☸ Take your students on a reading adventure with plenty of spooky fun along the way. These Halloween Symbols Lexile Leveled Differentiated Reading Passages are designed for 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders, these passages foster reading engagement, build comprehension, and incorporate a touch of spooky fun for any time of year!

Halloween Symbols include:

• 12 Lexile Leveled Passages
• Each Passage is Differentiated Across 3 Lexile Levels (the range for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade is 420-1010)
• Reading Comprehension Questions for Each Passage
• Standard Based Graphic Organizers for Each Passage
• Reading Response Activity for Each Passage

Key Features:

✏️ Engaging – Stories and passages are written with 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th graders in mind. The topics are selected to be highly engaging to motivate students to read.

✏️ Integrates Reading Standards – Contains standards based comprehension questions, graphic organizers, and written responses to help students practice a mix of comprehension skills.

✏️ Scaffolding – Utilizes the Lexile Framework® for Reading and a mix of standard-based short answer and multiple choice questions to allow educators to scaffold independent work and homework. Also great for centers and interventions.

✏️ Great for Spiral Review – These Halloween symbols passages incorporate a variety of reading comprehension skills making it a great spiral review activity.

What’s Included?

1. The Magical Journey of the Jack-O’-Lantern: From Turnips to Pumpkins (420L, 870L, 990L)
2. Costumes: A Spook-tacular Symbol of Halloween (460L, 820L, 980L)
3. How Spiderwebs Weave into Halloween’s Mystique (510L, 830L, 1000L)
4. The Wise Ones (470L, 790L, 950L)
5. The Ultimate Trick-or-Treaters Guidebook (410L, 730L, 910L)
6. The Full Story of the Full Moon (440L, 760L, 1010L)
7. Candy Corn: The Halloween Horror (460L, 780L, 1000L)
8. The Mystery and Marvel of Bats: Unsung Heroes of the Ecosystem and Stars of Halloween (470L, 780L, 1010L)
9. The Love-Hate History of the Black Cat (480L, 740L, 1000L)
10. Skulls: The Spooky Symbol of Halloween and the Stories They Tell (440L, 800L, 1000L)

*Answer Key Included

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