Washngton - Literacy Activities
This section contains numerous 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.
Dynamic Duo - Lewis and Clark
Description: This printable exercise requires students to compare Lewis and Clark to other "dynamic duos" in literature, movies, or even sports.
"The Climb" - Lewis and Clark
Description: This printout requires students to consider a time when they thought they were at the cusp of finishing something great, only to learn there was MUCH more work to do - ALA Miley Cyrus.
The Long Lost Drawing of Sacagawea - Lewis and Clark
Description: Did you know that there are no known drawings of depictions of Sacagawea? All of the images you see of her today are simply guesses. This activity shows three different depictions of Sacagawea and challenges students to author their own "authentic" sketch of Sacagawea.
Lewis and Clark Cloze Reading
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Main Idea Focus
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Sequencing Focus
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Contextual Vocabulary Focus
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Details Focus
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions.
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 395 Words; LEXILE: 1110
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Main Idea Focus - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Sequencing Focus - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Details Focus - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Lewis and Clark Reading Comprehension - Contextual Vocabulary Focus - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens 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
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.
Bill Gates Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a detailed 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 = 545 Words; LEXILE = 1010
Bill Gates Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH = 545 Words; LEXILE = 1010
Bill Gates 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.
Chinook Nation Interactive Scavenger Hunt
Description: This scavenger hunt includes a reading passage and eight questions. It gives immediate feedback.
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.
