Description
✨ December-Ready Reading Comprehension Activities
Flexible, engaging, and perfect for exam weeks, holiday schedules, and keeping students learning up to the very last bell!
As winter break approaches and schedules get extra unpredictable, you need lessons that still deliver rigor, engagement, and easy implementation. This resource is designed to support your instruction during December—whether you’re navigating exam schedules, shortened class periods, or students who are already in holiday mode.
These high-interest video-based comprehension activities pair with 14 short YouTube selections in the curated HuddleTeach December Playlist (each 2–11 minutes). No prep, no stress—just press play and practice meaningful comprehension skills with older readers who need structured support and engaging content.
🎄 What’s Included Links to 14 Short YouTube Videos (2–11 minutes each)
Carefully selected to support quick, meaningful lessons during:
- Exam week
- Modified bell schedules
- Station rotations
- Sub plans
- Pre-break flexibility
10 Ready-to-Use Comprehension Pages
Each activity page helps students practice essential comprehension skills through the corresponding videos:
- Plot line
- Fantasy components
- Cause and effect
- Irony
- Allusions
- Inference
- Problem/solution
- And more!
Designed with middle school striving readers in mind, these pages offer clear prompts, visual scaffolds, and tasks that help students show what they know even during a high-distraction month.
❄️ Why Teachers Love This for December
✔ Perfect for 20–40 minute class periods
✔ Excellent for review before semester exams
✔ Supports students who need structured guidance with comprehension
✔ Keeps older students engaged with short, high-quality videos
✔ A meaningful option for sub days or independent work
✔ Makes the last week before break academically productive and peaceful
🎁 Make December Learning Count
With a combination of quick videos, focused comprehension practice, and skills that align with middle school ELA standards, this resource helps you maintain strong instruction when time is short and attention spans are shorter.
Give your December lessons the structure students need—and the engagement they crave!
