Ancient Olympics Digital Reading Comprehension
Description
Go paperless with our Ancient Olympics digital reading comprehension activity – great for digital guided reading! Learn about ancient Olympic Sports, ancient Olympic Athletes, how the ancient Olympics compare to the modern Olympics, and more with our differentiated reading passages and questions. This Google Slides resource includes four passages (at two levels) with at least seven unique slides of engaging text-dependent questions and higher-order thinking interactive tasks.
These activities are great for your guided reading program in both a traditional classroom with some access to mobile learning through to a full 1:1 digital classroom. This resource can be used on Chromebooks, iPads, Android Tablets, and other devices!
In this Ancient Olympics Digital Reading Comprehension resource you will receive:
1. Four texts – each with an extended and scaffold version:
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What were the Ancient Olympic Games?
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Ancient Olympic Sports
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Ancient Olympic Athletes
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Ancient Olympics vs. Modern Olympics
Reading Comprehension Strategies included:
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Make Connections
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Find Facts and Details
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Make Inferences
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Identify the Main Idea
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Ask and Answer Questions
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Understand and Use Vocabulary
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Sequence
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Summarise
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Synthesize
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Make Predictions
2. At least seven unique Higher Order Thinking Activities based on Blooms Taxonomy and aligned with the CCSS and the NZ Curriculum (32 activities in total)
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Remember
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Understand
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Apply
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Analyze/Analyse
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Evaluate
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Create
3. Full instructions on how to use this Google Slides resource, and how to share it with your students.
4. Tips for using Google Slides for teachers AND students
5. Teacher Answer Key for applicable questions.
