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Continents and Oceans - Online Game

Description: This fun online game requires students to drag and drop the labels for the seven continents and the five oceans while the Earth is spinning. It is LOTS of fun, however, the game is very particular about where the labels are dropped.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4

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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

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Pacific Ocean Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a short passage and five multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 106 Words; LEXILE: 750

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Interactive World Map and World Map Games

Description: This is an incredible map of the world that allows students to explore an interactive map of the world, or, play games testing their knowledge of the nations or waterways of the world. Works on all devices!

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Sand Dollar Exchange - Online Game

Description: In Sand Dollar Exchange, you play the role of a brave little ocean crab who must pick up the sand dollars and fractions of sand dollars and drop them on their correct clam shells. Time is of the essence! If you finish the game, the Sand Dollar Exchange awards you a certificate. If you finish the game within 200 seconds, you can earn a sting ray certificate, within 300 seconds, a horseshoe crab certificate, and within 600 seconds, a hermit crab certificate.

Type: Math Game

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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World Landforms Interactive Map

Description: Students simply click to learn about 28 different landforms and waterways found on planet Earth such as archipelago, bay, gulf, island, isthmus, canyon, and much more. Includes embedded, relevant YouTube videos.

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Florida Manatee Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a descriptive passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 479 Words; LEXILE: 910

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

World Landforms Scavenger Hunt

Description: This scavenger hunt is designed for use with the World Landforms Interactive Map

Type: Scavenger hunts

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Panama vs Suez Canal 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.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Panama vs Suez Canal Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Age of Exploration Power Point Presentation

Description: This 30-slide power point presentation explains all about the Age of Exploration. It includes everything your students will need to understand including definitions, reasons, explorers, histories, obstacles, goals, destinations, accomplishments, and much more! This presentation can easily be used at the basis for a unit on exploration.

Type: Presentation

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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School Fish - Online Game

Description: Which fish is different? Click or touch the fish that is different in each school. Check fins, stripe patterns, dots, eyes, and anything else that may distinguish the “oddball” fish from the rest. Earn school fish points for each fish you correctly identify. Be careful, with each successful identification that subsequent school becomes larger, forcing you to analyze more fish. Click the question mark icon when you are stumped.

Type: Math Game

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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Deluxe Paralaughs - Online Game

Description: Create a hilarious story using your knowledge of nouns, verbs, adjectives, plural nouns, and adverbs. First, choose the shark story or the farm story. Create the story by catching farm animals or eating fish labeled with a word that matches the part of speech in the story. Move your character by clicking or tapping on the screen where you want the character to go. When you are finished, print out the story.

Type: Word/Phonics Game

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Sea Horse Chronicles - Online Game

Description: Practice your counting and number ordering skills by “eating” the number bubbles in their correct numerical order. Each round, the sea horse will shoot out ten number bubbles. If you eat all ten correctly, you will be able to choose one of nine different sea creatures to join you in the next round. Try to order all numbers correctly between 1-100 and earn a gold medal!

Type: Math Game

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 1, 2

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Florida Manatee 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 = 479 Words; LEXILE: 910

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Blue Whale 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: 105 Words; LEXILE: 710

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Blue Whale Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and four multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Blue Whale Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Blue Whale Interactive Crossword

Description: This interactive crossword requires students to read a short passage before filling in the puzzle. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Literacy Drill

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Blue Whale 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.

Type: Sentence Surgeons

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

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Coral Reefs Infographic

Description: Brought to you by My Green World, this beautiful infographic tells why coral reefs are so important to the health of our planet.

Type: Science Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Oceans and Marine Habitat Printable Book

Description: Brought to you by My Green World, this beautiful and comprehensive printable books tells all about oceans, marine habitats, and the environmental factors that threaten to destroy them.

Type: Science Fun

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Sharks Profiles Interactive

Description: This beautiful module allows students to click on any of six different sharks to learn about their life histories.

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Sharks Interactive Scavenger Hunt

Description: Students can use the interactive sharks module to answer ten questions. Immediate feedback is given.

Type: Scavenger hunts

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Shark Anatomy Interactive

Description: This is a simple module that allows students to scroll over the body of a shark to learn about its parts and functions. Flash required.

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Sharks Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 535 Words; LEXILE: 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Sharks Reading Comprehension - Online

Description: This resource includes a reading 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: 535 Words; LEXILE: 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Sharks Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Shark Profiles

Description: This section contains full profiles of six different sharks including the great white, whale shark, bull shark, thresher shark, basking shark, and bull shark.

Type: Video

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Australia and Oceania interactive Map

Description: This interactive map allows students to learn all about the history and features of Australia and Oceania. Simply click and learn.

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Australia and Oceania Map Quiz - Online

Description: This map quiz requires students to identify the island nations that make up Oceania.

