Maine - Literacy Activities
This section contains numerous Maine-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.
Popham Colony Reading Comprehension
Description: This activity features a short historical passage followed by seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 377 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Popham Colony Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource requires students to read a short historical passage and answer 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: 377 Words; LEXILE: 1010
The Acadians Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions.
The Acadians 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 = 389 words; LEXILE LEVEL = 1010
Missouri Compromise Reading Comprehension
Description: This activity features a short historical passage followed by seven multiple choice questions.
Missouri Compromise Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource requires students to read a short historical passage and answer 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.
Desert of Maine Reading Comprehension
Description: This is an interactive reading comprehension exercise with a passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Maine Sentence Surgeons
Description: This activity requires students to correct poor spelling, grammar, and punctuation from three Maine-themed sentences. The program gives immediate feedback.
Maine Correct-me Passage
Description: This activity requires students to read a paragraph about Maine 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.
Common Loon Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. WORD COUNT: 175; LEXILE LEVEL: 1010
Common Loon Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions.
Comparing and Contrasting States - Maine and New Hampshire
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with Maine, New Hampshire, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
Comparing and Contrasting States - Maine and Vermont
Description: This activity requires students to categorize statements into a chart with Maine, Vermont, both, or neither. Two short passages about each state are included.
Lobsters Reading Comprehension
Description: This activity features a short passage followed by five multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 125 Words; LEXILE: 610
Lobsters Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource provides 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: 125 Words; LEXILE: 610
Lobsters Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Lobsters Sentence Surgeons
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.
Lobsters Crossword - Online
Description: This is an online crossword about lobsters. It contains a short reading passage.
The Elusive Blue Lobster Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
The Elusive Blue Lobster Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and five multiple choice questions.
The Elusive Blue Lobster - Fact or Fiction Online
Description: This activity requires students to read a passage about the Blue Lobster. Then, the student must evaluate eight fact or fiction statements. The program gives immediate feedback.
The Elusive Blue Lobster Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph. This exercise gives immediate feedback
The Elusive Blue Lobster Cloze Reading - Printable
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
