The Night Before Hanukkah Worksheets

by Natasha Wing

Reading Level M · Lexile 580L · ATOS 3.1

It is the night before Hanukkah, and a family is getting ready for the Festival of Lights. Each night brings something new: lighting great-grandma Claire's menorah, playing dreidel for chocolate gelt, and hearing the story of the Maccabees and the lamp that stayed lit for eight days. Then come latkes and jelly doughnuts, a visit to the cousins, and presents and holiday food for others. A rhyming Night Before story about family, sharing and the eight nights of Hanukkah.

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The Night Before Hanukkah vocabulary words and comprehension questions

12 vocabulary words and 8 comprehension questions across 3 sections: Beginning · Middle · End.

Vocabulary words include menorah, heirloom, yarmulke, flickered, dreidel, gelt, divvied, miracle, latke, tradition, report, faith.

Sample questions

What is special about the family's menorah?
What present does the child telling the story open on the first night?
What does the family use for coins in the dreidel game?

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