Item description
With this resource, students learn about George Washington while practicing essential reading comprehension skills including main idea, context clues, vocabulary, and text features.
Topics covered:
- Early Life
- The Continental Congress
- The Revolutionary War
- Washington As President
- Honoring George Washington
To complete this activity, students will:
- Read each page (cloze reading passages), using context clues to fill in the missing information.
- Determine the main idea and choose the correct title for each chapter (cut and glue).
- Complete the table of contents by adding titles in the correct spot (cut and glue).
- Use the glossary to understand new vocabulary about George Washington and his presidency.
Includes links to supplemental websites and videos.
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What are Interactive Reading Comprehension Books?
These books provide a great way to integrate social studies or science into your reading instruction. Students will learn all about a specific topic while working with informational text, using text features, determining main idea, and gaining new vocabulary. These are hands-on, cut and glue activity books that can be used in centers, small group, or for independent work. High interest text keeps them engaged.