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Student Instructions
1. Read each page of the passage aloud when asked. 2. Answer the questions on the next pages. 3. Share your thoughts in the open-ended questions using words or a recording.
Teacher Notes (not visible to students)
This activity uses a short historical-first-person passage about a boy named Davey in 1838. Students practice reading fluency, literal comprehension, and inference. Use the reading-fluency recordings to check pronunciation and expression; Seesaw will provide automatic fluency scoring but teachers should listen to recordings for context and accuracy. The assessment questions are auto-gradable; open-ended responses should be graded manually as described below. High-quality answers for the paragraph open-ended question explain the main idea and use at least two details from the text (for example: Davey worries about Sam at sea and about Mr John selling the farm). For the multimedia prompt, a strong response will clearly describe one memory or worry Davey shares, speak clearly, and connect it to how Davey and Ma keep each other safe. Teachers can mark open-ended items correct/incorrect based on whether students include accurate details and reasoning from the passage.
