April Fools Day Informational Text Activities Research and Creative Writing

What a fun and interesting holiday! Your students will enjoy learning about April Fools' Day by reading informational texts about this silly holiday, jesters, famous hoaxes, and why laughter is good for you!

They'll also have a persuasive "hoax" and poetry writing activities.

This resource includes:

• informational text about April Fools' Day, jesters, hoaxes, and laughter
• comprehension questions
• practice identifying main ideas and types of supporting detail in a text
• practice creating inferences
• acrostic poem
• creative descriptive/persuasive writing prompt
• editable rubric
• answer key
• print & digital versions

You can choose to complete all the activities or a few while students learn about this interesting day.

Reasons to love this resource:

• cross-curricular activity
• sub friendly
• flexible -- literacy centers, GATE, fast finishers, test prep, differentiation
• encourages creative thinking
• practice reading informational texts
• ready to use -- print and teach!

Please see the preview for all the "goodies"!

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