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The Ancient Olympics Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions | Distance Learning

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Categories: Year Five - Eight, Reading Comprehension, Learn at Home, Reading Comprehension Activities
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Take a trip back in time while improving reading comprehension with our Ancient Olympics Reading Comprehension activities. This activity pack includes FOUR Grade Five and Six (Year Five and Six) informational non-fiction passages with six pages of unique and engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking tasks.
 
Do you need a digital version of this resource for distance learning? Click here to see more.
 
These activities are great for your guided reading program, or as homework tasks. Integrate these activities into your history and/or social studies projects! These link closely to the CCSS and New Zealand’s Literacy Progressions and Curriculum.
 
In this Ancient Olympics Reading Comprehension pack you will receive:
 
1. Four texts – all with an extended and scaffold version:
  • What were the Ancient Olympic Games?
  • Ancient Olympic Sports
  • Ancient Olympic Athletes
  • Ancient Olympics vs. Modern Olympics
2. SIX corresponding NO PREP Higher Order Thinking Activities
Each passage features different activities!
  • Remember
  • Understand
  • Apply
  • Analyze/Analyse
  • Evaluate
  • Create
Reading Comprehension Strategies included:
  • Find Facts and Details
  • Make Inferences
  • Identify the main idea
  • Ask and Answer Questions
  • Vocabulary
  • Sequence
  • Summarize/Summarise
  • Synthesise
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Make Predictions
  • Make Connections
3. Three Graphic Organiser Examples
  • Information Web
  • Main Idea
  • Venn Diagram
4. Teacher Answer Key for applicable questions.
 
5. Two ‘Tips For Use’ pages with ways to use this resource in your classroom.
 
6. Close Reading bookmarks.
 
***When you download this resource, it comes in both US AND British English spellings and printing sizes.***

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