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FREE Pocahontas Reading Comprehension Passage Activities for 4th and 5th Grade

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Learning Objective

Students will learn about the life and contributions of Pocahontas while practicing a variety of reading skills.

Description

Are you looking for engaging, Pocahontas reading comprehension activities for 4th and 5th Grade? Rap music is the solution!

Based on a biography rap song, these activities will keep your students engaged using song lyrics as a reading passage while they practice a variety of reading skills. Easily incorporate them into independent activities or complete them together as a class lesson.

Students will listen to the song then use the song lyrics as a reading passage to complete the activities detailed below.

The song for this activity teaches students about the real life of Pocahontas and her contribution to Jamestown.

This resource is perfect for teaching Pocahontas to upper elementary students as it is told at a moderate pace using rap and pop music elements. It also addresses Virginia Studies SOLs:

  • .3F - describing the hardships faced by settlers at Jamestown and the changes that took place to ensure survival,
  • and .3G - describing the interactions between the English settlers and the native peoples, including the contributions of Powhatan to the survival of the settlers.

This resource includes:

- the song lyrics for use as a reading passage

- instructions for accessing the song with subtitles for students

- multiple-choice, comprehension questions with the answer key

- a context clues activity: students will define content-vocabulary words using context clues in the "True Story of Pocahontas for Kids" song

- a timeline activity with a graphic organizer

- a sequential paragraph, writing activity that utilizes the timeline.

How to use this resource:

- Students will preview the questions on pages 1 and 2 then listen to the song while following along with the lyrics on pages 3 and 4.

- Next, students will answer the questions on pages 1 and 2.

- Students will then answer the questions on the following pages.

- The answer keys are located on the final pages of the PDF download.

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Total Pages
10 pages
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Teaching Duration
90 minutes
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 5 topic or subject area.
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

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