The Great Land Run
La gran toma de tierras
The Great Land Run
The Great Land Run
The Great Land Run
The Great Land Run
The Great Land Run
Historical (fiction), 761 words, Level O (Grade 2), Lexile 650L
It’s April 22, 1889, and fifty thousand boomers line up on the border of the Unassigned Territory, ready to stake their claims on available land. They’re waiting for high noon and that starting shot. The Great Land Run tells the stories of what brought a few of these boomers to the border hoping for a better life. Detailed illustrations support this exciting tale of the Wild West.
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Story Words
acres, boomers, claim, leases, sooners, territory
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Sequence Events : Sequence events in the text
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Consonant Digraphs : Identify consonant digraph sh
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Contractions : Identify contractions
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Homophones : Identify and understand homophones
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