Grinch Day Printables for Reading Comprehension
Grinch Day printables + reading comprehension + parody rap song = high student engagement! Agree? Then these activities are perfect for you and your students!
These activities are based on our “Grinch around the World” parody rap song. Keep your students’ attention using song lyrics as reading activities while they practice a variety of skills. Easily incorporate them into independent activities or complete them together as a class lesson.
Students will listen to the song then use the song lyrics as a reading passage to complete the activities detailed below.
The song for these activities parodies the original How the Grinch Stole Christmas story as the Grinch chases Santa Claus around the world while learning about Christmas celebrations in Mexico, Ethiopia, and Japan. Use this activity to add some excitement to a familiar classic or as a Grinch Day reading activity!
Click here to listen to the song with subtitles on YouTube! (Click here if you have trouble viewing the video.)
*This song is a continuation of our Grinch parody song series.
Click here to listen to all of the songs!
Teach reading skills to your students in a way that they will enjoy!
Kids love music and will certainly enjoy practicing reading skills with this parody song. Students will listen to the song while reading the lyrics then complete the activities listed below.
A variety of reading activities with the answer keys!
This Grinch reading comprehension unit includes everything listed below.
– the song lyrics for use as a reading passage
– 7 multiple-choice, context clues questions about content vocabulary with the answer key
– 6 multiple-choice, synonyms questions about content vocabulary with the answer key
– 6 multiple-choice, antonyms questions about content vocabulary with the answer key
– brief explanations about what root words, prefixes, and suffixes are
– 5 multiple-choice, identifying root words questions with the answer key
– 5 multiple-choice, identifying prefixes questions with the answer key
– 5 multiple-choice, identifying suffixes questions with the answer key
– 6 multiple-choice, inferencing questions based on the song lyrics with the answer key
– a “Turn and Talk” activity that challenges students to discuss and write about what would happen if the Grinch chased Santa Claus to their neighborhood
– brief explanations about nonfiction and fiction writing
– 12 multiple-choice, nonfiction vs. fiction questions based on the song lyrics
– a writing activity that challenges students to explain why specific texts are examples of nonfiction or fiction with a word bank of keywords and ideas that identify nonfiction and fiction texts
– a brief lesson on syllables and tips on how to count them in words
– 14 “How many syllables?” activity questions where students will listen to and read the song lyrics to determine how many syllables are in specific words from the song
– 12 “Syllable hunt!” activity questions where students will read through the song lyrics, finding words that have 1, 2, 3, and 4 syllables and write them in the corresponding columns
– 12 “Divide the syllables” activity tasks where students will separate words that they have found into their syllabic parts
– a “Syllables on Beast Mode!” challenge activity where students will find a rare 5 syllable word in the song lyrics and write it correctly separated into its syllabic parts.
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