"The First Flyers" is a one page, nonfiction, reading passage about the Wright brothers and their obsession with flying. It is followed by questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes: determining main idea and underlining supporting text. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standards 1 and 2 requiring close reading, textual evidence, main idea, and summarizing.

Concepts

reading comprehension, wright brothers

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Additional Tags

main idea and supporting details, "the first flyers", common core anchor reading standards 1 and 2, depaul university, depaul university: center for urban education: the first flyers, orville and wilbur wright, polk brothers foundation center for urban education

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 1 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Practice

Common Core

RI.1.2 RI.1.8 RI.2.2 RI.2.8 RI.3.2