MLK Martin Luther King Jr Reading Comprehension Activity Black History Month

This resource teaches students about the life of Martin Luther King Jr. while they practice essential reading comprehension skills including main idea, context clues, vocabulary, and text features.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

• MLK's childhood
• Civil Rights Movement
• Rosa Parks
• "I Have a Dream" speech
• Remembering Martin

WHAT YOU WILL GET

• 6-chapter printable book
• Cut-and-glue titles
• Vocabulary cards with definitions
• Vocabulary graphic organizer
• Full color, digital version
• Links to supplemental websites and videos about MLK
• Answer keys

The book is formatted for double-sided printing, so no cutting or stapling involved! Just print and fold!

✅ Check out the preview to see everything that is included!

HOW TO USE THIS RESOURCE

This interactive book about Martin Luther King Jr. makes an excellent activity for your reading centers. It can be also be used for independent reading practice or during your guided reading groups.

To complete the book, students will:

• Read each page, using context clues to fill in the missing information

• Determine main idea and choose the correct title for each chapter

• Complete the table of contents by adding titles in the correct spot

• Use a glossary to understand new vocabulary

• Complete a crossword activity by answering questions using information from the text

The vocabulary and definition cards can be used during whole group instruction to build background knowledge about bees or as a matching activity during centers. The companion graphic organizer can be used to further reinforce learning of new vocabulary.

DIGITAL ACTIVITIES

This resource includes a full-color digital version in Easel that features:

• moveable pieces
• embedded audio that reads the instructions and glossary page aloud
• embedded video
• full-color photos not included in the print version
• self-checking answers

These digital activities can be assigned in your online learning platform (LMS) for students to complete on any device. For more information on Easel Activities, see this GETTING STARTED GUIDE.

What are Interactive Reading Comprehension Books?

These books provide a great way to integrate social studies or science into your reading instruction. Students will learn all about a specific topic while working with informational text, using text features, determining main idea, and gaining new vocabulary. These are hands-on, cut and glue activity books that can be used in centers, small group, or for independent work. High interest text keeps them engaged.

What other teachers have said:

❤️ "I used this resource to review the non fiction features we've been talking about as well as to teach them about Martin Luther King Jr. We discussed the vocabulary as well that was part of completing the sentences. The kids enjoyed the activity and even came back the next day to tell me they were able to share the information with their parents. They used to book to practice reading to their parents as well." Angie M.

❤️ "This resource is a FANTASTIC way to cover multiple goals at once: my students learned about MLK while completing the cloze sentences, then had to determine the main idea of each chapter and match the chapter titles. I was thrilled to see them learning and working hard (they were so engaged!); to them, the best part was that they had "made a book" at the end of it!" Amanda K.

Other interactive comprehension titles you might like:

• Harriet Tubman
• Abraham Lincoln
• U.S. Government
• Polar Bears
• Penguins

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