Book Summary
"Daniel Boone" is a name that brings the wild frontier to mind, and with good reason. Daniel Boone lived in the early days of the United States, when the country was still young and growing. The push to move west was led by men like Daniel Boone, who had excellent hunting and tracking skills and knew how to survive in the wilderness. His amazing life story provides a glimpse of the wild frontier days of post-Revolution America. 

Lesson Objectives

Reading Strategies
Students should use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning and comprehend text. The target strategy for this lesson is: asking questions while reading. 

Word and Print Skills

Phonics
Vowel patterns
Word Work
Prefixes
Grammar
Subject and predicate 

Targeted Vocabulary Words
Places: Pennsylvania, Allegheny Mountains, North Carolina, Kentucky, Mississippi River, Kentucky River, Chillicothe, Ohio, Detroit, Boonesborough, Missouri, St. Louis

Other vocabulary: Native Americans, Europeans, British, pioneers, settlers, goods, horizon, mourned, teeming, vowed, purified, ammunition

These are difficult words that students will encounter in the text. You may want to review and discuss these words and have students add them to the classroom word wall or dictionary. 

Comprehension
You will likely address a number of comprehension skills as students work to understand the text. The target comprehension strategy for this lesson is: main idea and details.