Labor Day Reading Comprehension and Matching Activities

Are you searching for an easy to implement, zero-prep lesson to teach in honor of Labor Day? My FREE Labor Day reading comprehension and matching activities are great for explaining the history and reasoning behind celebrating the holiday.

Here are the activities that are included in this resource:

• An informational reading passage that explains how workers contribute to their communities and how working conditions have changed since safety and child labor laws were passed.

• Text-dependent questions that will improve student comprehension. One question prompts students to find similarities and differences between working in the past and today. Students will be introduced to Venn Diagrams as an appropriate graphic organizer for comparing and contrasting any two things.

• A matching activity where students pick the correct descriptions for given jobs.

This resource is ideal for a social studies lesson, morning work, sub plans, or reading comprehension practice. Don't miss out!