Study matter in a new way with a cross-curricular assignment for language arts and math. Learners answer five reading comprehension questions after reading a few paragraphs about the periodic table, properties of elements, and how atoms make up elements.

Concepts

elements, atoms, matter, the periodic table, properties of elements, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies, context clues, reading paragraphs

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Introduce your unit on the periodic table with the reading passage
• Use the paragraphs to assess reading levels for incoming learners

Pros

• Provides an answer key for easy assessment
• Prompts kids to use context clues to define unfamiliar words

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.3.1 RI.3.2 RI.3.3 RI.3.4