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The Transcontinental Railroad
Level X
Benchmark Books
| Reading A-Z Level |
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| Grade |
5 |
| Fountas & Pinnell |
S |
| Reading Recovery |
40 |
| DRA |
40 |
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The Transcontinental Railroad
Informational (nonfiction), 2,016 words,
Level X (Grade 5)
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Lesson Objectives |
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| Reading Strategy |
Summarize |
| Comprehension |
Main Idea and Details |
| Grammar and Mechanics |
Adverbs |
| Word Work |
Compound Words |
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Book Summary |
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Before the Transcontinental Railroad, travel across the American West was treacherous at best. And building the railroad was itself a dangerous task filled with battles, injury, and even death. This book recounts the difficulties in building the railroad and the amazing changes that the trains brought to the West.
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About the Lesson |
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Targeted Reading Strategy
Objectives
- Use the reading strategy of summarizing
- Identify main idea and details
- Identify sequence adverbs and proper comma placement
- Understand and use compound words
Vocabulary
Content words: agonizingly, ballast, discrimination, efficient, engineers, foremen, infamous, ties
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