Description
Oregon Trail Color by Number, Reading Passage and Text Marking
This Oregon Trail Color by Number and Text Marking activity is the perfect way to bring life to the topic! Students read a non-fiction passage and search for answers while marking evidence from the text. Perfect reading comprehension activity.
Topics include: Oregon Trail, Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion.
Students complete a “before reading” anticipation guide, read about the Oregon Trail, answers questions, mark the text for evidence, color the picture according to their answer, and complete the “after reading” anticipation guide.
This is a great cross curriculum activity that also practices Language Arts skills and citing evidence. You can use this activity to assess prior knowledge. You can use this activity as a unit review. Lastly, you could use the student worksheet as a quiz or formative and then let them color as a reward! You choose what works best for you.
This is a fun, colorful activity that allows students to show mastery while relaxing, learning and coloring in their answers. This is also perfect for emergency sub plans! Hang the finished product in the hall for teachers and students to stop and admire.
What’s Included:
•1 Word design
•12 questions
•1 Reading Passage ( 2 pages – front/back)
•1 Anticipation Guide
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What do you need?
Crayons, markers or colored pencils
The following colors will be used: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green,
Blue, Brown, Purple
(all standard colors)
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Megan F. –
These are great no prep activities that take about 30 minutes to complete.
Judith H. –
I have purchased several of these activities and my students love hunting for evidence to support their answer and then coloring the final product.
Ashlie M. –
This is a great resource to use while studying the Oregon Trail.
Jessica C. –
This was such a great interactive learning adventure. The kids were so engaged.
Upper Elementary Tales –
This activity was great when I had a sub and needed an easy, low prep activity for my students to do on social studies.
Thanks!
Tay Teaching Texas –
This is an easy way to cover topics for my 5th graders and assess their understanding by tying in text evidence. Loved it!
Emily Baker –
Great tool for Middle School Students for a quick review that helps them understand the material.
Prints by Polly –
Fun activity to culminate our study of the Oregon trail
Melissa M. –
This resource was a great way to incorporate reading skills while also covering the social studies content.
Camilla H. –
This was perfect on a sub day at the end of the year. It was easy to check if students knew the information because they followed the directions on the sheet to color the front portion.
A Second Thought –
My students need accountability for finding and marking text evidence, and this had them doing it like it was a game. I ended up having to use this when I had a sub and it worked out perfectly. Students were very engaged in partner work on this.
Emily H. –
My students loved this resource, especially after a day of State Testing. It was the perfect activity for our shorter classes.
ALEXIA T. –
My students love these activities. I like that they also have to annotate the text by color.
ashley H. –
My students enjoyed this resource. It is easy to navigate and work alone or with a partner. The material did not require over explanation and was easy to assign and grade.
Rebecca T. –
I absolutely love lessons and activities created by Think Tank. They incorporate critical thinking skills and allow students to apply their knowledge on the topic.
Rebecca S. –
These lessons were super helpful when I had a sub. This was a non prep lesson that came handy. I will be using this again next year.
Leann L. –
I absolutely love these resources! My students are engaged with them because it’s “fun homework,” and I love how it integrates social studies and reading skills.
Terri D. –
Perfect fit into my Oregon Trail unit. I like the variety to this as well. Thanks!
Megan D. –
These color by number are a favorite of my students. There are so many to choose from as well.
Donna N. –
Used this as a supplemental activity to a text about the Oregon Trail. The kids loved it! Thanks.