PIRATES Reading Comprehension Main Idea Text Features Practice Pirate Activities

This high interest activity about pirates lets students practice essential reading skills like main idea, context clues, vocabulary, and text features while exploring a fascinating topic. The interactive features and interesting content makes this activity great, even for reluctant readers!

TOPICS INCLUDE:

• What Are Pirates?
• Pirate Ships
• Pirate Treasure
• Blackbeard
• The Pirate Girl
• Modern Pirates

WHAT YOU WILL GET

• 6-chapter printable book
• Cut-and-glue titles
• Vocabulary cards with definitions
• Vocabulary graphic organizer (similar to Frayer model)
• Full color, digital version
• Links to supplemental websites and videos about pirates
• Answer key

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HOW TO USE THIS RESOURCE

This interactive pirate activity makes an excellent activity for your reading centers. It can be also be used for independent reading practice or during your guided reading groups.

To complete the book, students will:

• Read each page, using context clues to fill in the missing information

• Determine main idea and choose the correct title for each chapter

• Complete the table of contents by adding titles in the correct spot

• Use a glossary to understand new vocabulary about pirates

• Complete a text features activity - design a flag, write a caption and add labels

The vocabulary and definition cards can be use during whole group instruction to build background knowledge about pirates or as a matching activity during centers. The companion graphic organizer can be used to further reinforce learning of new vocabulary.

DIGITAL ACTIVITIES

This resource includes a full-color digital version in Easel that features:

• moveable pieces
• embedded audio that reads the instructions and glossary page aloud
• full-color photos not included in the print version
• self-checking answers

These digital activities can be assigned in your online learning platform (LMS) for students to complete on any device. For more information on Easel Activities, see this GETTING STARTED GUIDE.

What are Interactive Reading Comprehension Books?

These books provide a great way to integrate social studies or science into your reading instruction. Students will learn all about a specific topic while working with informational text, using text features, determining main idea, and gaining new vocabulary. These are hands-on, cut and glue activity books that can be used in centers, small group, or for independent work. High interest text keeps them engaged.

Other interactive books you might like:

• Sharks
• Extreme Weather
• Grizzly Bears

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