Settlement Patterns in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, & Caribbean | Reading Activity

This digital and print Settlement Patterns in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean has everything you need to fully teach the Social Studies standard for Human Systems – Explain how the environment influences settlement patterns in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Your students will love learning about the way people settled in these regions!

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These close reading texts are intended to give your students valuable practice using complex Social Studies informational text with close reading strategies. The higher-order questions are short response and will give students the opportunity to use complete sentences while citing text evidence and gaining an understanding of an important Social Studies standard. There are graphic organizers that you can use in guided groups – centers – partners – or independently to further your student’s mastery of the text structures. At the end of this unit, students have the opportunity to create a settlement using their newly learned expertise!

Included in this pack:

♦ 5 Social Studies Informational Close Reading Passages

{Where People Build Settlements, Settlements in the U.S., Settlements in Canada,

Settlements in Mexico and Settlements in the Caribbean}

♦ 1st Read "Get the Gist" Summary & Vocabulary Activity

♦ 2nd Read Text-Based Comprehension Questions and Graphic Organizer

{Main Idea, Compare/Contrast, Cause/Effect, and Sequence}

♦ Create a Settlement Activity (printable only)

♦ Answer Keys

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Use these passages for:

• Whole Group

• Guided Groups

• Centers

• Partners

• Independent Learners

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