Arkansas - Literacy Activities
This section contains numerous Arkansas-themed literacy activities including reading comprehension exercises, cloze reading exercises, sentence surgeons, writing prompts, and much more. Use the filters on the left side of the page to isolate activities by grade level or by interactive or printable format.
Robert Sieur de la Salle Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions.
Louisiana Purchase Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.
Arkansas Correct-me Passage
Description: This activity requires students to read a paragraph about Arkansas and to correct the incorrect facts. Students must click on the words in the paragraph that are incorrect and select the correct answer from the menu that appears. The program gives immediate feedback.
Arkansas Sentence Surgeons
Description: This activity requires students to correct poor spelling, grammar, and punctuation from three Arkansas-themed sentences. The program gives immediate feedback.
Hot Springs National Park Cloze Reading
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Hot Springs National Park Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a short passage on Hot Springs National Park and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. WORD COUNT: 166 LEXILE LEVEL: 910
Hot Springs National Park Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and five multiple choice questions.
Crater of Diamonds Cloze Reading
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Crater of Diamonds Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
History of Wal-Mart Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 437 Words; LEXILE: 910
History of Wal-Mart Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 437 Words; LEXILE: 910
The Gurdon Light Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and five multiple choice questions.
Ivory-billed Woodpecker Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH : 265 Words; LEXILE = 910
Ivory-billed Woodpecker Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH : 265 Words; LEXILE = 910
Mockingbird Printable Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a descriptive passage and seven multiple choice questions.
The Interior Lowlands Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This activity requires includes a reading passage and six multiple choice questions. The answers are included in the PDF. PASSAGE LENGTH: 316 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Tornadoes Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a descriptive passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 265 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Tornadoes Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a descriptive passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 265 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Tornado Alley Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Tornado Alley Cloze Reading
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Arkansas Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on Arkansas in a single resource. Students can conduct research , fill out graphic organizers and Venn diagrams, write e-books with pictures, conduct interviews, determine fact or opinion, play games, and much, much more! If you're teaching about Arkansas, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
Comparing and Contrasting States - Arkansas and Mississippi
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with Arkansas, Mississippi, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
Comparing and Contrasting States - Arkansas and Missouri
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with Arkansas, Missouri, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
Comparing and Contrasting States - Louisiana and Arkansas
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with Louisiana, Arkansas, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
