Close Reading for 1st and 2nd Grades - Nursery Rhymes

Looking to build strong reading comprehension and critical thinking skills in your young learners? This Close Reading Set features two classic nursery rhymes—"Hey Diddle Diddle" and "Little Bo Peep"—and provides meaningful, standards-aligned practice that encourages students to read deeply and think critically.

✅ What’s Included:

📌 Close Reading Passages

– “Hey Diddle Diddle”

– “Little Bo Peep”

📌 Text-Dependent Questions

– Students analyze text, cite evidence, and infer meaning.

📌 Confusing Words & Questioning Activity

– Students highlight tricky vocabulary and generate their own questions as they read.

📌 Prediction Activities

– Use clues from the text to make thoughtful predictions.

📌 Write-Your-Own Poem Pages

– Foster creativity and reinforce text structure.

📌 Graphic Organizers

– Flexible organizers that can be used with any passage for comprehension practice.

🎯 Skills Covered:

• Close reading strategies
• Text-based questioning
• Vocabulary development
• Inference and prediction
• Creative writing
• Identifying key details and structure

💡 Perfect For:

• Small group reading instruction
• Whole-group literacy lessons
• Literacy centers
• Reading intervention
• Poetry units
• Early finishers
• Sub plans

✨ Check out the preview to see a full overview of what’s included!

This close reading set brings familiar texts to life while building the foundational comprehension skills your students need to succeed!