This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Biography: Harriet Tubman’ encourages students to understand similarities and differences within and among literary works from various genres and cultures. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This fictionalised journal, ‘A Race Against Time’ tells how and why the Pony Express operated before it was replaced by the telegraph. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Biography: Abraham Lincoln’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Another Star on the Flag’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about Puerto Rico and the United States.
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This black and white outline illustration, “Bagel B&W” is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in colour. Lesson Zone has over 4, 000 pieces of clip art, searchable by learning area and theme. The clip art is fast and easy to …More
This illustration, “Beaver” is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in black and white. Lesson Zone has over 4, 000 pieces of clip art, searchable by learning area and theme. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and can …More
This black and white outline illustration, “Beaver B&W” is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in colour. Lesson Zone has over 4, 000 pieces of clip art, searchable by learning area and theme. The clip art is fast and easy to …More
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Benjamin Franklin’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 6 readers.
The paired texts, ‘Cowboy Wilbur’ and ‘Ranching Today’ contrast a tall story about a cowboy with a factual report on modern ranching. They provide opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘General Tom Thumb’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Hot on Lewis and Clark’s Trail’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about two explorers who travelled across America.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Hot on Lewis and Clark’s Trail’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about two explorers who travelled across America.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘It’s Time to Pay the Price’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about teachers’ salaries.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Jackie Robinson’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 6 readers.
This editing and revising learning activity, ‘Jewish Immigration’ encourages students to recognise capitalisation and spelling errors, correct tense, punctuation and sentence structure. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This recount, ‘John F. Kennedy’ tells the life story of the famous US president. It describes his role in national and international politics, and provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Puerto Rico: The 51st State’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about Puerto Rico.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘Rosa Parks: An American Hero’ encourages students to relate new information from the text to prior knowledge and personal experience. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 4 readers.
This illustration, “Salmon ” is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in black and white. Lesson Zone has over 4, 000 pieces of clip art, searchable by learning area and theme. The clip art is fast and easy to download, and …More
This black and white outline illustration, “Salmon B&W” is available in PNG format at 300 DPI resolution with a transparent background for classroom use. This illustration is also available in colour. Lesson Zone has over 4, 000 pieces of clip art, searchable by learning area and theme. The clip art is fast and easy to …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Secrets of the Giant Squid’, is available at two different reading levels to allow for differentiated instruction. It asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about a giant squid in the American Museum of Natural History.
This report, ‘Smokejumpers’ tells how firefighters put out forest fires that can’t be reached on the ground. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘The Dust Bowl’ encourages students to use text organisers to determine the main ideas and to locate information in a text. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 7 readers.
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