California - Literacy Activities
This section contains numerous California-based 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.
The Donner Party and the Forlorn Hope Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. LENGTH: 414 Words; LEXILE: 910
The Donner Party and the Forlorn Hope Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading 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: 414 Words; LEXILE: 910
California Condor Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a informational passage and ten multiple choice questions.
California Condor Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions.
California Condor Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four 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: 132 Words; LEXILE: 610
California Digital Centers - by Computer Mice
Description: This resource includes numerous bundled digital learning, researching, communicating, reviewing, and gaming activities on California 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 California, you're sure to find any number of unique opportunities for your students here.
California Sentence Surgeons - Online
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
California Correct-me Passage
Description: This activity requires students to read a paragraph about California 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.
California Sentence Puzzles
Description: This fun online activity requires students to re-arrange the words and punctuation to form a coherent sentence about California. There are three total sentences. immediate feedback is given.
Comparing and Contrasting States - California and Arizona
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with California, Arizona, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
Comparing and Contrasting States - California and Oregon
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with California, Oregon, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
Francisco Coronado Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 578 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Francisco Coronado Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 578 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Front Page News: The Compromise of 1850
Description: This activity requires students to create the cover of a newspaper (with images) that features the four stipulations of the Compromise of 1850.
Golden Gate Bridge Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage on the Golden Gate Bridge and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. LEXILE LEVEL: 610; WORD COUNT: 145.
History of Google 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.
History of Google Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.
History of Instagram Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 413 Words; LEXILE: 1210
History of Instagram Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 413 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Manifest Destiny 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: 218 Words; LEXILE: 1310
Manifest Destiny Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 218 Words; LEXILE: 1310
Mr. Polk's War - A Debate Over Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War
Description: This captivating printable requires students to understand the concept of manifest destiny and to conduct a mock interview in which they answer tough questions in the role of Abraham Lincoln (against the Mexican-American War) and in the role of President James K. Polk (in support of the war).
Pacific Ocean Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and five multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 106 Words; LEXILE: 750
Pacific Ocean Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a short passage and five 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: 106 Words; LEXILE: 750
The Pacific Rim of Fire Reading Comprehension
Description: This is a printable reading comprehension passage and multiple-choice question set. There are seven questions.
The Pacific Rim of Fire Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This is a printable reading comprehension passage and multiple-choice question set. There are seven questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
Redwood National Park Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five 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: 114 Words; LEXILE: 710
Redwood National Park Crossword - Online
Description: This is an interactive crossword puzzle that comes with a short reading passage. It gives immediate feedback.
Redwood National Park Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Sir Francis Drake Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading 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. You can also print out detailed results. PASSAGE LENGTH: 590 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Sir Francis Drake Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.
Steve Jobs Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 592 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Steve Jobs Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 592 Words; LEXILE: 1010
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