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READING COMPREHENSION – WILD WEST MEGA BUNDLE!

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GRADES 4-7 AND HOMESCHOOL

by SARAH PETERSON

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WILD WEST – Western Expansion

READING COMPREHENSION

MEGA BUNDLE!

 

This BUNDLE is great for Social Studies (History) and Language Arts (Reading Comprehension).  The bundle contains all of my Wild, Wild West Reading Comprehension Products:

  • SEVENTY-FIVE  1-page OR 2-page reading passages of informational text on THE WILD, WILD WEST (LEXILE 850-1010);
  • SEVENTY-FIVE pages of reading comprehension questions (one for each passage);
  • Teacher’s Keys.   Questions are true or false; multiple choice and open ended, and include both literal and inferential questions. 

Passages may be used for Independent Reading, Homework, or as Supplemental Homeschool Worksheets.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

  • THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE; LEWIS AND CLARK
  • LEWIS AND CLARK: THE EXPEDITION
  • SACAGAWEA: EARLY LIFE AND THE EXPEDITION
  • NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT
  • THE TRAIL OF TEARS AND THE LONG WALK
  • THE NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEF AND WAR MAKEUP
  • THE FRONTIER, FRONTIERSMEN AND PIONEERS
  • DAVY CROCKETT
  • TEXAS INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO
  • REMEMBER THE ALAMO!
  • DISCOVERY OF GOLD AT SUTTER’S MILL
  • THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
  • CAMPS AND CLAIMS
  • THE DAILY LIFE OF A MINER
  • METHODS OF MINING GOLD
  • MERCHANTS DURING THE GOLD RUSH
  • LASTING IMPACT OF THE GOLD RUSH
  • THE 1800s: LIFE IN THE WEST
  • THE PONY EXPRESS
  • THE TELEGRAPH IS HERE!
  • BUFFALO BILL CODY
  • BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST SHOW
  • ANNIE OAKLEY
  • LITTLE SURE SHOT
  • HOMESTEADERS AND THE HOMESTEAD ACT
  • HOMESTEADERS AND THE EMIGRANT TRAILS
  • HOMESTEADERS AND COVERED WAGONS
  • WAGON TRAINS
  • THE DONNER PARTY
  • PIONEER HOMES
  • SOD HOMES AND LOG CABINS
  • PIONEER DANGERS AND HARDSHIPS: WEATHER
  • PIONEER DANGERS AND HARDSHIPS: INSECTS AND DISEASES
  • PIONEERS: LIFE AND CHORES ON THE PRAIRIE
  • A DEMANDING LIFE
  • PIONEER SCHOOLS
  • SCHOOLMASTERS AND SCHOOLMISTRESSES
  • COWBOYS IN THE 1800s
  • THE CATTLE DRIVE: TRAILS, BOSSES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  • LIFE OF A COWBOY: BRANDING THE CATTLE
  • LIFE OF A COWBOY: COOKIE, CHUCKWAGON AND FOOD
  • A COWBOY’S LIFE: HAZARDS ON THE TRAIL
  • LIFE OF A COWBOY: END OF THE CATTLE DRIVE
  • EAST COAST TO WEST COAST
  • THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
  • THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
  • TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD: ALL IN A DAY’S WORK
  • LIFE ON THE JOB
  • WHO WERE THE WORKERS? CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
  • WHO WERE THE WORKERS? UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
  • PROMONTORY SUMMIT
  • INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD
  • INDIAN WARS (1864-1904): TREATIES AND POLICIES
  • CAVALRY AND BUFFALO SOLDIERS
  • GEORGE CUSTER AND SITTING BULL
  • THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN- CUSTER’S LAST STAND
  • FOLLOWING THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN
  • GERONIMO: FIGHTER AND PRISONER OF WAR
  • CHIEF JOSEPH AND HIS SURRENDER
  • THE WILD WEST: THE BUFFALO POLICY
  • RESERVATIONS, GHOST DANCE AND WOUNDED KNEE
  • OUTLAWS OF THE WILD, WILD WEST
  • THE LAWMEN OF THE OLD WEST
  • BILLY THE KID
  • BILLY THE KID – A YOUNG OUTLAW
  • THE JAMES-YOUNGER GANG
  • THE DECLINE OF THE JAMES-YOUNGER GANG
  • ROBERT LEROY PARKER AND HARRY ALONZO LONGABAUGH
  • BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
  • A FEMALE OUTLAW – BELLE STARR
  • BELLE STARR
  • WILD BILL HICKOK
  • BASS REEVES
  • WYATT EARP AND DOC HOLLIDAY
  • THE SHOOTOUT AT THE OK CORRAL

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The reading passages can also be used for CLOSE READING with other non-fiction graphic organizers (not included).

