Martin Luther King Reading Passage Black History Month Close Reading February

Getting ready to celebrate MLK Jr Day in your classroom? Students will read, learn, and critically think about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. while practicing close reading strategies with these informational passages. Included are 3, two-page articles to help your students understand the life of Martin Luther King.

Your students will practice gathering important information as they read social studies content in informational texts.

Close reading anchor charts are also included to help your students understand the text more deeply. Perfect for whole group, small group, and social studies centers or stations.

NOTE: The reading passages included in this set are the SAME passages that are in the FULL NO PREP Martin Luther King Jr pack. If you own the FULL Martin Luther King set do not purchase this set. This close reading set contains just the reading activities.

This product includes both print and digital options with a link with a Google Slide version and digital directions, too.

CONTENTS:

✓Digital Directions for Google Classroom

✓Close Reading Anchor Charts in two sizes

✓Close Reading Graphic Organizer

✓3, two-page articles with reader response text-dependent questions about Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Martin's Childhood
• Martin's Adult Life
• His Famous Speech

✓Reading Comprehension question page for each passage

✓Graphic Organizer Skill Activity for each passage

✓Bonus Activities Include:

-Martin Luther King Jr. KWL Chart

-Martin Luther King Jr. Timeline Organizer

-Vocabulary Activity

-Agree or Disagree

-Note-taking Page

-3-2-1 Reflection Page

Answer Keys

Please see the preview for a more detailed look at all this product has to offer.

Teacher Approved:

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"My students and I LOVED the different activities and highly engaging passages included in this pack! They were so fun! Thank you for creating and sharing such an awesome resource!"

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"Great resource. We used the digital option this week, and it was a great informational text packet for students in my class to complete. Text was informative and I like how it was broken into 3 different articles. Lots of different skills practiced in this reading resource."

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"Very engaging for my students. We used this for distance learning as well as in-person. Students were able to learn new information about MLK. We also used this during our Text Structure unit. Students were able to make the connection. Thank you."

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