Christopher Columbus Day
(October 12, 1492)
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From Shore to Shore
From Shore to Shore
Take your students on seafaring adventures as they advance in third grade reading with Abeka’s From Shore to Shore. With a nautical theme, Shore to Shore includes a variety of literature including historical fiction, international selections, classic literature, and informational text. Dive into famous poetry and folk tales, learn about Christopher Columbus, and go on many more adventures. From Shore to Shore will aid your child in learning to read with comprehension, increase writing, speaking, and reading vocabularies, and demonstrate an ability to read with appropriate oral expression. Enrichment exercises feature steps to summarize and analyze the main characters. Prepare your students for higher-level literary concepts through this remarkable reader.
Keywords:
Keywords:
Christopher Columbus, Asia, Europe, America, La Niña, La Pinta, La Santa María, Isabel and Fernando, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, cacao, wheat, horses, sheep, pigs
Christopher Columbus, Asia, Europe, America, La Niña, La Pinta, La Santa María, Isabel and Fernando, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, cacao, wheat, horses, sheep, pigs
Practice Reading Comprehension
Practice Reading Comprehension
Task Match the word to the photo
Task Match the word to the photo
QUIZ - Columbus Day
QUIZ - Columbus Day
My Cousin Andy taught the boys a terrific lesson about Christopher Columbus today!
Adrianna Horne (Homeschooling 2022) USA
Oct. 12, 2022
EXTRA ACTIVITIES Reading Comprehension
EXTRA ACTIVITIES Reading Comprehension
1. Who was theworld-famous sailor and adventurer in this story?
a) Ernest Hemingway
b) Christopher Columbus
c) Marco Polo
2. Christopher Columbus was most famous because he discovered:
a) Asia
b) Europe
c) America
3. Thanks to whom was Christopher Columbus able to carry out the trip?
a) Edward the Elder
b) Isabel and Fernando, the Spanish Catholic Kings
c) King Harald V
4. After 72 days of sailing, on the 12th of October 1492, who, yelled... Land Ahoy!
a) Christopher Columbus
b) Rodrigo de Triana
c) Fernando the Spanish Catholic King
5. Christopher Columbus brought back to Spain unknown products in Europe such as:
a) tomatoes, corn, potatoes, and coffee
b) tomatoes, plantains, corn, and cacao
c) tomatoes, corn, potatoes, and cacao
6. In this story Christopher Columbus also brought from Spain to America food and animals which they hadn't even heard of such as:
a) horses, cows, pigs, carrots and wheat
b) horses, sheep, pigs, onions and wheat
c) horses, turtles, pinguins, tomatoes and wheat
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