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CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH – READING PASSAGES AND COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS!

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GRADES 4-7 AND HOMESCHOOL

SARAH PETERSON

HANDS ON HISTORY

 

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READING COMPREHENSION PRODUCT!

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READING COMPREHENSION:

THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH

 

This product is great for Social Studies (History) and Language Arts (Reading Comprehension).  The product contains: SEVEN one-page passages of informational text on The California Gold Rush (LEXILE 930-1010); SEVEN pages of reading comprehension questions (one for each passage); and the teacher’s keys.   Questions are true or false; multiple choice and open ended, and include both literal and inferential questions.  The reading passages can be used for CLOSE READING with other non-fiction graphic organizers as well!

 

THIS PRODUCT IS GREAT FOR A QUICK SAMPLE FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS!   It may be used for Independent Reading, Homework, or as a Supplemental Homeschool Worksheet.

 

TOPICS INCLUDE:

Discovery of Gold at Sutter’s Mill

The California Gold Rush

Camps and Claims

The Daily Life of a Miner

Methods of Mining Gold

Merchants During the Gold Rush

Lasting Impact of the Gold Rush

 

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Please note:  The Informational Text also appears in my Wild West Career Lesson Plan; however, the reading comprehension questions are not a part of that lesson plan.

 

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Language Arts: Transcontinental Railroad – Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions

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Grades 4-7 and Homeschool

Sarah Peterson

Hands on History

 

READING COMPREHENSION:

THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD

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This product is great for Social Studies (History) and Language Arts (Reading Comprehension).  The product contains: NINE one-page passages of informational text on The Transcontinental Railroad;  NINE pages of reading comprehension questions (one for each passage); and the teacher’s keys.   Questions are true or false; multiple choice and open ended, and include both literal and inferential questions.  The reading passages can be used for CLOSE READING with other non-fiction graphic organizers as well!

 

THIS PRODUCT IS GREAT FOR A QUICK SAMPLE FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS!   It may be used for Independent Reading, Homework, or as a Supplemental Homeschool Worksheet.

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TOPICS INCLUDE:

EAST COAST TO WEST COAST

THE CENTRAL PACIFIC  RAILROAD

THE UNION PACIFIC  RAILROAD

ALL IN A DAY’S WORK

LIFE ON THE JOB

WHO WERE THE WORKERS?  CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD

WHO WERE THE WORKSERS?   UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

PROMONTORY SUMMIT

INTERESTING FACTS: THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD

 

Grades 4-7 and homeschool

 

Please note:  The Informational Text also appears in my Wild West Career Lesson Plan; however, the reading comprehension questions are not a part of that lesson plan.

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Happy Learning!

Sarah

 

 

 

KINGS AND QUEENS – READING PASSAGES AND BINGO!

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Grades 4-6 and Homeschool

Sarah Peterson

Hands on History

KINGS, QUEENS AND THE FEUDAL SYSTEM

READING PASSAGES AND BINGO

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BINGO is a fun way to review new concepts and vocabulary words. The words in this BINGO set relate to the topics of  Kings, Queens and the Feudal System, and makes the perfect review for the eight  pages of informational text that are included in this product. The passages can also be used for CLOSE READING, using any non-fiction graphic organizer (not included).

