Do you need engaging and meaningful close reading passages to teach reading comprehension strategies? These 2nd and 3rd grade reading passages with comprehension questions come with 11 passages with questions and reading comprehension posters for students to practice finding text evidence. 

These close reading comprehension passages and questions for 2nd graders & 3rd graders will help your students to develop their reading comprehension strategies by learning how to do close reading of texts and how to find text evidence to support their answers. Students will love answering these questions and can use the reading comprehension posters to assist in their learning. 

Included with these 2nd & 3rd grade reading passages with comprehension questions:

• “What is Close Reading?” Poster (Color & B&W)
• “Close Reading includes...” Poster (Color & B&W)
• “A Close Reader is…” Poster (Color & B&W)
• “What are text-dependent questions?” Poster (Color & B&W)
• Close Reading examples
• “Be a Text Talker” Poster (Color & B&W)
• “Show Your Thinking” Poster (Color & B&W)
• Partner Talk Poster (Color & B&W)
• Examples of “How to Use” this resource
• 11 High-Interest Informational Text Passages w/ text-dependent questions

These reading comprehension passages and questions for 2nd grade and 3rd grade will excite your students and encourage them to dig deeply into the passages in order to answer the text-dependent questions and find text evidence, all while helping them to develop their critical reading comprehension strategies and skills.

You will LOVE how versatile these 2nd and 3rd grade reading passages with comprehension questions are! Plus, the reading comprehension posters are PERFECT for a class display to support your students. 

You can use them for:

❤️Whole group instruction

❤️Small group guided reading/intervention

❤️Literacy centers

❤️Independent practice

❤️Homework

❤️Morning work

❤️Partner work

Teaching reading comprehension strategies is important for every student in every grade. You can use these close reading passages and reading comprehension posters for 3rd & 4th grade to read & complete independently, advanced 2nd graders OR for 1st & 2nd for whole group instruction to introduce & practice close reading and annotating. 

2nd and 3rd grade reading passages with comprehension questions included:  

✅Two Giant Pandas

✅Polar Bears

✅Australia

✅Bats

✅Let’s Go Green (Recycling)

✅Staying Healthy

✅Sweet Dreams

✅Hibernation

✅Volcanoes

✅Community Helpers

✅Harriet Tubman

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What are teachers saying about these close reading comprehension passages and questions for 2nd graders & 3rd graders?

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I'm a huge fan of close reading and these passages are absolutely perfect for my second graders. The text dependent questions are great too.  However, the best thing is how Heather Perkins describes how she implements close reading in her classroom. If you're new to it, this will help immensely. I also have to mention the annotating guide. I use it all the time. I even got a special shout out in front of my school after others saw how my 2nd graders were annotating! For me, it was completely worth the price.” - Amy L.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Great step by step guide for teacher-interesting articles for students-thank you!” - Alexis M.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “The nonfiction reading topics have stimulated my students to read and then read some more.  Thanks for motivating my kids with these nonfiction passages.” - Erine A.

❤️This close reading packet goes great with my reading strategy mini lessons! You can purchase them along with Finding the Main Idea in a BUNDLE! ❤️