Claudette Colvin Reading Comprehension
Hey teachers! Are you tired of using the same old boring reading comprehension activities to teach your students about Claudette Colvin? Here’s the perfect solution – a rap song with reading comprehension worksheets based on “Claudette Colvin, the Original Rosa Parks”!
Engage your students with music!
We all know that kids love music, so why not incorporate it into your lesson plans to keep their attention and make learning more fun? Our song and worksheets bundle is designed to do just that. Your students will listen to the song and use the lyrics as a reading passage to complete a variety of activities that will help them practice important reading skills such as identifying the main idea and supporting details and using context clues.
One of the best things about this bundle is that it is no-prep and super easy to use. Whether you want to use it for independent activities or as a class lesson, it can easily be incorporated into your curriculum.
The “Original Rosa Parks”
This song explores the bravery of Claudette Colvin, who at just fifteen years old refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus before Rosa Parks. This activity covers events surrounding Colvin’s actions and teaches kids about her important role in history.
In addition to listening to the song, this bundle includes a variety of activities such as:
- a timeline activity,
- a sequential paragraph writing activity,
- multiple-choice context clues questions with the answer key,
- multiple-choice synonyms and antonyms questions with the answer key,
- and decoding syllables activities.
School just went beast mode!
We also included a “Main Idea on Beast Mode” challenge activity where students will identify the main idea of the entire song using their main idea and supporting details graphic organizer. And a “Turn and Talk” discussion activity that challenges students to identify and discuss people throughout history that have contributed to important historical events but have often been overlooked.
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