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This product includes:

8 One-Page Passages of Informational Text (LEXILE  850-950)

36 Unique Bingo Cards (18 pages with two cards per sheet)

The Caller’s Tracking Sheet

24 Calling Cards Containing Words and Clues

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Informational Text

There are eight pages of informational text about the topic: Kings, Queens and the Feudal System. The passages cover the following topics:

  • The Feudal System
  • Becoming King; Becoming Queen
  • The Coronation
  • Qualities and Abilities of Royalty
  • Famous Medieval Kings
    • William the Conqueror
    • Richard I
    • King John
  • Famous Medieval Queens
    • Matilda of Flanders
    • Eleanor of Aquitaine
  • Other Classes of the Feudal System

 

Words that are included:

King, Queen, Pope, Feudal System, Regent, Nobles, Consort, Serf, Peasant, Magna Carta, King John, Crusades, Matilda of Flanders, Clergy, Skilled Laborers, William the Conqueror, Taxes, Fief, Duchy, Loyalty and Service, Long Live the King!,  Coronation, Charter, Eleanor of Aquitaine

 

Although all cards contain the same 24 words, the order on each card is unique.  Each student will find every word on their card.  Of course, this means “blackout” is not a good option – although my students sometimes insisted on playing all the way through and singing out “BINGO” in unison at the end!

 

This product is great for a large group, class or co-op.!  It can be played in the traditional way where the instructor randomly chooses one of the cards and calls out the word.  Or, to play as a review game, the instructor can read the clue that appears on the card below the BINGO word.

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(Note: The informational text also appears in my Medieval Careers  Lesson Plan)

MEDIEVAL CAREERS READING PASSAGES AND ACTIVITIES

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LOOKING FOR FUN ACTIVITIES TO ROUND OUT THE REST OF THE YEAR? 

CHECK OUT MY MEDIEVAL CAREERS BUNDLE!

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Medieval Careers in Medieval Times Volume 2

This BUNDLED product consists of seven individual Medieval Careers in Medieval Times  Lesson Plans including:: Alchemists; Architects and Engineers; Embroiderers and Census-Takers (William the Conqueror, Bayeux Tapestry and Domesday Book); Scribes and the Magna Carta; Monks, Nuns, and Almoners; Pilgrims and the Canterbury Tales; and Explorers and the Age of Exploration.

Medieval Careers: Alchemist

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This product contains 6 one-page reading passages covering Medieval Alchemists, the philosopher’s stone, panacea, Roger Bacon, Nicholas Flamel, and symbolism.  Activities, review game, worksheet and teacher’s key are all included.   This product is also perfect for substitute teacher’s enrichment learning, homeschool or co-ops!  The reading passages are great for close reading with any non-fiction graphic organizer (not included).

Reading Passages:

6 one-page reading passages covering the following topics:

  • Alchemy During the Middle Ages
  • When, Where, Why, What, How, and Who of Alchemy
  • Roger Bacon and Nicholas Flamel
  • Religious Reasons for Symbolism in Alchemy
  • Alchemists’ Use of Symbolism
  • Success or Cheating?

 Activities

This product includes the following classroom activities:

 Complete the Job Application

  • Be an Alchemist: Try Some Experiments:
  • Instructions for Dirty Penny Experiments
  • Instructions for Rusting Iron Experiment
  • Instructions for Vinegar and Baking Soda
  • Read an Alchemist’s Passage and Teacher’s Key
  • Writing Prompt
  • Play Review Game – True/False
  • Alchemists Worksheet and Teacher’s Key
  • Suggested Books and Movies

 

Medieval Careers: Architects and Engineers

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This product contains 7 one-page reading passages covering topics including architects and engineers, castles, cathedrals, siege engines, and peasant huts in the Middle Ages. Activities, review game, worksheet and teacher’s key are all included.   This product is perfect for substitute teachers, enrichment learning, homeschool or co-ops!  The reading passages are great for close reading with any non-fiction graphic organizer (not included).

Reading Passages:

7 one-page reading passages covering the following topics:

  • Who Were the Medieval Builders?
  • Castles and Palaces; Cathedrals and Churches
  • Romanesque and Gothic Styles
  • The Grotesques and Gargoyles
  • Medieval Engineers
  • Battering Ram and Siege Tower
  • Peasant Huts

 Activities:

This product includes the following classroom activities:

 Job Application

  • Architects, Craftsmen and Engineers Worksheet
  • Review Game: Bingo Words and Clues
  • Stained Glass Craft Idea
  • Medieval Architecture Memory Instructions and Pieces
  • Castle Coloring Page
  • Contest: Use a Simple “Catapult”
  • Create Your Own Catapult

Medieval Careers:  Embroiderers and Census Takers

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William the Conqueror and the Bayeux Tapestry

This product contains 7 one-page reading passages covering the jobs of Medieval monks, nuns and almoners, religion in the Middle Ages, and monastic herbalist.    Activities, review game, worksheet and teacher’s key are all included.   This product is also perfect for substitute teachers, enrichment learning, homeschool or co-ops!  The reading passages are great for close reading with any non-fiction graphic organizer (not included).

