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International Women's Day Gender Ground Rules – Task Cards
Free | 3 pages (PDF)|Grades: 3 - 6A set of task cards to be paired with the International Women’s Day comic ‘Gender Ground Rules’.
What are these task cards for?
These task cards have been designed specifically for use with the International Women’s Day Comic, Gender Ground Rules.
How do I use the comic and task cards for reading groups?
In countless ways! You could assign each reading group the comic, then allow the students to work through the five sets of task cards.
Teachers, please read over articles before you plan your activities. Some content may need teacher guidance depending on students abilities.
What types of task cards are included?
Six task cards have been included. These address the areas of writing, language, comprehension, reading strategies, and higher-order thinking skills.
The International Women’s Day Comic
You can access the comic Gender Ground Rules by clicking the thumbnail below.
Common Core Curriculum alignment
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.3
Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3
Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.4.A
Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.4.4.A
Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.5.4.A
Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.D
Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.4.C
Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.4.C
Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation and determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4.C
Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
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