Jackie Robinson Online Reading Comprehension
Grade Level: 4 | Lexile: 750 | Word Count: 122
 

Use this Activity:

Discuss -
  1. Why did Major League Baseball retire Jackie Robinson’s number 42?
  2. What made it hard for Jackie Robinson to play baseball in the 1940s and 1950s?
  3. How did Jackie Robinson show bravery during his career?
  4. How did Jackie Robinson help change Major League Baseball for other African Americans?
Reading Groups - This passage and question set serves as an excellent tool for enrichment-based reading groups in language arts or social studies.
Morning Work - The activity takes most students about 15 minutes to complete, making it an ideal solution for morning work. It can be part of a series of sports-themed comprehension activities offered to students as morning work.
Homework - This activity is a great way to assign homework in social studies or language arts.
Whiteboard - Have students come to the whiteboard to annotate important information or to click the correct answers.