Planet Uranus Scavenger Hunt – Reading Comprehension Activity – Solar System

Description

This Planet Uranus Scavenger Hunt lesson is an engaging cross-curricular gallery walk activity that incorporates reading comprehension, informational text, citing text evidence, movement and critical thinking skills. It also includes an escape room aspect of a final mystery word and secret 4-digit code, leaving your students eager to finish the task. Great introduction to your Solar System or astronomy unit.

Topics include: Planet Uranus, Solar System, moons, rings, atmosphere

Instead of hunting for locations, students will hunt for code words. All you have to do is print the 10 reading passage cards, cut them in half, and hang or hide them!

Students will revisit the non-fiction text multiple times practicing reading comprehension skills as they rotate around the room seeking text evidence. To ensure understanding of the subject matter, students will answer questions that MUST be found directly in the reading passages. No prior knowledge is needed.

What’s Included

• 10 Reading Passages
• 10 Question Trails
• Student Recording Sheet
• Student Directions
• Teacher Directions
• Teacher Answer Key
• 2 Extension Activities

This fun front-loading lesson includes 10 short reading passages, a final mystery word, a question trail and a final 4-digit code. Each card reveals a new code word. The correct code words are not only found on a different card but also must be found IN the reading passage. Students must follow the trail in the correct order to determine the final numerical code. Should you choose to use the activity as a review activity, the questions would be too easy and the completion time would be too quick. Therefore, I highly encourage this activity to introduce a new unit.

How Does It Work?

Students choose a reading card to start at and may start at ANY card. They read the passage and look at the question at the bottom labeled code word. The code word for THAT card number will lead them to a different card. But here’s the catch… students will NOT know where to find the answer so they will have to visit, skim, browse and revisit the clue cards and reading passages several times to find the answer they are seeking. (The more times they read or skim, the greater the chances of the info sinking in!)

Is it still a scavenger hunt? It sure is! Students are roaming around the room hunting for answers. With large groups it’s often too hard to hide clues without the first group giving away the location once a clue has been found. This format ensures that ALL students can participate, and the answers will not be revealed by students who finish first.

You can hang the cards on the wall, scatter them on the floor, place them on desks, hide them or use as stations. How you choose to set it up in your classroom is up to you.

Students can work in pairs (or individually) and race to complete 10 questions, secret word and secret code. A friendly competition always increases engagement.

Skills Used:
Reading Comprehension
Critical Thinking
Citing Evidence
Problem Solving

Benefits of Use:
Active Learning
Cross-Curricular
Highly Engaging
Movement

Options for Use:
Anticipatory Sets
Early Finishers
Gallery Walk
Stations or Centers
Sub Plans
Rewards
Individual Work
Partner Activities
Extension Activities

Please note that the reading passage of this product overlaps with other products of mine on the same topic

Planet Saturn Scavenger Hunt

This Planet Saturn Scavenger Hunt lesson is an engaging cross-curricular activity that incorporates reading comprehension, informational text, citing text evidence, movement and critical thinking skills. It also includes an escape room aspect of a final 4-digit numeric code and 4-digit alpha code, leaving your students eager to finish the task. Great introduction to your Solar System or astronomy unit.

Topics include: Planet Saturn, Solar System, moons, rings, size, orbit, temperature, composition

No more boring reading passages where students are stuck at their desk turning textbook pages! Students will move around the classroom visiting TEN reading cards, reading short passages, finding text evidence and answering 10 questions. Each question has an image answer that indicates a specific LETTER of the alphabet.

Students will revisit the non-fiction text multiple times practicing reading comprehension skills as they rotate around the room seeking text evidence. To ensure understanding of the subject matter, students will answer questions that MUST be found directly in the reading passages. No prior knowledge is needed.

Instead of hunting for locations, students will hunt for answers seeking text evidence. All you have to do is print the 10 reading passage cards, cut them in half and hang/hide them!

What’s Included

• 10 Reading Cards
• 10 Questions
• Student Recording Sheet
• Student Directions
• Teacher Directions
• Teacher Answer Key
• 2 Extension Activities

How Does It Work?

Students start with a question found on their answer recording sheet. They then visit multiple passages until they find the answer they are looking for. Then, they record what card NUMBER the answer can be found on. Students may work the questions and reading cards in any order until all 10 are completed. But here’s the catch… students will NOT know where to find the answer so they will have to visit, skim, browse and revisit the reading cards several times to find the answer they are seeking. (The more times they read or skim, the greater the chances of the info sinking in!)

Skills Used:
Reading Comprehension
Critical Thinking
Citing Text Evidence
Problem Solving
Close Reading

Benefits of Use:
Movement
Print, Cut and Go
Cross-Curricular
Highly Engaging
Secret Codes

Options for Use:
Anticipatory Sets
Unit Review
Early Finishers
Gallery Walk
Stations or Centers
Sub Plans
Rewards
Individual Work
Partner Activities
Extension Activities

Please note that the reading passage and layout of this product overlaps with other Think Tank products on the same topic