Keep Cool in Extreme Heat

Easy News Stories

Beg – Low Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 4–12

In this lesson featuring content adapted from The Associated Press, students read a true story about how to keep cool and stay safe during a summer heat wave.

Note that the digital version has real photos and additional tasks. Click on the Immersive Reader icon to hear the audio.

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Focus

simple present
reading
health and safety
summer
interpretive

Vocabulary

homeless
nausea
headache
cramp
sweat
dizzy
towel
temperature
A spinning paper plane
A spinning paper plane