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Martin Luther King Jr. Reading Comprehension for 4th Grade

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Look Inside · 8 pages · answer key included

Cover: Martin Luther King Jr. Reading Comprehension, 7 themed passages with questions plus a bonus easy 3rd grade story
Title page to show students before the MLK unit
MLK's early years passage: his 1929 Atlanta birth, family, starting college at 15 and growing up with segregation
Read-aloud or independent reading before the Early Years quiz
Early Years questions: students check the right answer in 12 multiple-choice items about MLK's birth, family and schooling
Comprehension check after reading the Early Years passage
MLK's family passage: meeting Coretta Scott in Boston, the Montgomery bus boycott and their four children
Reading on MLK's home life and the move to Montgomery
Family questions: students check the right answer in 11 items on Coretta Scott King, their children and life in Alabama
Follow-up quiz for the family reading
March on Washington passage: the 1963 march, the "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial and the Civil Rights Act
Background reading on the 1963 march and its outcome
March on Washington questions: students answer 9 items on the march's purpose, MLK's speech, its theme and outcome
Includes a vocabulary-in-context item on 'electrified'

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About This Product

This unique collection of reading passages about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will encourage reading fluency and comprehension. This includes 7 inspiring text passages about MLK’s family background, the highlights of his life, and his great importance in the US civil rights movement. The reading passages are clearly written, printable, and include questions to test comprehension and close reading skills. This 24-page collection is perfect for Martin Luther King Day or for any social studies or history unit on civil rights.

Although targeted to 5th graders, this resource also includes a 3rd grade level reading passage for those students with less advanced reading skills. 

The stories are:

Martin Luther King Jr. - The Early Years

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Family

The March on Washington

Martin Luther King Jr. Wins the Nobel Prize for Peace

Martin Luther King Jr. - His Final Day

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Who is Martin Luther King Jr.? (3rd Grade level)

What's Included

24-page PDF - 7 reading passages, 7 sets of multiple choice questions and 7 corresponding answer keys - All printable

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