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Grade 4 Exploration & Colonization (State) — Reading Comprehension — European Explorers Free printable reading comprehension passage about european explorers. Students read the passage and answer questions to build understanding. For 4th Grade (ages 9–10).
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European Explorers LITERACY · 4TH GRADE Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Between about 1450 and 1600, European rulers paid sailors to find sea routes to Asia, where spices and silk were worth enormous sums. Better ships called caravels, the magnetic compass, and the astrolabe made long ocean voyages survivable for the first time. Columbus sailed west for Spain in 1492 and reached the Caribbean; Vasco da Gama rounded Africa to India in 1498; Magellan's crew finished the first voyage around the world in 1522. These voyages linked continents that had been separate, and the exchange of crops, animals, and diseases that followed changed life on all of them. For the peoples already living in the Americas, the arrival of Europeans brought invasion, forced labour, and epidemics that killed most of the population. Questions: 1 What were European rulers paying sailors to find? 2 Name two inventions that made long ocean voyages possible. 3 What did the voyages bring to the peoples already living in the Amer… www.littleactivity.com 4th Grade · Literacy
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European Explorers LITERACY · 4TH GRADE Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Between about 1450 and 1600, European rulers paid sailors to find sea routes to Asia, where spices and silk were worth enormous sums. Better ships called caravels, the magnetic compass, and the astrolabe made long ocean voyages survivable for the first time. Columbus sailed west for Spain in 1492 and reached the Caribbean; Vasco da Gama rounded Africa to India in 1498; Magellan's crew finished the first voyage around the world in 1522. These voyages linked continents that had been separate, and the exchange of crops, animals, and diseases that followed changed life on all of them. For the peoples already living in the Americas, the arrival of Europeans brought invasion, forced labour, and epidemics that killed most of the population. Questions: 1 What were European rulers paying sailors to find? 2 Name two inventions that made long ocean voyages possible. 3 What did the voyages bring to the peoples already living in the Amer… www.littleactivity.com 4th Grade · Literacy
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B is for Bubble Day LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Plan it first, then write. Use the word bank. Write about: B is for Bubble Day Plan it: Who is in your story? What is the problem? Where and when does it happen? Word bank gigantic brilliant clumsy delighted whisper narrow carefully howling Now write: stuck? start with “One morning…” www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy
C is for Coloring Day LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Plan it first, then write. Use the word bank. Write about: C is for Coloring Day Plan it: Who is in your story? Where and when does it happen? What is the problem? Word bank bright brushstroke rhythm pattern imagine create melody sketch Now write: stuck? start with “One morning…” www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy
D is for Dance Day LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Plan it first, then write. Use the word bank. Write about: D is for Dance Day Plan it: How do the characters feel at the end? How does the problem get solved? Who is in your story? Word bank melody create imagine brushstroke rhythm bold bright texture Now write: stuck? start with “One morning…” www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy
E is for Exercise Day LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Plan it first, then write. Use the word bank. Write about: E is for Exercise Day Plan it: How do the characters feel at the end? Where and when does it happen? Who is in your story? Word bank sparkling eager ancient whisper cautious gloomy carefully brilliant Now write: stuck? start with “One morning…” www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy
