What would it be like to travel in a covered wagon? Learn about the life of a pioneer with a short informational reading passage. Kids read four paragraphs about traveling in a covered wagon and how it is different than traveling today, then answer two questions about ideas found in the text.

Concepts

reading fluency, reading comprehension, informational texts, nonfiction texts

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Incorporate into a lesson about pioneers, and have kids research different facts about covered wagon travel
• Prompt kids to write about how something else is very different than it was a few centuries ago
• Give more questions for young readers to ponder, or have them come up with additional discussion points

Classroom Considerations

• The level for this specific passage is designated "easy," though attached reading passages vary in difficulty

Pros

• Reading level is appropriate for early readers, as well as readers who are at a more advance level
• Provides several other reading passages with informational text, all with designated "Easy," "Average," or "Advanced" levels

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.6.2