Description
Westward Expansion Color by Number, Reading Passage and Text Marking
This Westward Expansion 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, Lewis and Clark, California Gold Rush, Missouri Compromise.
Students complete a “before reading” anticipation guide, read about Westward Expansion, answer 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
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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Michelle P. –
My students really enjoy interacting with this product. I like that they can work with a partner and they scour the text searching for the answers. For any teacher, that is surely a win-win situation.
There is collaboration, Literacy skills and historical learning all happening within a single task. The students enjoy the coloring in, and I like that they enjoy working and learning.
As I said, a win-win situation.
Thank you.
Kendra H. –
Well made resource. Useful in my 5th grade classroom.
Amie R. –
I loved the reading passage and this kept students engaged and they loved coloring it
Kendal E. –
My students love color by numbers. This one was very straight forward and fun for them to complete. It is nice to use if you want a little change of pace. I also love how there are a lot of different ways you can use it for a lesson!
Emily Baker –
Great tool for Middle School Students for a quick review that helps them understand the material.
Rachel M. –
My 4th graders were engaged and challenged by this color by number. It was a great way to have them review what we had learned about Westward Expansion that went beyond just reading a text and answering questions.
Yuliana Cardona –
great resource, easy to work, low prep, and my students really enjoyed it.
Samantha N. –
I love the color by number passages. It’s an engaging way for my students to use the text to answer questions but a very easy check for understanding on my end. I like the questions have the two different answers to choose from so kids have to pay attention to the details as they read.
Betty R. –
Fun activities to use after students complete classroom book learning. Thank you for putting it together.
Margaret F. –
This is a great activity for students to work on independently while I work with small groups. Students really loved it and asked for more activities like this. Thank you!
Victoria S. –
I LOVE these resources to supplement my students’ instruction about whatever we’re learning about without spending my whole prep creating something they might not get as much information from!
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.
Anna O. –
It is a fun and low stakes way to introduce or wrap up a topic.
Mikelyn D. –
My students loved using this resource! I used this as Leap Review and they stayed engaged! Thank you! :0)
Emily W. –
I loved using this with my students! Great resource!
Maghen C. –
Love it! It was exactly what I was looking for to help my students!
Tami R. –
It was a great introduction to the westward expansion chapter. My students learned things that weren’t in the text books
Shelby D. –
Great resource, my students enjoyed this activity!
Mary B. –
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Paige D. –
I love this product. It is great to use for reinforcing the social studies content but also to allow students some time to work independently or with a partner. Students must go back into the reading passage to find answers. My students need that practice.