Silver Dart Activity

In the activity package you will find the following, all ready to print:

– Story of the Silver Dart for younger audience
– Set of cue cards with images to help the listener retell the story (to be printed and cut out)

– Story of the Silver Dart for an older audience
– Set of reading comprehension questions to be answered after the story was read (can also be used by ESL learners)
– French version of the reading comprehension questions (can be used by both, French speaking ESL and English speaking FSL students)

– A short math exercise to calculate the surface area of a kite
– Coloring sheet showing the Silver Dart in flight (of course you can always draw your own from scratch)
– A writing exercise to help McCurdy and Baldwin pitch their invention

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Bell and McCurdy – Younger Audience

Cue Cards

Bell and McCurdy -Older Audience

Reading Comprehension

Comprehension de lecture

Silver Dart Image

Kite Math

Writing activity

Answer Key