Reading Passages:

7 one-page reading passages covering the following topics:

  • Tapestry and Embroidery in the Middle Ages; England in the Middle Ages
  • Embroidery in the Middle Ages
  • Everyone Wants to Be King!
  • William the Conqueror – King of England; The Bayeux Tapestry
  • Speculation About the Tapestry
  • The Domesday Book – A Census-Taker
  • The Domesday Book: Problems and Purpose

Activities:

This product includes the following classroom activities:

  • Job Application
  • Coloring Page – William the Conqueror
  • How Big is the Bayeux Tapestry Activity
  • Domesday Activity – Conduct a Census!
  • Worksheet – Bayeux Tapestry Review and Teacher’s Key
  • Review Game – Bingo Words and Clues
  • Try Finger Weaving!
  • Create a “Paper” Tapestry
  • Suggested Books

Medieval Careers:  Scribes, Illuminators and the Magna Carta

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This product contains 5 one-page reading passages covering  the jobs of Medieval Scribes and illuminators, the Magna Carta, supplies for the job, books in the Middle Ages.   Activities, review game,  worksheet and teacher’s key are all included.   This product is also perfect for substitute teachers, enrichment learning, homeschool or co-ops!  The reading passages are great for close reading with any non-fiction graphic organizer (not included).

Reading Passages:

5 one-page reading passages covering the following topics:

  • Books in the Middle Ages
  • Supplies – Pen and Ink
  • The Job of Copying and Illuminating
  • Illumination; Who Could Be a Scribe?
  • The Magna Carta

Activities:

This product includes the following classroom activities:

  • Job Application!
  • Make a Quill Pen!
  • Make Your Own Berry Ink!
  • Review Game: Bingo Words and Clues
  • Write Your Own Great Charter
  • Illuminate a Letter
  • Be a Scribe! Copy a Portion of The Magna Carta
  • Review Worksheet and Teacher’s Key
  • Suggested Books

Medieval Careers:  Monks, Nuns and Almoners

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This product contains 5 one-page reading passages covering the jobs of Medieval monks, nuns and almoners, religion in the Middle Ages, and monastic herbalist.    Activities, review game, worksheet and teacher’s key are all included.   This product is also perfect for substitute teachers, enrichment learning, homeschool or co-ops!  The reading passages are great for close reading with any non-fiction graphic organizer (not included).

Reading Passages:

5 one-page reading passages covering the following topics:

  • Religion in the Middle Ages
  • Monks and Nuns
  • A Day in the Life of a Monk
  • Life of a Nun; The Job of Almoner
  • Gregorian Chants; Precentor; Monastic Herbalist

 Activities:

This product includes the following classroom activities:

 Job Application

  • Coloring Page – Medieval Priest
  • Listen to Medieval Monastery Chants
  • Writing Activity: Respond to the Prompt
  • Be a Monastic Herbalist!
  • Be an Herbalist: Make your Own Tea!
  • Review Worksheet and Teacher’s Key
  • Prepare Lunches for the Homeless
  • Play Review Game: Bingo Words and Clues
  • Suggested Books

 

Medieval Careers:  Pilgrims and the Canterbury Tales

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This product contains 5 one-page reading passages covering the Pilgrims during the Middle Ages, Canterbury Cathedral, Geoffrey Chaucer, and the Canterbury Tales.   Activities, review game, worksheet and teacher’s key are all included.   This product is also perfect for substitute teachers, enrichment learning, homeschool orco-ops!  The reading passages are great for close reading with any non-fiction graphic organizer (not included).

