Upper Elementary
April 24 reading ideas
Finding reading ideas for this date…
Finding reading ideas for this date…
April 24 marks Hubble’s launch. Choose your year for Arbor Day and Irish history or readings about scent and independent bookshops.
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Hubble launched on April 24, 1990. Read how a telescope can collect light from above Earth’s atmosphere.
Hubble launched on April 24, 1990. Read how a telescope can collect light from above Earth’s atmosphere.
Special date
Read a fictional story in which a binturong follows scents and makes perfume. Identify how the author uses smell to develop the story.
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Explore Human Body Reading Passages as additional context for this reading activity.
Open collectionRead a fictional story in which a binturong follows scents and makes perfume. Identify how the author uses smell to develop the story.
Read passageSpecial date
Read how an independent shop can select books for its community and help readers discover a title.
Read how an independent shop can select books for its community and help readers discover a title.
Read passageMore reading for this time of year, alongside today’s special dates.
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Read stories about care, family, and ways to show appreciation.
Open collectionExplore plants, wildlife, and changing weather throughout spring.
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Have another idea for today’s lesson? Let Pico create an AI-assisted passage with questions and an illustration. Choose the topic and reading level in the creator.
Read Exploring the Universe with Telescopes. Explain one benefit of putting a telescope in space. Use a detail from the reading.
