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Colorado - Literacy Activities
This section contains numerous Colorado-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.
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
Navajo Code Talkers - Main Idea Analysis - Printable
Description: This is a companion activity to our Navajo Code Talkers article. This activity requires students to extract the main ideas from various blocks of text.
Navajo Code Talkers Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This activity requires includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. The answers are included in the PDF.
Louisiana Purchase Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.
Pike's Peak Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage on Pike's Peak and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. LEXILE LEVEL: 1210; WORD COUNT: 191
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).
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
Great Plains Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions.
Great Plains Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a short 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.
Tyrannosaurus Rex Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a descriptive passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 439 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Tyrannosaurus Rex Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Tyrannosaurus Rex Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten 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: 439 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Tyrannosaurus Rex Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten 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.
Penny Debate (Denver and Philadelphia Mint) Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 297 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Penny Debate (Denver and Philadelphia Mint) Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten 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 = 297 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Comparing and Contrasting States - Colorado and Arizona
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with Colorado, Arizona, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
Comparing and Contrasting States - Colorado and Utah
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with Colorado, Utah, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
Colorado Sentence Surgeons
Description: This activity requires students to correct poor spelling, grammar, and punctuation from three Colorado-themed sentences. The program gives immediate feedback.
Colorado Correct-me Passage
Description: This activity requires students to read a paragraph about Colorado 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.
Oh Beautiful - Student Interpretation
Description: This activity requires students to make nine America-themed mini-drawings based on the lyrics of Oh Beautiful!
State Tunes by Rocknoceros
Description: Click on a state to hear its song as performed by the world-famous kids' band Rocknoceros.
State Tunes by Rocknoceros Scavenger Hunt
Description: This is designed for use with the State Tunes by Rocknoceros Interactive Map
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