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Bessie Coleman Level R
Text Type: Nonfiction • Word Count: 1321

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WORKSHEETS FOR
BESSIE COLEMAN
Worksheets

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COMPREHENSION QUIZ FOR
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Comprehension Quiz
Level R Answer Sheet

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Correlation
READING A-Z LEVEL R
Grade 3
Fountas
& Pinnell
O
Reading
Recovery
22
DRA 34
Lesson Parts
1) Before Reading
2) During Reading
3) After Reading
4) Build Skills
5) Build Fluency
6) Extend the Reading
7) Assessment

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Book Summary
The first African-American female pilot, Bessie Coleman, was a brave pioneer. She set new standards for what women could do and achieve in the world. She also was instrumental in helping to create equal opportunities for African-Americans in the 1920s. This informative book, filled with photos of Coleman and the planes she flew, chronicles her life from childhood to her tragic early death in 1926.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

  • Connect to prior knowledge

Objectives

  • Use the reading strategy of making connections to prior knowledge to understand nonfiction text
  • Sequence events to gain understanding in a biographical text
  • Identify simple and compound subjects
  • Recognize and use content vocabulary

Materials

  • Book -- Bessie Coleman (copy for each student)
  • Chalkboard or dry erase board
  • Sequence, subjects, vocabulary worksheets

    Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if you choose not to have students consume the books.)

Vocabulary

  • Content words: aviation, discrimination, barnstormer, biplane, enlisted, loop-the-loop, manicurist, mechanic, sharecroppers, solo, parachuting, inspired