Reading Passages:

5 one-page reading passages covering the following topics:

  • What is a Pilgrim?
  • A Pilgrim’s Travels; Geoffrey Chaucer
  • The Canterbury Cathedral
  • The Unfinished Canterbury Tales
  • The Canterbury Tales – Surviving History

 Activities:

This product includes the following classroom activities:

  • Job Application
  • Translate English to English!
  • Read the Pardoner’s Tale
  • Write a Tale for Your Pilgrimage!
  • Go On a Pilgrimage; Share Your Story!
  • Coloring Page – Medieval Pilgrimage
  • Seek and Find Activity Sheet
  • Review Game: Bingo Words and Clues
  • Complete “Pilgrims and the Canterbury Tales” Worksheet
  • Suggested Books

 

Medieval Careers:  Explorers and the Age of Discovery

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This product contains 7 one-page reading passages covering Explorers and the Age of Discovery, life on the ship, Marco Polo, Prince Henry the Navigator, and Christopher Columbus.  Activities, review game, worksheet and teacher’s key are all included.   This product is also perfect for substitute teachers, enrichment learning, homeschool or co-ops!  The reading passages are great for close reading with any non-fiction graphic organizer (not included).

Reading Passages:

7 one-page reading passages covering the following topics:

  • The Age of Discovery
  • 15th Century Ships
  • Life on the Ship
  • Sights, Smells, and Tastes
  • Marco Polo
  • Prince Henry the Navigator
  • Christopher Columbus

 Activities:

This product includes the following classroom activities:

  • Job Application
  • The Voyage of Christopher Columbus
  • Map Work – Where Have You Journeyed?
  • Make Ship Biscuits: Eat Like an Explorer!
  • Review Worksheet and Teacher’s Key
  • Review Game – True/False
  • Interactive History Adventure
  • Simon Says: Learn to Read a Compass
  • Map Your Room
  • Celebrate the Renaissance! Ideas
  • Medieval Times Faire Ideas
  • Coloring Page – Medieval Explorers

 

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MOTHER’S DAY KEEPSAKE BOOK

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Mother’s Day is right around the corner!  Check out my new Mother’s Day Keepsake Book!

MOTHER’S DAY ABC BOOK

A Book Written in Verse

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This engaging ABC Book (written in verse) is fun for students to complete and meaningful for moms to receive as a Mother’s Day Keepsake Gift.    Students personalize the books by using their best observations and memories about their moms to complete the pages.

This product includes:

  • Both a Colored Cover and a Black and White Cover
  • A 14-Page Mother’s Day ABC Book Written in Verse
  • Teacher’s Instructions for Completion of the Book
  • 2 pages of images/phrases for the “cut and paste” sections

To complete the book, each student will:

  • Write mommy quotes
  • Draw items found in mom’s purse
  • Cut and paste bedtime routine pictures
  • Measure and record his/her height
  • Make handprint (paint, ink or trace)
  • Create a list of “mom’s favorite things”
  • And much more!

This project is best completed over the course of several days!  Check out the Preview to get an idea of the verses and the activities.

 

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Language Arts – High Interest Reading Passages and Comprehension Questions

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Grades 4-6 and Homeschool

Sarah Peterson

Hands on History

 

Check out my latest High-Interest Language Arts Reading Comprehension Product: Pages, Squires and Knights!

Pages, Squires and Knights

 

Short reading passages covering Pages, Squires, Medieval Knights, Jousting, Chainmail and Plate Armor.  Reading comprehension questions and graphic organizers are included for each passage.

 

This product is great for Social Studies (History) and Language Arts (Reading Comprehension).  The product contains: seven short reading passages and comprehension questions; seven graphic organizers (one for each passage); and the teacher’s keys.     Questions are true or false; multiple choice and open ended, and include both literal and inferential questions.

 

The passage topics include:

  • Pages: Training to be a Squire
  • Squires: Training to be a Knight
  • Medieval Knights: Jobs and Duties
  • Jousting
  • Chainmail
  • Plate Armor

 

Lexile measure: 630L-660L

 

THIS PRODUCT IS GREAT FOR A QUICK SAMPLE FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS!   It may be used for Independent Reading, Homework, or as a Supplemental Homeschool Worksheet.  $

 

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Please note:  The Informational Text also appears in my Medieval Careers Lesson Plan; however, the reading comprehension questions and graphic organizers are not a part of that lesson plan.