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U.S. History Common Core RI.2.10 centers
Famous People Biographies Close Reading Text Evidence Passages Bundles
Each text evidence reading passage has three questions for students to mark the text. There is also an extended response question for students to answer on the back of their worksheet. Each passage is about a famous person in history. This is both sets of my close reading passages. Each set has 15 passages for a total of 30 passages. Set 1:Martin Luther King Jr.Clara BartonSally RideLeonardo da VinciJane GoodallStephen HawkingGeorge WashingtonAbraham LincolnThomas JeffersonAlexander Graham
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2nd - 3rd
Harriet Tubman Activities Underground Railroad Reading Comprehension Passages
Teach your students about Harriet Tubman with this interactive book. It's a great way to integrate an important social studies topic into your reading instruction. Students will practice essential reading comprehension skills including main idea, context clues, vocabulary, and text features while learning about all Harriet Tubman's life and important contributions.TOPICS INCLUDE:Harriet Tubman's childhoodEscaping from slaveryThe Underground RailroadTubman's work during the civil warHarriet's lif
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2nd - 3rd
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George Washington Reading Passage Timeline Comprehension Activity
This resource about George Washington builds essential reading comprehension skills including main idea, context clues, vocabulary, and text features. It's also an easy way to integrate social studies topics into your reading instruction!TOPICS INCLUDE:George Washington's youththe Continental Congressthe Revolutionary WarBecoming PresidentAccomplishmentsWHAT YOU WILL GET6-chapter printable book about George WashingtonCut-and-glue titlesVocabulary cards with definitionsVocabulary graphic organize
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2nd - 3rd
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Constitution Day Reading Passage & Questions
This one page reading passage is perfect for introducing the Constitution or teaching students on Constitution Day. This passage gives a brief overview about America before the Constitution, describes the writing process, and talks about how the Constitution changes today through the amendment process. A summary of each of the Bill of Rights is included. Ten multiple choice questions are included in this download. Some questions require students to select more than one answer. Students will prac
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3rd - 6th
Statue of Liberty Activities – National Symbols (American Symbols) Lesson
The Statue of Liberty is a Content-Based Interactive Notebook Mini Unit fostering Literacy in Social Studies for 1st-3rd grade students. We've included Nonfiction Informational Text, THREE Interactive Notebook Assignments, and a balanced mix of activities to teach about the history of the Statue of Liberty as one of our American Symbols:• Statue of Liberty COMPLETE Lesson – we supply all of the CONTENT!• Questions to assess Informational Text ComprehensionStudents will practice Functional Text
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1st - 3rd
Labor Day Social Studies Holiday America USA union
Labor Day passage with informational text and vocabulary words! Comprehensible passage for multiple grade levels
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1st - 4th
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Liberty Bell Activities – National Symbols & Landmarks (American Symbols) Lesson
The Liberty Bell is a Content-Based Interactive Notebook Mini Unit fostering Literacy in Social Studies for 1st-3rd grade students. We've included Nonfiction Informational Text, THREE Interactive Notebook Assignments, and a balanced mix of activities to teach about the history of the Liberty Bell as one of our American Symbols:• Liberty Bell COMPLETE Lesson – we supply all of the CONTENT!• Questions to assess Informational Text Comprehension• Liberty Bell Expository Paragraph – We take students
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1st - 3rd
Comprehension Passages: Famous Americans
Looking for high-interest reading comprehension passages that you can use with your students? You’ll love this collection of ten diverse reading passages about famous people! Use the passages to teach vocabulary, text structure, sequence of events, text features, and more!The passages are at a second/third grade level.Each passage includes a set of questions on the right side of the page.The file includes an answer key for each passage.The passages include:Abraham LincolnAlbert EinsteinSquanto (
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2nd - 3rd
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN Timeline Booklet US Presidents Day Writing Activities & Posters
Make learning about the life of Abraham Lincoln, one of the most significant US Presidents, fun and memorable! This resource contains an Abraham Lincoln mini-book, timeline and question sheet, a word search, an info sheet, an "If I were President" activity, plus five eye-catching posters to hang up in your classroom. Best of all, the activities are engaging and entertaining enough that your students won't even realize they're learning!Includes:Abraham Lincoln Mini-book (page 3)Abraham Lincoln Ti
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1st - 3rd
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Locomotive by Brian Floca Lesson Plan & Google Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction / informational text mentor text picture book Locomotive by Brian Floca. An excellent book about Westward Expansion, trains, engineering, and frontier life! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)close reading for describing text featurescomparing an
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2nd - 5th