Type: Map Exercise

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

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Crabs of Christmas Island Text Structure Reading Comprehension

Description: This reading comprehension exercise requires students to identify the text structures in four crab-themed paragraphs: compare and contrast, cause and effect, sequential, and problem-solution.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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What Happened to Amelia Earhart? - the Gardner Island Theory Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 441 Words; LEXILE: 1110

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Sea Otter Fact Sheet and Crossword Puzzle

Description: This is a printable fact sheet that describes the sea otter. It comes with a crossword puzzle!

Type: Science Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5

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Sea Lion Fact Sheet and Word Scramble

Description: This is a printable fact sheet that describes the sea lion. It comes with a brief word scramble.

Type: Science Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Legends and Myths of the Age of Exploration - Interactive

Description: This is an interactive guide to some of the most fascinating discoveries, legends, myths, and accomplishments of the Age of Exploration. Simply click to learn. There is a companion scavenger hunt for these pages.

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Legends and Myths of the Age of Exploration Scavenger Hunt

Description: This scavenger hunt is designed for use with the Legends and Myths of the Age of Exploration Interactive Tour.

Type: Scavenger hunts

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Loggerhead Sea Turtle Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 370 Words; LEXILE: 810

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Loggerhead Sea Turtle 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: 370 Words; LEXILE: 810

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Biofuels Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

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World Biomes Interactive

Description: This awesome interactive map allows students to click on any of the world's major biomes including polar, taiga (boreal forest), grassland, desert, temperate forest, tundra, and more!

Type: Interactive Map or Tour

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Dolphins 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: 153 Words; LEXILE: 710

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Dolphins Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a short passage and five multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 153 Words; LEXILE: 710

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

CC Standards:

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Starfish 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: 122 Words; LEXILE: 710

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

CC Standards:

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Starfish Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a short passage and five multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 122 Words; LEXILE: 710

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

CC Standards:

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Sand Dollars 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.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

CC Standards:

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Sand Dollars Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a short passage and five multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4

CC Standards:

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Beluga Whale- Printable Book

Description: Brought to you by MyGreen World, this beautifully illustrated printable book tells all about the Beluga Whale.

Type: Science Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Polar Bear Fact Sheet and Crossword Puzzle

Description: This is a printable fact sheet that describes the polar bear. It comes with a crossword puzzle!

Type: Science Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5

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Polar Bear - Infographic

Description: Brought to you by MyGreen World, this beautifully illustrated infographic tells all about the Polar Bear and the many challenges it faces.

Type: Science Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Reading Comprehension

Description: This is a printable reading comprehension passage and multiple-choice question set. There are seven questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 539 Words; LEXILE: 1210

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

The Pacific Rim of Fire Reading Comprehension

Description: This is a printable reading comprehension passage and multiple-choice question set. There are seven questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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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.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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International Pizza Delivery - Online Game

Description: In International Pizza Delivery, users must delivery pizzas to all corners of the world using their latitude and longitude skills. The object is to delivery as many pizzas as possible in three minutes. For each successful delivery, the user earns the flag of the nation in which the pizza was delivered to. These flags may be printed out at the end of the game.

Type: Social Studies Fun

Format: Game

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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International Pizza Delivery Demonstration Video

Description: This is embedded YouTube video that shows how to play International Pizza Delivery.

Type: Instructional Video

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Tides Reading Comprehension

Description: This is a printable reading comprehension passage and multiple-choice question set. There are seven questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Bermuda Triangle Reading Comprehension

Description: This is a printable reading comprehension passage and multiple-choice question set. There are seven questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Starfish 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.

Type: Sentence Surgeons

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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All about tsunamis - Video

Description: This animated video teaches all about tsunamis. It even teaches what to do in the event of a tsunami.

Type: Video

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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All About Sand Dollars - Video

Description: This video, provided by the National Park Service, tells all about Sand Dollars and their struggle for survival on California beaches.

Type: Video

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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The Water Cycle Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions.

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 5, 6

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Water on Earth Cloze Reading - Online

Description: This online cloze reading exercise requires students to type the words from the word bank into the correct fields in the paragraph. It gives immediate feedback.

Type: Cloze Reading

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5

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Great White Sharks of Cape Cod - Video

Description: This video from the National Park Service describes the Great White Shark, research being conducted on the shark, and how to stay safe while in the water.

Type: Video

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6

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Bioluminescence Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 369 Words; LEXILE: 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Bioluminescence 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: 369 Words; LEXILE: 1010

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Giant Squid Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 253 Words; LEXILE: 910

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Sharks Coloring Series

Description: This section contains seven different shark coloring pages including those of the great white shark, whale shark, hammerhead, and more!

Type: Science Fun

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

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Narwhal 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: 265 Words; LEXILE: 910

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Online Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

Narwhal Reading Comprehension

Description: This resource includes a descriptive passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 265 Words; LEXILE: 910

Type: Reading comprehension

Format: Printable Activity

Grade Levels: 4, 5, 6

CC Standards:

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Use as Assessment on Google Classroom.

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