Morning Work: December Holidays

Description

Build a consistent start-of-day routine with purposeful daily practice.

• Grades: 2–3
• Format: PDF download

Learning Objective

Students will find text evidence, write responses supported by details, and create and interpret class bar graphs.

What's Included

• Read a short paragraph about the national holiday
• Answer two text-based questions by underlining the answer in the passage.
• Respond to a writing prompt.
• Select a choice for a class bar graph, then respond (orally or written) to standards-based questions.

Ways to Use

Morning work, daily routines, or independent practice.

Preparation

Print the reading and writing pages. Set up a daily graph on a dry-erase board or chart paper and prepare sticky-note labels using the included template. Provide blank sticky notes for student graphing choices.

Standards & Skills

Source-listed alignment: RI.2.10, RI.3.10, W.2.1, W.3.1, W.2.2, W.3.2, W.2.3, W.3.3, 3.MD.B.3.