Social Studies Reading Comprehension Skills | Africville

Engage your students in learning about the discrimination of the Black community in Africville, Nova Scotia faced while practicing English language reading skills in this hybrid learning activity designed to be done independently by students whether they are in the classroom, learning online, or any combination of learning groupings.

This activity is part of a larger set that combines specific information for content areas like science and social studies with reading skills activities. You can find more of these sets in our Weekly Reading Skills category.

This flexible product includes:

• detailed instructions to set up, prepare and run this activity in your classroom (or Google Classroom) any time during the school year
• instructions on how to use this activity as part of an overall English Language Arts program while building student independence (freeing you up to teach small groups or individual students while they work)
• mini lessons for each of the skills which are recommended for the first time each skill is introduced
• student pages: A paper and digital Google Slides versions are included so you can complete these activities in the classroom or online whether you are teaching in person or using these activities for online learning.
• answer keys and suggested answers
• a reading passage at the Grade 5 reading level* about the Africville including Black Loyalists and the racism faced by its people. All of the activities are related to this topic.

The literacy skills addressed in this product are:

• Sequencing
• Summarizing
• Text Features: Titles
• Text Features: Photos
• Vocabulary
• Prefixes
• Syllables
• Verbs: Past Tense
• Commas
• Researching
• Imagining
• Extending

*The reading level of this package was designed for Grade 5 independent reading level and is intended for students who are generally reading at grade level. This would depend on the reading program your school uses. Please read the passage in the preview to get a better understanding of how difficult the reading is and whether or not it is right for your students. The grade level is not included anywhere in the product except on the cover.

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Ninja Note: This product uses Google Slides and recommends Google Classroom as the way to deliver it. If you are new to using these tools, please familiarize yourself with them to avoid any frustrations of working with this product. Students working with slides should be familiar with text boxes (creating and filling them) and dragging shapes on slides.

This is a staple in our Language Arts curriculum (especially in the new normal).

This product aligns with:

• the Alberta Program of Studies English Language Arts Grade 5
• the Alberta Program of Studies Social Studies Grade 5

Be sure to check out some of our other English Language Arts products or Weekly Reading Topics.

Other topics in this theme:

• Chinese Head Tax
• Internment Camps
• Komagata Maru

Other topic themes:

• Becoming Canada
• Weather Wonders
• Confederation
• Canadian Chemistry
• Eclectic Electricity
• Canadian Groundbreakers
• Wild Wetlands

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Thank you for your consideration! Happy reading from the Brain Ninjas!