The Winter Solstice
Students read a nonfiction passage about the winter solstice, written at 7 reading levels (2nd grade to 8th grade), and answer multiple-choice questions about it.
Student Objectives
- Read a nonfiction passage and explain how Earth's tilt causes the shortest day of the year.
- Find details that show how ancient builders at Newgrange used the sun.
- Explain how the author organizes ideas using cause and effect.
- Determine the meaning of the word solstice from its context.