The Apache Peoples Reading Comprehension

Find Arizona and New Mexico on a map before reading. Children answer using details from the passage, then compare a wickiup with other homes they have learned about.

Two pages. Page 1 is the passage The Apache Peoples. It covers homelands across the Southwest, the name Ndee or Indé, the Western Apache, Chiricahua, Mescalero, Jicarilla, Lipan and Plains Apache groups, family bands, wickiups, foods such as agave and piñon nuts, and Apache nations today in Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Page 2 has 4 multiple choice and 2 written questions. The answer key gives sample answers.

Yes. We made it for 5th Grade holiday activities, and it works the same at home or at school. Families print it for one child and keep it where they will use it every day. Teachers print a copy per student or one for the whole room, whichever the day needs.

2 printable resources, all free to preview. There are 30 Native American Heritage Month resources in all, from Kindergarten to 5th Grade, gathered on our Native American Heritage Month activities page. Downloads are included with a ClassWeekly free trial, and every page prints on standard 8.5 x 11 paper.

These are written for 5th Grade students, roughly ages 10-11. Many teachers also use them a grade up for review or a grade down as an extension, so use the preview to judge the fit for a particular child.

Yes. Nothing here assumes a classroom of 25, so they work the same one-to-one at the kitchen table as they do in a 5th Grade classroom, a learning center, or a tutoring session.