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John Cabot Reading Passage - Comprehension

Updated: 21 Sep 2023

Discover famous explorers like John Cabot with printable reading comprehension activities.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 4 Pages
Grades: 3 - 5

Curriculum

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.10

By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.4

Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10

By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.B

Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2

Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.5

Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4.A

Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

ELAR 3.5

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading. The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently. The student is expected to self-select text and rea...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 3
ELAR 3.6

Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to: (1) es...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 3
ELAR 3.7

Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to: (1) describe pers...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 3
ELAR 3.9(D)(i)

The central idea with supporting evidence;
ELAR 3.9(D)(ii)

Features such as sections, tables, graphs, timelines, bullets, numbers, and bold and italicized font to support understanding; and
ELAR 4.4

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--fluency. The student reads grade-level text with fluency and comprehension. The student is expected to use appropriate fluency (rate...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 4
ELAR 4.5

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading. The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently. The student is expected to self-select text and rea...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 4
ELAR 4.6

Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to: (1) es...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 4
ELAR 5.7

Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to: (1) describe pers...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 5
ELAR 5.9(D)

Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
ELAR 5.10

Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. Th...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 5
Social Studies 4.2

History. The student understands the causes and effects of European exploration and colonization of Texas. The student is expected to:
1. TEKS Social Studies
2. TEKS Social Studies 4
Social Studies 4.2(A)

Summarize motivations for European exploration and settlement of Texas, including economic opportunity, competition, and the desire for expansion;
Social Studie4s 4.2(B)

Identify the accomplishments and explain the impact of significant explorers, including Cabeza de Vaca; Francisco Coronado; and René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, on the settlement of Texas;
ELAR 5.5 ELAR 5.6
1. Teks

teaching resource

John Cabot Reading Passage - Comprehension

Updated: 21 Sep 2023

Discover famous explorers like John Cabot with printable reading comprehension activities.

Editable: Google Slides
Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 4 Pages
Grades: 3 - 5

Discover famous explorers like John Cabot with printable reading comprehension activities.

Looking for Reading Comprehension Activities?

You’ve come to the right place! We’ve put together an awesome resource to help you blend reading comprehension and Social Studies into the same lesson! It’s always good to take content across the curriculum, and you can do just that with this early explorers comprehension passage and worksheet.

Discover the Accomplishments of John Cabot

This reading comprehension worksheet will help your students understand the importance of John Cabot’s role in early exploration and provide them with some interesting facts about his life. They’ll learn about his place in history and his contributions to exploration and get some practice answering questions about reading passages. The answer key is included for easy grading!

John Cabot for Kids – Grade Appropriate Reading Passages

This worksheet is perfect for elementary social studies classes studying famous historical figures such as the early explorers or for older students who need extra practice with reading comprehension.

Tips for Differentiation of Reading Comprehension Activities

In addition to independent student work time, use this worksheet as an activity for:

Guided reading groups
Formative Assessment
Lesson wrap-up
Fast finishers
Homework assignment

To challenge students needing acceleration, have them extend their learning about the different explorers into an informational research paper or project using our Informational Text Planning Templates.

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Additionally, you could project the worksheet onto a screen and work through the passage and questions as a whole-group reading comprehension lesson.

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This resource was created by Katy Blevins, a teacher in Georgia and a Teach Starter Collaborator.

Curriculum

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.10

By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.4

Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10

By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.B

Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2

Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.5

Compare and contrast the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in two or more texts.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4.A

Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

ELAR 3.5

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading. The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently. The student is expected to self-select text and rea...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 3
ELAR 3.6

Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to: (1) es...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 3
ELAR 3.7

Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to: (1) describe pers...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 3
ELAR 3.9(D)(i)

The central idea with supporting evidence;
ELAR 3.9(D)(ii)

Features such as sections, tables, graphs, timelines, bullets, numbers, and bold and italicized font to support understanding; and
ELAR 4.4

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--fluency. The student reads grade-level text with fluency and comprehension. The student is expected to use appropriate fluency (rate...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 4
ELAR 4.5

Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading. The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently. The student is expected to self-select text and rea...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 4
ELAR 4.6

Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to: (1) es...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 4
ELAR 5.7

Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to: (1) describe pers...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 5
ELAR 5.9(D)

Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:
ELAR 5.10

Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. Th...
1. TEKS ELAR
2. TEKS ELAR 5
Social Studies 4.2

History. The student understands the causes and effects of European exploration and colonization of Texas. The student is expected to:
1. TEKS Social Studies
2. TEKS Social Studies 4
Social Studies 4.2(A)

Summarize motivations for European exploration and settlement of Texas, including economic opportunity, competition, and the desire for expansion;
Social Studie4s 4.2(B)

Identify the accomplishments and explain the impact of significant explorers, including Cabeza de Vaca; Francisco Coronado; and René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, on the settlement of Texas;
ELAR 5.5 ELAR 5.6
1. Teks

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