Use text features (e.g., headings, subheadings, formatting) as appropriate to signal simple relationships between ideas. 0801.3.9

Links verified on 8/25/2014

1. Captions Help Tell the Story - students look at three pictures and try to determine which caption fits best
2. Dust Bowl Timeline - (from PBS) Use this timeline to practice this SPI.
   1. Other Timelines at Internet4Classrooms
3. Looking for the Fine Print - students read advertisements to practice reading critically
4. Using Graph and Charts
   1. Interpreting a Data Chart - students practice by answering questions about what can be found in a grid chart
   2. Interpreting Column Graphs - students practice by answering ten questions about the graph
   3. Interpreting Circle (Pie) Graphs - students practice by answering eight questions about the graph
   4. Using Graphs to Understand Data - a five-question multiple-choice quiz
5. Using Maps
   1. Beginner's Map Reading Skills - Several activities are presented to assist in teaching the concepts of reading maps.
   2. Graphs and charts - five different graphs and charts for you to consider
   3. How to read a map - Several activities are presented to assist in teaching the concepts of reading maps. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
   4. Index of topics and quizzes - by David J. Leveson at CUNY in Brooklyn, NY
   5. Latitude and Longitude quiz - quiz that checks answers
   6. Map Reading Activities - practice reading maps using compasses, latitude, longitude and more
   7. Mathematics of Cartography - several map activity from Cynthia Lanius
   8. National Atlas of the United States
   9. What's On a Map? - eight questions about using various parts of a map
6. Read All About It! - Newspapers are divided into standard sections. Students use sections to predict where types of stories would be found
7. Reading Headlines - students read eight headlines and try to determine what the article is about
8. Reading Headlines - Match the newspaper headlines on the left to the newspaper section on the right.
   
   

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