December Reading Passages 2nd Grade

Description

*These are the same themes and general ideas from my 3-6 grade monthly passages, just made at an easier level.* This product includes 31 reading passages with questions. Each passage has a theme based on what “National Day” it is, like Pearl Harbor Day, National Cookie Day,Gingerbread House Day, Nobel Prize Day and more! Kids are sure to love these fun and engaging reading passages.

Also included are 31 journal prompt cards.The theme of the cards match the theme of the daily reading passages. You can use the reading passages and journal prompts as self-starts, during ELA center time, at the end of a lesson, as homework, or as part of your language arts daily routine. The options are endless! Also included is a daily writing journal for students!

December’s daily themes for the reading passages and journal prompts include:

• December 1st Rosa Parks Day
• December 2nd Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting (changes annually)
• December 3rd National Roof Over Your Head Day
• December 4th National Cookie Day
• December 5th Cookie Cutters (The first week in December is Cookie Cutter Week)
• December 6th All About Hanukah
• December 7th Pear Harbor Remembrance Day
• December 8th National Brownie Day
• December 9th National Pastry Day
• December 10th Nobel Prize Day
• December 11th International Mountain Day
• December 12th Gingerbread House Day
• December 13th National Cocoa Day
• December 14th Monkey Day
• December 15th Bill of Rights Day
• December 16th National Chocolate-Covered Anything Day
• December 17th National Maple Syrup Day
• December 18th National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day (3rd Friday in December)
• December 19th All About Kwanza
• December 20th Exotic Fruits Month
• December 21st Crossword Puzzle Day
• December 22nd Winter Solstice (Can be any day December 20th-23rd)
• December 23rd National Roots Day
• December 24th National Eggnog Day
• December 25th All About Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• December 26th National Candy Cane Day
• December 27th National Fruitcake Day
• December 28th Pledge of Allegiance Day
• December 29th Pepper Pot Day
• December 30th Bacon Day
• December 31st New Year’s Eve