show their understanding
• Engaging Content: Topics like sledding, baking, ice skating, and more captivate young learners while reinforcing nonfiction reading skills.
• Comprehensive Reading Skill Practice: Fictional reading strategies such as summarizing, inferencing, making connections, visualizing, evaluating, making predictions, questioning, finding the theme, clarifying understanding, and synthesizing are incorporated.
• Answer Keys Provided: Simplify grading and assessment with included answer keys for all passages.
• So many possibilities! Use these passages for reading centers, homework assignments, reviews, assessments, substitute teacher lessons, guided reading groups, exit tickets, or whole-class activities.

Transform your teaching with these ready-to-use resources that bring high-quality instruction directly into your classroom. Foster a love for reading and strengthen comprehension skills effortlessly with this comprehensive set of fall-themed reading passages.

Reviews from Teachers

3rd grade teacher Julieanne said, “This resource was a good scaffolding activities to use with my intervention groups struggling with some of these standards.”

2nd grade teacher said, “Used to help differentiate my stations to support my students while they were in stations.”

Want more seasonal instructional resources?

Check out the December Nonfiction Differentiated Passages here.