Life as a Blacksmith Printable Reading Comprehension

Grade Level: 4+ | Lexile: 850 | Word Count: 198
 
 

Use this Activity:

Reading Groups - This passage serves as an excellent tool for enrichment-based reading groups in language arts or social studies.
Morning Work - This reading comprehension activity takes students about 15-20 minutes.
Homework - This activity is a great way to assign homework in social studies or language arts.
Part of a Lesson - Teaching about the Civil War? This activity serves as a great extension.
Whiteboard- Students can take turns coming to the whiteboard to answer the multiple choice questions or annotate the passage.
Discuss - What did blacksmiths make? What were expectations for an apprentice? What was the pathway for a blacksmith apprentice to become a working blacksmith?
Extend - Have students come up with their own multiple choice questions based on the passage.