How Rhode Island Got Its Name Online Reading Comprehension

Grade Level: 4 + | Lexile: 850 | Word Count: 194
This activity produces a score report and allows for narration.
 

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 13 Colonies, or Rhode Island? 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 - How did Giovanni da Verrazzano influence the name "Rhode Island? What did Adriaen Block have to do with the naming of Rhode Island? Roger Williams?
Extend - Have students come up with their own multiple choice questions based on the passage.