Teaching Resource

Black History Profile: Thomas Mundy Peterson - Comprehension Worksheet

PDF, Google Slides | 3 pages|Grades: 3 - 6

A comprehension task to use when learning about Thomas Mundy Peterson.

Celebrate Black History Month in your classroom with this resource about Thomas Mundy Peterson, the first African American to vote under the 15th Amendment.

There are three options for you to choose from when downloading this resource.

You may choose to print the profile of Thomas Mundy Peterson and comprehension questions on letter-size paper for your students to use independently.
You may choose to print the profile of Thomas Mundy Peterson on tabloid paper and display it as a poster in your classroom during Black History Month.
You may choose to download the Google Slides version of the comprehension task and questions to assign to your students.

An answer sheet is provided for the comprehension task.

Common Core

Common Core Curriculum alignment

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
In Grade 3 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Foundational Skills Fluency
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4.B
Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
In Grade 3 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Foundational Skills Fluency CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Foundational Skills Fluency
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
In Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Foundational Skills Fluency
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.10
By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Informational Text Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 4-5 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
In Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards Reading: Informational Text Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

Published by Teach Starter Publishing
We create premium quality, downloadable teaching resources for primary/elementary school teachers that make classrooms buzz!

Comments & Reviews

Write a review to help other teachers and parents like yourself. If you would like to request a change (Changes & Updates) to this resource, or report an error, simply select the corresponding tab above.

Resource Updates

We have added a Google Slides version to this resource.
Addition by Garrett Oct 7th, 2020

Suggest a change

Would you like something changed or customized on this resource? While our team evaluates every suggestion, we can't guarantee that every change will be completed.

You must be logged in to request a change. Sign up now!

Report an Error

You must be logged in to report an error. Sign up now!

If any of our resources do not have 100% accurate American English (en-US), simply click on the 'Report an error' tab above to let us know. We will have the resource updated and ready for you to download in less than 24 hours. Read more...