Grades 5-7
Lessons Learned by Heart
This product is great for Social Studies
(History) and Language Arts (Reading Comprehension). The product contains: 13 one-page reading passages of informational text on
Colonial Farmers; 13 pages of Reading Comprehension questions (one
for each passage); and the teacher’s keys.
Questions are true or false; multiple choice
and open ended, and include both literal and inferential questions. The reading passages can be used for CLOSE READING
with any non-fiction graphic organizers as well (two included). This product also includes a colonial map
(unlabeled); a colonial map (labeled), and a teacher’s key.
CONSIDER ASSIGNING EACH
TOPIC TO A TEAM OR GROUP; OR USING THIS PRODUCT TO PREPARE FOR COLONIAL
DAYS.
READING PASSAGE TOPICS INCLUDE:
Ø Food and the First
Colonists
Ø Indentured Servants:
Immigrants and Convicts
Ø The Acre and the Job
of the Surveyor
Ø Colonial Farmer’s
Work: Clearing the Land
Ø Colonial Farmer’s
Work: Cultivating and Sowing
Ø Maize and The Three
Sisters
Ø Crops in the Colonies
Ø A Day in the Life of
a Colonial Farmer
Ø The Farmer’s Wife
Ø The Colonial Farmers
Children
Ø Animals on the
Colonial Farm
Ø Pests and Pesticides –
Crops and Gardens
Ø The Negative Impact
of Colonial Farmers
THIS PRODUCT CAN BE USED FOR A QUICK SAMPLES
FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS! It may be used for
Independent Reading, Homework, or as a Supplemental Worksheets.
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pilgrims, pirates, and craftsmen).
Happy Learning!!
