Space Literacy Activities
This section includes numerous literacy activities related to space. Use the filters on the left side of the page to isolate activities by grade level or format (online or printable).
The Solar Eclipse of 2024 - Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage about the Solar Eclipse of 2024 and four multiple choice questions. It is suitable for kids in grades 3 and up. WORD COUNT: 194 LEXILE: 810
Planet Mars Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a descriptive passage and ten multiple choice questions.
Mars Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions.
Mars Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Mars Cloze Reading
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Mars Cloze Reading
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Mars Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Mars Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Mars Missing Letter Exercise
Description: This exercise consists of five Mars-themes sentences. In each sentence, there are three words with missing letters. The missing letters for each word is provided in a "letter bank." For each word, the student must select the correct letter from the letter bank.
Mars Printable Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The Activity provides the numbers of each error type.
Planet Mars Sentence Puzzles
Description: This fun online activity requires students to re-arrange the words and punctuation to form a coherent sentence about Mars. There are three total sentences. immediate feedback is given.
Mars Correct-me Passage
Description: This activity requires students to read a paragraph about Mars 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.
Jupiter Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a descriptive 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: 343 Words; LEXILE: 910
Jupiter 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.
Jupiter Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions.
Jupiter Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a descriptive passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 343 Words; LEXILE: 910
Jupiter Cloze Reading Exercise - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Jupiter Cloze Reading Exercise
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Jupiter Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The numbers of each error types are listed so students can check them off as they work.
Jupiter Scavenger Hunt
Description: This scavenger hunt is designed for use with the Jupiter profile.
Tides Reading Comprehension
Description: This is a printable reading comprehension passage and multiple-choice question set. There are seven questions.
Dark Matter 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: 420 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Dark Matter Reading Comprehension- Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 420 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Large Magellanic Cloud 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: 360 Words; LEXILE: 1410
Large Magellanic Cloud Reading Comprehension- Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 360 Words; LEXILE: 1410
Galileo 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: 446 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Galileo Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 446 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Galileo Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 130 Words; LEXILE: 710
Galileo 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.
Galaxies Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH = 529 Words; LEXILE = 1010
Galaxies Comprehension for Google Classroom
Description: This modified google quiz form allows you to collect data and scores using this reading comprehension exercise as part of your google classroom. These are designed for you to customize, add to, subtract from, and change . PLEASE MAKE A COPY AND DO NOT TYPE ON THE ORIGINAL.
Meteors Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Meteors Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a passage and ten multiple choice questions.
The Meteorite of Sylacauga - Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.
Betelgeuse 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 = 401 words; LEXILE = 1010
Betelgeuse Reading Comprehension - Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. You can purchase the answer sheet by clicking on it in the related items slider below. If you subscribe to MrN 365, the answer sheet is included. PASSAGE LENGTH = 401 words; LEXILE = 1010
Betelgeuse Reading Comprehension for Google Classroom
Description: This modified google quiz form allows you to collect data and scores using this reading comprehension exercise as part of your google classroom. These are designed for you to customize, add to, subtract from, and change . PLEASE MAKE A COPY AND DO NOT TYPE ON THE ORIGINAL.
Oort Cloud 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: 337 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Oort Cloud Reading Comprehension- Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 337 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Dwarf Planets 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: 427 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Dwarf Planets Reading Comprehension- Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 427 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Dwarf Planets Reading Comprehension for Google Classroom
Description: This modified google quiz form allows you to collect data and scores using this reading comprehension exercise as part of your google classroom. These are designed for you to customize, add to, subtract from, and change . PLEASE MAKE A COPY AND DO NOT TYPE ON THE ORIGINAL.
First Men on the Moon (A poem by J. Patrick Lewis) Reading Comprehension- Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and eight 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: 154 Words; LEXILE: 810
First Man on the Moon (Poem) Reading Comprehension for Google Classroom
Description: This modified google quiz form allows you to collect data and scores using this reading comprehension exercise as part of your google classroom. These are designed for you to customize, add to, subtract from, and change . PLEASE MAKE A COPY AND DO NOT TYPE ON THE ORIGINAL.
Kuiper Belt 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: 426 Words; LEXILE: 1210
Kuiper Belt Reading Comprehension- Printable
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 426 Words; LEXILE: 1210
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