4th Grade Spring Interactive Notebooks
Spring : A Reading Passage: History of TULIPS
By Gail Hennessey
With spring, comes the sprouting of tulips. Tulips have a very interesting history. Sharing information about the history of the tulip is a great way to show kids that EVERYTHING has a history.
Reading passage, Did You Know? fun facts, comprehension questions, Map-skill activity, Teacher page with extension activities and key.
Fun/informative reading activity.
Possible Interactive Notebook Activity.
The first in my series, Everything Has a History. Why not show your students that even candy has a history with this fun/informative web quest! Learn facts including marshmallows date back to 2000 BC and King Tut's Tomb contained licorice. I also have included several additional resources and extension activities. Great for a Friday, a day before a vacation activity or just when you'd like to share with kids that...everything has a history!History of Candy: A Webquest
Check out my newest in the series: Everything Has a History...even chewing Gum: History of Chewing Gum!
Check out my History of Shoes! Everything Has A History, even SHOES!
Check out my History of Peanuts! Learn about the history of the Peanut**Learn about the History of the Peanut**
**April 26th is National Pretzel Day!**Use this reading passage to show students that everything has a history, even pretzels! The resource includes a reading passage, a Did You Know? section of fun facts about pretzels. For example: Baldies are what saltless pretzels are called! There is also a short map skill activity to show students the location of where pretzels originated. There are comprehension questions and a teacher page with extension activities and links.The History of Pretzels!
Reading Passages:
George Washington and the Camel
Calvin Coolidge and the “Pennsylvania Avenue Zoo”
John Quincy Adams Takes a Swim
Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Cheese
Sojourner Truth
Santa Fe Trail: Wind WagonThomas
Revolutionary War Heroine: Catherine “Kate” Moore
Barry(Battle of Cowpens)
Enheduanna, First Known Poet in History
Artemisia(Female Naval Commander during the Battle of Salamis)
Hanno: Phoenician Explorer
Ramses the Great
Hatshepsut
Hammurabi
Alexander the Great
Aesop
Socrates
Hannibal
Hypatia: First Woman Mathematician
Aglaonike(Greek astronomer)
Agnodice(First Female Doctor of Ancient Greece)
Julius Caesar
Archimedes
Sparticus
Diocles
Joan of Arc
Phillis Wheatley
Mary Anning
Caroline Herschel
Sophie Brahe: Astronomer and Horticulturist
Hildegard of Bingen(Middle Ages)
Aida de Acosta(First Woman to Fly a Powered Aircraft)
Women’s Suffrage: The Silent Sentinels
History of Pretzels
History of Marshmallows
History of Tulips
Snowmen in History
History of April Fools’ Day
Great Wall of China
Eiffel Tower
Ayres Rock(Uluru)
Taj Mahal
Travel to Iceland
Travel to Greece
Travel to Japan
TULIPS: A Sign of Spring(FREEBIE)
By Gail Hennessey
Possible Interactive Notebook Activity to use with students as a springtime activity.
Show Kids that EVERYTHING has a HISTORY, even the tulip!
See the entire resource:
Sharing information about the history of the tulip is a great way to show kids that EVERYTHING has a history. The resource includes a reading passage, Did You Know? fun facts, comprehension questions, Map-skill activity, Teacher page with extension activities and key. Click here: https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Spring-A-Reading-Passage-History-of-TULIPS-2426247
History of TULIPS, A Reading Passage(Spring)
By Gail Hennessey
With spring, comes the sprouting of tulips. Tulips have a very interesting history. Sharing information about the history of the tulip is a great way to show kids that EVERYTHING has a history.
Reading passage, Did You Know? fun facts, comprehension questions, Map-skill activity, Teacher page with extension activities and key.
Fun/informative reading activity.
Possible Interactive Notebook Activity.
The first in my series, Everything Has a History. Why not show your students that even candy has a history with this fun/informative web quest! Learn facts including marshmallows date back to 2000 BC and King Tut's Tomb contained licorice. I also have included several additional resources and extension activities. Great for a Friday, a day before a vacation activity or just when you'd like to share with kids that...everything has a history!History of Candy: A Webquest
Check out my newest in the series: Everything Has a History...even chewing Gum: History of Chewing Gum!
Check out my History of Shoes! Everything Has A History, even SHOES!
Check out my History of Peanuts! Learn about the history of the Peanut**Learn about the History of the Peanut**
**April 26th is National Pretzel Day!**Use this reading passage to show students that everything has a history, even pretzels! The resource includes a reading passage, a Did You Know? section of fun facts about pretzels. For example: Baldies are what saltless pretzels are called! There is also a short map skill activity to show students the location of where pretzels originated. There are comprehension questions and a teacher page with extension activities and links.The History of Pretzels!
Reading Passages:
George Washington and the Camel
Calvin Coolidge and the “Pennsylvania Avenue Zoo”
John Quincy Adams Takes a Swim
Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Cheese
Sojourner Truth
Santa Fe Trail: Wind WagonThomas
Revolutionary War Heroine: Catherine “Kate” Moore
Barry(Battle of Cowpens)
Enheduanna, First Known Poet in History
Artemisia(Female Naval Commander during the Battle of Salamis)
Hanno: Phoenician Explorer
Ramses the Great
Hatshepsut
Hammurabi
Alexander the Great
Aesop
Socrates
Hannibal
Hypatia: First Woman Mathematician
Aglaonike(Greek astronomer)
Agnodice(First Female Doctor of Ancient Greece)
Julius Caesar
Archimedes
Sparticus
Diocles
Joan of Arc
Phillis Wheatley
Mary Anning
Caroline Herschel
Sophie Brahe: Astronomer and Horticulturist
Hildegard of Bingen(Middle Ages)
Aida de Acosta(First Woman to Fly a Powered Aircraft)
Women’s Suffrage: The Silent Sentinels
History of Pretzels
History of Marshmallows
History of Tulips
Snowmen in History
History of April Fools’ Day
Great Wall of China
Eiffel Tower
Ayres Rock(Uluru)
Taj Mahal
Travel to Iceland
Travel to Greece
Travel to Japan
TULIPS: A Sign of Spring(FREEBIE)
By Gail Hennessey
Possible Interactive Notebook Activity to use with students as a springtime activity.
Show Kids that EVERYTHING has a HISTORY, even the tulip!
See the entire resource:
Sharing information about the history of the tulip is a great way to show kids that EVERYTHING has a history. The resource includes a reading passage, Did You Know? fun facts, comprehension questions, Map-skill activity, Teacher page with extension activities and key. Click here: https://www.TeachShare.com/Product/Spring-A-Reading-Passage-History-of-TULIPS-2426247