Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving Project-Based Learning Reading Comprehension
- PDF
What educators are saying
Also included in
This bundle of 12 cross-curricular project-based learning activities covers math, reading, writing, design, and other skills! Use each project for authentic skill practice or to teach new standards.Save with this bundle that's worth over $78 and keep your students engaged with these fun seasonal proPrice $49.00Original Price $72.00Save $23.00
Description
This Thanksgiving Day Parade themed project based learning activity is the best seasonal activity for November! Use with the Balloons Over Broadway + our included text. In this fun project-based learning (PBL) activity for 4th-6th grades, your students will use key standards in a real-life scenario! These standards include reading comprehension, collaboration, revision, and design. Differentiation and student choice is included!
Driving Question: How can I design a unique and interesting balloon for our classroom’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Students are challenged with creating a Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon so the project is open to accommodate all student beliefs and interests.
An informational text, The Balloons of the Thanksgiving Day Parade, is included in this unit. I recommend also getting a copy of Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet to use as a paired text with this unit. Reading comprehension questions are provided for both texts.
Standards Covered:
- Comparing Multiple Texts
- Research
- Main Idea
- Explanatory Writing
- Reading Comprehension
Banish worksheets and get your students excited about real life learning! This 7-Day project covers the following skills:
- Research
- Reading Comprehension
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Explanatory Planning & Writing
- Design & Creativity
- Critical Thinking
Rubric & Sample Answers Included.
Sign up to be notified when we create new project-based learning resources. We always discount them for a limited time, so don't miss out!
**************************************************************************************************************************************************
Copyright © April Smith (Performing in Education). All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.
