Vermont fact file
Research Vermont: where it is, what it is known for, three interesting facts, and a drawing.
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Explore Vermont
Explore Vermont through reading passages about Montpelier, maple sugaring, Lake Champlain, and the Green Mountains. Choose a place or text type and discuss details from the reading.
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Reading passages across Vermont
Browse every reading connected to Vermont, including passages from its regions, cities, landmarks, and natural features.
Abigail and the Slow DripLower Elementary · Short Story • FictionVermont
Wyatt’s Walk in the WoodsLower Elementary · Diary Entry • FictionVermont
A Day at Shelburne FarmsUpper Elementary · Letter / Email • Functional TextsVermont
From Vermont Maple Trees to SyrupUpper Elementary · How-To / Procedural • Functional TextsVermont
Life Along the Shelburne Farms ShoreUpper Elementary · Report • InformationalVermont
Montpelier and the Vermont State HouseUpper Elementary · Explanatory Article • InformationalVermont
Mount Independence: A Fort on the Edge of RevolutionMiddle School · Explanatory Article • InformationalVermont
Protect the West River Before Trouble Flows DownstreamMiddle School · Opinion Piece • Opinion / ArgumentativeVermontVermont printables & worksheets
Print-and-go Vermont activities for the classroom or home — ready to download as PDF.
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One PDF with the reading passages, puzzles and worksheets you pick — start from a grade level and adjust from there, with the answer keys at the back.
Vermont KWL chart
Write what you already know about Vermont, what you want to find out, and what you learned.
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Plan a story set in Vermont: characters, setting, problem, what happens first, next, and last, and how it ends.
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Put Vermont in the middle and collect words and ideas connected to it.
Browse all word webCompare two things from Vermont
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Write an acrostic poem using the letters in the name Vermont.
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Printable word puzzles built from Vermont words — download as PDF, answer key included.
Easy word search
8×8 grid · 6 words across and down · answer key included
Medium word search
10×10 grid · 8 words with diagonals · answer key included
Tricky word search
12×12 grid · 10 words with backwards words · answer key included
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About Vermont
Montpelier is the capital of Vermont.
Lake Champlain borders Vermont and New York.
Mount Independence is a Revolutionary War historic site in Orwell, Vermont.
Explore Vermont through place-connected readings
Vermont’s reading map brings together stories and informational texts about the capital, farms, forests, waterways, and history. Choose a place or grade band, then use details from the reading and questions to guide a discussion.
Visit the capital and a sugarhouse
Montpelier and the Vermont State House introduces the capital and the work of state government. In Abigail and the Slow Drip, Abigail visits a sugarhouse with her dad. From Vermont Maple Trees to Syrup follows sap from the tree to the bottle.
Explore Lake Champlain and the woods
Life Along the Shelburne Farms Shore describes habitats beside Lake Champlain. In A Day at Shelburne Farms, Clara shares what she learned on a field trip. Wyatt’s Walk in the Woods follows a family hike at Underhill State Park.
Connect history and waterways
Mount Independence: A Fort on the Edge of Revolution explores a Revolutionary War site beside Lake Champlain. Protect the West River Before Trouble Flows Downstream presents reasons for caring for riverbanks and reducing runoff.
Choose a reading and review its questions for your learners. Return to the United States reading map to explore another state.
Vermont reading map FAQ
Which reading introduces Vermont’s capital?
Montpelier and the Vermont State House introduces the capital and its state government.
Which passages explore maple sugaring?
Abigail and the Slow Drip tells a story at a sugarhouse; From Vermont Maple Trees to Syrup explains how sap becomes syrup.
Which readings are set at Shelburne Farms?
Life Along the Shelburne Farms Shore describes a lake habitat, and A Day at Shelburne Farms follows a class field trip.
Is there a reading about the American Revolution?
Mount Independence: A Fort on the Edge of Revolution explores the defenses built beside Lake Champlain.