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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

LANGUAGE ARTS - CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH: READING PASSAGES AND COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

Grades 4-7 and Homeschool
Sarah Peterson
Hands on History

READING COMPREHENSION:

 

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 teachers 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 Sutters 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

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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