Antarctica: Place Gr. 5-8
Read comprehension passages on Place/Antarctic climate and geography, answer recall/analysis questions, complete a crossword and word search, take a comprehension quiz, and label blackline maps.
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Read comprehension passages on Place/Antarctic climate and geography, answer recall/analysis questions, complete a crossword and word search, take a comprehension quiz, and label blackline maps.
Watch suggested videos, read assigned chapters (independently or aloud), complete a before-reading prediction sheet and KWL worksheet, answer open-response chapter quiz questions for each of 10 chapters, define/illustrate vocabulary words per chapter, and complete themed activities (draw a ninja/samurai, make a ninja star…
Read a comprehension passage on Place in Asia, complete related vocabulary, a crossword and a word search, take a comprehension quiz, and work with blackline maps and mini posters.
Students read assigned chapters (independently or aloud), watch a themed video each day, complete a KWL worksheet (Know/Want to Know before reading, Learned after), answer chapter-quiz questions (e.g. 'What time of day was it?', 'Where did the tree house land? Describe it.'), learn vocabulary words, and complete a daily…
Read a comprehension passage, answer questions, label a diagram, complete a crossword and word search, and take a comprehension quiz.
Read a nonfiction passage on the topic, complete a hands-on experiment, and complete vocabulary/comprehension activities (crossword, word search, comprehension quiz).
Read two chapters per day (independently or aloud), watch a suggested video on ancient Chinese history/culture (e.g. Chinese fashion, the Great Wall, the Silk Road, the first emperor, the Lantern Festival), complete pre-reading prediction and KWL worksheets, take a chapter quiz for each pair of chapters, review vocabulary…
A single-theme 'Chapter Slice' excerpt (Place) from the published Grades 5-8 resource 'North America' (Classroom Complete Press, World Continents Series), teaching the geography theme of Place through reading comprehension.
Read the informational passage on history of the voting system and complete an accompanying writing task/graphic organizer, crossword, word search, and comprehension quiz, structured across Bloom's Taxonomy critical-thinking levels.
Complete chapter-by-chapter reading comprehension questions (organized in pairs/groups of chapters covering chapters 1-14), writing tasks, a word search, and a comprehension quiz, built around critical-thinking skills mapped to Bloom's Taxonomy (recall, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, creating).
Students read a leveled reading-comprehension passage on quasars, answer critical-thinking questions (list facts, define vocabulary, explain causation, classify, infer, draw conclusions), complete hands-on activities, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz, with an included answer key.
Read a nonfiction passage on the chapter topic, then complete a hands-on activity, crossword, word search, and comprehension quiz scored against an included answer key.
Read a nonfiction passage on the topic, complete a hands-on experiment, and complete vocabulary/comprehension activities (crossword, word search, comprehension quiz).
Read assigned chapters (independently or read-aloud), complete pre-reading and KWL worksheets, answer chapter comprehension quiz questions, learn and illustrate vocabulary words, and complete a related drawing activity each day.
Read a leveled comprehension passage on recycling, answer Bloom's-taxonomy-tiered comprehension questions, complete a hands-on activity, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz.
Read the Exercise and Fitness comprehension passage and complete the accompanying hands-on activity, crossword, word search, and comprehension quiz.
Read a nonfiction passage on the topic, complete a hands-on experiment, and complete vocabulary/comprehension activities (crossword, word search, comprehension quiz).
Students read a leveled reading-comprehension passage on black holes, answer critical-thinking questions (list facts, define vocabulary, explain causation, classify, infer, draw conclusions), complete hands-on activities, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz, with an included answer key.
Complete a multi-section unit (8 sections spanning reading comprehension and hands-on activities) built around the water cycle within ecosystems; tasks include listing facts, recalling information, matching/defining vocabulary, labeling diagrams, true/false questions, demonstrating understanding, and higher-order tasks…
Read the informational passage on presidential system of government and complete an accompanying writing task/graphic organizer, crossword, word search, and comprehension quiz, structured across Bloom's Taxonomy critical-thinking levels.
Read a nonfiction passage on the topic, complete a hands-on experiment, and complete vocabulary/comprehension activities (crossword, word search, comprehension quiz).
Students read a leveled reading-comprehension passage on the universe, answer critical-thinking questions (list facts, define vocabulary, explain causation, classify, infer, draw conclusions), complete hands-on activities, a crossword, a word search, and a comprehension quiz, with an included answer key.
Make predictions and activate prior knowledge before reading, read a numbered-sentence short story at one of two difficulty levels, identify reading strategies used, answer creative questions and draw a response, make text-to-self connections, identify a favorite passage and critique the text's quality, create a multi-panel…
Read a nonfiction passage on the chapter topic, then complete a hands-on activity, crossword, word search, and comprehension quiz scored against an included answer key.