The Advent Calendar
Students read a nonfiction passage about the history of the Advent calendar, written at 9 reading levels (kindergarten to 8th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read a nonfiction passage and find the order in which Advent countdown customs changed over time.
- Find details that explain how families in Germany counted the days before Christmas.
- Explain the meaning of a word such as "credited" using clues from the text.
- Explain the main idea of the passage using key details.