Reading Passage: Celebrating Lunar New Year

After reading Why We Eat Fried Peanuts, use this Reading Passage to extend your students' thinking. Print or download this passage as a supplementary, independent reading activity to help them develop reading fluency. 

Resource Information

Age Range
6 - 11
Grade Level
1st - 6th
Literacy Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.