Description
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.
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:
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What were the Ancient Olympic Games?
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Ancient Olympic Sports
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Ancient Olympic Athletes
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Ancient Olympics vs. Modern Olympics
2. SIX corresponding NO PREP Higher Order Thinking Activities
Each passage features different activities!
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Remember
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Understand
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Apply
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Analyze/Analyse
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Evaluate
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Create
Reading Comprehension Strategies included:
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Find Facts and Details
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Make Inferences
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Identify the main idea
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Ask and Answer Questions
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Vocabulary
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Sequence
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Summarize/Summarise
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Synthesise
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Compare and Contrast
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Make Predictions
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Make Connections
3. Three Graphic Organiser Examples
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Information Web
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Main Idea
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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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