Glacier Bay National Park

edHelper.com
National Parks and Monuments

Glacier Bay National Park

Glacier Bay National Park

A Short Reader

Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 3 to 5
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	3.71

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		fjords, lodgepole, tidewater, landforms, species, elevation, kayak, bears, however, southern, affected, coast, narrow, camp, steep, there
	content words:		Glacier Bay National Park, Glacier Bay, Bay National Park

Print Glacier Bay National Park

Print Glacier Bay National Park (font options, pick words for additional puzzles, and more)

Quickly Print - PDF format

	Quickly Print: PDF (2 columns per page)
	Quickly Print: PDF (full page)

Quickly Print - HTML format

Quickly Print: HTML

Proofreading Activity

Print a proofreading activity

Feedback on Glacier Bay National Park

Leave your feedback on Glacier Bay National Park (use this link if you found an error in the story)

Glacier Bay National Park
By Meg Leonard

¹ There are eight national parks in Alaska. Glacier Bay National Park is one of these. It is located on the coast in the southern part of Alaska. The ocean currents affect the weather. They keep the weather mild in winter. The weather in summer is cool. It is also very rainy all year long. If you travel into the mountains, however, the weather is much colder. The mountains are farther from the ocean. The elevation of the mountains also makes the weather colder.

² Most visitors to Glacier Bay arrive by cruise ship or tour boat. Since the area is a bay, it is mostly water. There are places to hike, camp, or kayak here. Visitors to Glacier Bay can see many different landforms. They can see tall mountains. Some of the mountains are over 15,000 feet high! There are protected coves and coastal forests. There are deep fjords. Fjords are narrow coastal inlets with steep sides. They are often formed by glaciers. .....
For the complete story with questions: click here for printable

Weekly Reading Books

Create Weekly Reading Books

Prepare for an entire week at once!

National Parks and Monuments

National Parks and Monuments

United States

United States

		American Government

		Black History and Blacks in U.S. History

		Children in History

		Government Careers

		Hispanic Heritage

		How Can I Help?

		Immigration

		National Parks and Monuments

		Native Americans

		Presidents of the United States

		Women's History

United States History

		A Nation Divided (1840-1861)

		A New Nation (1776-1830)

		After the Civil War (1865-1870)

		American Revolution

		Cold War (1947-1991)

		Colonial America (1492-1776)

		Lewis and Clark (1804-1806)

		Spanish American War (1898)

		The 1890's

		The 1900's

		The 1910's

		The 1920's

		The 1930's

		The 1940's

		The 1950's

		The 1960's

		The 1970's

		The 1980's

		The 1990's

		The 2000's

		The Civil War (1861-1865)

		The Great Depression (1929-1945)

		The United States Grows (1865-1900)

		The War of 1812

		Wild, Wild West

		World War I (1914-1918)

		World War II

50 States

Fifty States Theme Unit

Document Based Activities

Document Based Activities