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Abraham Lincoln Reading Comprehension—The Presidential Years (Part 1) InteractiveAbraham Lincoln Reading Comprehension—The Presidential Years (Part 1) Interactive
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Mr. Nussbaum
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Grade
5th - 7th
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English Language Arts
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Duration
45 mins
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Abraham Lincoln Reading Comprehension—The Presidential Years (Part 1)

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  • Reading Comprehension
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Hail to the Chief! Your class learns about Abraham Lincoln winning presidency and choosing cabinet advisors through a reading passage and paired multiple choice questions. The resource offers great practice for state tests and improves your class's reading comprehension while getting some cross-content instruction. The questions address main ideas and supporting points as well as vocabulary. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

abraham lincoln, united states presidents, reading comprehension, reading

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Have pupils extend their learning by picking a topic within the passage and researching it in more depth
  • Preview the text with your class as a pre-reading strategy and generate questions to guide their focus for the passage

Classroom Considerations

  • Seat individuals away from distractions and peers

Pros

  • Read aloud option is available on resource
  • Answers automatically give feedback if students select the wrong answer
  • Highlighting and sizing options exist for readers

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.5.2 RI.5.4 RI.6.2 RI.6.4 RI.7.2 RI.7.4

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