Veterans Day Reading Comprehension Questions for 5th and 6th Grade
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These Veterans Day reading comprehension questions for 5th and 6th grade are based on a rap music and will keep your students' attention using song lyrics as a reading passage while they practice a variety of reading skills. Easily incorporate them into independent activities or complete them together as a class lesson.
Students will listen to the song then use the song lyrics as a reading passage to complete the activities detailed below.
These activities are:
- no prep to save you time
- super simple and easy to use
- with high-interest reading passages based on rap songs!
The song for this activity explains the history of Veterans Day, how it became a public holiday, how it is celebrated, who veterans are, and their service and sacrifice for their country.
*Listen to the song with the video preview above!*
These activities include everything listed below. Click the links above for more details.
- the song lyrics for use as a reading passage
- TPT and YouTube links to listen to the song with subtitles for students
- 6 multiple-choice, reading comprehension questions with the answer key
- 6 multiple-choice, inferencing questions with the answer key
- 6 multiple-choice, synonyms questions with the answer key
- 6 multiple-choice, antonyms questions with the answer key
- 6 multiple-choice, identify the main idea questions with the answer key
- 3 multiple-choice, identify the supporting details questions with the answer key
- 1 "Main Idea on Beast Mode!" challenge activity where students will identify the main idea of the entire song using their main idea and supporting details graphic organizer
- a "Turn and Talk" activity that challenges students to discuss who veterans are, what they do, and how they can thank them for their service
- a brief lesson on syllables and tips on how to count them in words
- 14 "How many syllables?" activity questions where students will listen to and read the song lyrics to determine how many syllables are in specific words from the song
- 12 "Syllable hunt!" activity questions where students will read through the song lyrics, finding words that have 1, 2, 3, and 4 syllables and write them in the corresponding columns
- 12 "Divide the syllables" activity tasks where students will separate words that they have found into their syllabic parts
- a "Syllables on Beast Mode!" challenge activity where students will find a rare 5 syllable word in the song lyrics and write it correctly separated into its syllabic parts.
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*Music Credit: Syndrome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-hSxf0ObE8&t=0s&list=PL9N2x6W3DbwS3RkkFETyIKRjHjAHUl6F6&index=4
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