April Fools' Day Reading Comprehension Pranks Articles & Assignments - Digital
April Fools' Day Reading Comprehension Pranks Articles & Assignments - Digital: This April Fools’ Day resource is the perfect way to incorporate the spirit of April Fools’ Day in the classroom while developing your students’ reading skills. The resource includes 5 high-interest articles that outline 5 epic April Fools’ Day pranks from history, student response assignments, and teacher slides to guide the lesson.
This is a Google-compatible activity, and students complete all the work on the computer. This works well with distance learning, 1:1 classrooms, remote teaching, Google Classroom, or for online education.
Included in the April Fools' Day Nonfiction Pranks Resource:
➡️ Pranks in History Google Slides: Use these Google slides to guide you through each step of the April Fools’ Day pranks in history lesson that includes pre-reading discussion questions relating to each of the nonfiction articles as well as detailed answer keys for each of the assignments.
➡️ 5 Pranks in History Digital Articles: Explore the world of epic pranks with five high-interest nonfiction digital articles. The 5 articles are Vote for Rhino, Gravity Hoax, Spaghetti Trees, Instant Color TV, Stuck in a Bottle. These articles provide a narrative about historical pranks that have gone down in history.
➡️ 5 Reading Comprehension Digital Assignments: Challenge students to deepen their understanding of each nonfiction article with five digital reading comprehension assignments. Each assignment features standards-based questions that require students to reread and find text evidence.
➡️ Teacher Answer Keys: Facilitate efficient grading and classroom review with detailed teacher answer keys for the reading comprehension tasks and questions. Answer keys are also included in the presentation slides.
What Teachers Are Saying About This April Fools' Day Pranks Nonfiction Resource:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My students loved reading about April Fools pranks through history. This lead to a intense discussion about pranks that they've played on others.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This resource was great to use on April Fool's day! Some of my students actually believed there were spaghetti trees. I will use this for years to come! Thank you!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I introduced the content as a real situation with videos and stories. When I finally revealed the hoax, the kids were interested in finding out what really happened. It was a great lesson to fill a day when kids are completely insane!