Hang ten with a fun reading activity about a family vacation on a cruise. Fifth graders read along as Scott transfers his snowboarding skills to surfing in an engaging reading activity that includes six comprehension questions.

Concepts

reading comprehension, surfing, Vocabulary, context clues

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Connect to a lesson on family vacations or outdoor sports
• Have learners complete the worksheet in a language arts packet or as a reading assessment in class

Classroom Considerations

• Contains some surf-specific vocabulary that is not addressed in the comprehension questions 
• Activity spans three pages; consider reducing the size of the reading passage to fit onto two pages, or include all the questions on the second page and have learners answers on a separate sheet

Pros

• Focuses on context clues for plot elements and unfamiliar vocabulary
• Reading level is appropriate for the average fifth grader

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.5.1 RL.5.4