Daily Comprehension MARCH REM 1108 AUTHOR: Anne Sattler A TEACHING RESOURCE FROM ©2019, 2016 Copyright by Remedia Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. The purchase of this product entitles the individual teacher to reproduce copies for classroom use. The reproduction of any part for an entire school or school system is strictly prohibited. REMEDIA PUBLICATIONS, INC. SCOTTSDALE, AZ This product utilizes innovative strategies and proven methods to improve student learning. The product is based upon reliable research and effective practices that have been replicated in classrooms across the United States. Information regarding the Common Core State Standards this product meets is available at www.rempub.com/standards INTRODUCTION Daily Comprehension is a 12-book series with each volume covering a single month of the year. The format features an “on-this-day-in-history” approach. A short, factual story about a person, place, or event is presented for each day of the month and was chosen because of its particular significance on that certain date. Each story is accompanied by an activity page, which tests the student’s comprehension of the article’s content. Activities include questions, crossword puzzles, fill-in-the-blanks, and more. A related research project for each story may require students to gather information from print or digital sources. The books are designed for use in grades 5-12. Readability is on a 3rd-4th grade level. CONTENTS Yellowstone National Park .......................................................................... 1 The Man Behind Dr. Seuss......................................................................... 3 National Anthem ........................................................................................ 5 Knute Rockne ............................................................................................. 7 Voyager 1 ................................................................................................... 9 Fall Of The Alamo ......................................................................................11 Luther Burbank ......................................................................................... 13 First Ironclad Ships ................................................................................... 15 George Burns ........................................................................................... 17 Salvation Army ......................................................................................... 19 Johnny Appleseed Day ............................................................................. 21 Janet Reno ............................................................................................... 23 National Nickname .................................................................................. 25 Cotton Gin ................................................................................................ 27 Maine ........................................................................................................ 29 West Point ................................................................................................ 31 Saint Patrick's Day ................................................................................... 33 Bonnie Blair .............................................................................................. 35 Swallow Day ............................................................................................. 37 Harriet Beecher Stowe ............................................................................. 39 Future Birth Of Captain Kirk ..................................................................... 41 First Indian Treaty ..................................................................................... 43 Lewis And Clark Expedition ...................................................................... 45 Exploring The Grand Canyon ................................................................... 47 The Biggest Sculpture .............................................................................. 49 Vietnam Veterans Memorial .................................................................... 51 Alaska Earthquake .................................................................................. 53 Three Mile Island ..................................................................................... 55 Coca-Cola................................................................................................. 57 Buying Alaska ........................................................................................... 59 Virgin Islands ............................................................................................ 59 Daily Comprehension Activities ii ©Remedia Publications Name______________________________________________________ MARCH 1 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK National parks are large areas of steam below the ground surface. scenic land owned by the United The steam pushes up on the mud, States government. The land is causing it to boil or bubble. Minerals protected. This means that it in the mud make the pools different cannot be used for anything except shades of orange, brown, and as a park which visitors can enjoy. yellow. There are 53 national parks in the A large, deep canyon contains a United States. On March 1, 1872, waterfall that is 300 feet high. There Yellowstone was established as the are fossil forests with petrified tree first U.S. National Park. It is the trunks. Mountains, rivers, and lakes largest of all the parks. It is mainly in cover parts of the park. northwestern Wyoming and slightly Yellowstone is a great wild animal overlaps into Montana and Idaho. refuge. Protected herds of elk, moose, It is about 62 miles long and 54 deer, antelope, and buffalo live there. miles wide. Bears are there, as well as many kinds There are more geysers in of birds. Yellowstone than in all the rest of the Millions of people visitYellowstone world. Old Faithful is a famous geyser National Park every year to hike, in the park. It got its name because camp, and enjoy the unusual sights. it regularly shoots up hot water and Because it is a national park, it steam about every 67 minutes. will always remain a natural scenic There are pools of bubbling mud wonderland. at Yellowstone. They are caused by ©Remedia Publications 1 Daily Comprehension Activities Name______________________________________________________ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the story. 1. National parks are _______________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________. 2. There are _____________ national parks in the United States. 3. Yellowstone is mainly in northwestern _________________________________. 4. A famous geyser in Yellowstone is called _______________________________. 5. Bubbling pools of mud are caused by __________________________________. 6. _________________________________ in the mud color the pools shades of orange, brown, and yellow. 7. A large, deep canyon in the park contains a _____________________________ that is __________________________ high. 8. There are fossil forests with ________________________________________. 9. Protected herds of ______________________________________________ live in Yellowstone Park. 10. Two other kinds of animal that can be seen in Yellowstone Park are _____________________________________________________________. Research: Find petrify in a dictionary. Write the meaning of the word as it applies to trees. Daily Comprehension Activities 2 ©Remedia Publications Name______________________________________________________ MARCH 2 THE MAN BEHIND DR. SEUSS Theodor Seuss Geisel spent his books were silly and that no one most of his life dreaming up fanciful would buy them. Finally, in 1937, a creatures with tongue-twisting friend published And to Think That I names. These creatures became Saw It on Mulberry Street. It is a story lovable characters in storybooks by about an unbelievable street parade. “Dr. Seuss.” It is the first book on which Geisel Geisel was born on March 2, used his pen name: Dr. Seuss. Both 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. children and parents loved it. As a child, he was always drawing Later came The Cat in the Hat, pictures of strange-looking people Green Eggs and Ham, Horton Hatches and animals. He often went to the the Egg, and Yertle the Turtle and zoo with his father, who was a Other Stories. Altogether, 46 Dr. zookeeper, and drew the animals he Seuss books were published. They saw there. have been translated into 15 different After graduating from college, languages and sold worldwide. Geisel worked many years doing Geisel never had children of his artwork for advertising companies. own, but he loved to write books for In his spare time, he wrote and children. He received many honors illustrated books for children. and awards for his unusual drawings At first, no one would publish and writing style. He was 87 years Geisel’s books. Publishers thought old when he died in 1991. ©Remedia Publications 3 Daily Comprehension Activities Name______________________________________________________ THE MAN BEHIND DR. SEUSS Write your answers on the lines of the pattern. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____