Learning About the United States - USA Activities, Centers, and Learning Games
Learning about our country can be fun, and can practice other important skills as well. These activities are great for any patriotic holiday: Constitution Day, Election Day, Veterans Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, or Independence Day. These activities also work well any time of year you want the children to learn more about their country. Why use this resource? People need novelty to keep life interesting. They can be taught about their country with lectures and "busy work," or the
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2nd - 3rd
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JACKIE ROBINSON Reading Passage Comprehension Black History Month Athletes
This resource about Jackie Robinson and his legacy builds essential reading comprehension skills including main idea, context clues, vocabulary, and text features. It's also an easy way to integrate social studies topics into your reading instruction!TOPICS INCLUDE:Jackie Robinson's childhoodAthletic accomplishmentsMilitary serviceSegregation and the civil rights movementLater lifeWHAT YOU WILL GET6-chapter printable book about Jackie RobinsonCut-and-glue titlesVocabulary cards with definitionsV
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2nd - 4th
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Learning About the USA: Informational Text About the Armed Services of the USA
Do you have active students? Do you want them to practice reading comprehension skills without making them sit still and get frustrated? This resource is for you! Plus, it helps the children learn about the people who protect the USA!Why use Freedom Isn’t Free: Learning About the USA Reading Comprehension for Active Learners? Research tells us children need to move as part of the learning experience. This resource not only includes a reading passage and comprehension questions, but it also inclu
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2nd
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Locomotive by Brian Floca Lesson Plan & Activities
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction / informational text mentor text picture book Locomotive by Brian Floca. An excellent book about Westward Expansion, trains, engineering, and frontier life! Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So)close reading for describing text featurescomparing and contrasting storiesanalyzing the main idea and details The lesson
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2nd - 5th
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Interactive Reading Comprehension Digital for Google Classroom
This reading comprehension resource for Google Drive teaches students about the life of Abraham Lincoln while practicing essential reading comprehension skills including main idea, context clues, using text features, and vocabulary. Topics covered:Early LifePresidencyThe Civil WarThe End of SlaveryRemembering Abraham LincolnTo complete this activity, students will:Read each chapter (cloze passage), using context clues to fill in the missing information. Words are provided in the the word bank fo
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2nd - 3rd
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GEORGE WASHINGTON Interactive Reading Comprehension Digital for Google Classroom
This reading comprehension resource for Google Drive teaches students about the life of George Washington while practicing essential reading comprehension skills including main idea, context clues, using text features, and vocabulary. Topics covered:Early LifeThe Continental CongressThe Revolutionary WarWashington As PresidentHonoring George WashingtonTo complete this activity, students will:Read each chapter (cloze passage), using context clues to fill in the missing information. Words are prov
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2nd - 3rd
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UNITED STATES: AMERICA: From Apple Pie to the National Zoo
Explore more than two dozen American symbols and landmarks with AMERICA: From Apple Pie to the National Zoo. This unique mini coloring book features traceable vocabulary words to boost retention, fun facts to engage young readers, and original, high-definition illustrations. American Symbols Vocabulary:apple pie, bison, USS Constitution, diversity, eagle, football, Golden Gate, hamburger, Declaration of Independence, John Hancock, Kennedy Space Center, Liberty Bell, (Lincoln) Memorial, Native Am
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: UNITED STATES: DISCOVERING AMERICA BUNDLE for Grades 1-2
Text Features Activity for Pebble Go: Harriet Tubman
I created this activity to use with my 2nd graders as we study nonfiction text features and practice using context clues, picture clues, and glossaries to help us determine the meaning of unknown words. You need to have access to Pebble Go (an online research tool for kids available at www.pebblego.com) in order to use this resource. This activity can be done whole group with the article projected on your smart board, as a center if your students have access to tablets or computers, or individua
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Text Features Activities for Pebble Go Bundle
THE VERY OLDEST PEAR TREE Educator's Guide
This literature guide is to be used with the picture book, THE VERY OLDEST PEAR TREE, written by Nancy I. Sanders with art by Yasmin Imamura. (Publication date on August 20, 2020 by Albert Whitman and Company).THIS TREE HAS HISTORY!In the 1630s in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a Puritan settler planted a pear tree…the first pear tree in America. More than a century later, the tree still bore fruit, impressing a famous poet and one of the first US presidents. The pear tree survived hurricanes, fi
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PreK - 3rd
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