The Amish p.1-4

Grade 4
Marking Period 3
Alternate Text Shared Reading
Week 21: The Amish

Lesson 3

​Pages 1-4

Teaching Meaning Vocabulary
sim · ple (closed, consonant-l-e)

Simple is an adjective that means plain,
basic or uncomplicated.

- A math problem could seem simple.

- A home with tan walls and plain furniture could be
described as simple.

- Someone might choose to move away from a big city
to lead a more simple life.

Multiple Select

What is a synonym for simple?

Find 2!

• complicated

• uncomplicated

• elaborate

• plain

Teaching Meaning Vocabulary
com · mu · nit · y (closed, open, closed, open)

Community is a noun. It means a group of
people living in the same place or having
something in common.

- Our classroom could be considered a community.

- Where we live could be considered a community.

- If you are talking or writing about more than one
community, to make it plural, you change the y to i and add
-es. Community becomes communities.

Multiple Choice

How many syllables are in the word, community?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Multiple Choice

com-mu-nit-y

What syllable type is: mu

• irregular

First Focus

Think about how people living in an
Amish community lead a simple life.

Choral Reading

I can use a
heading here!

While reading, I was asked to think about how people living in an Amish community lead to a simple life. I can use the heading "A Simple Life" on pg.3 to see that I can find details in the text and in the photograph about how they live a plain, basic, or uncomplicated life. I can summarize how they lead a simple life using the important details I found in this section.

Hotspot

Identify what makes the Amish simple, or plain.

Multiple Select

Why do the Amish wear plain clothes and ride in a buggy?

Choose more than one.

• they don't like cars and fancy clothes

• their religion tells them to live a simple life

• they want to keep their way of life from changing

• they are afraid of electricity

Dropdown

The first Amish community was started in​

Select answer

by ​

Select answer

and soon other communities began in ​

Select answer

. They came to ​

Select answer

to practice their ​

Select answer

freely.

Open Ended

Let's review our First Focus!

How do people living in an Amish community lead a simple life?

New Focus for Partner Reading

Think about how Amish communities
started in the United States.

Open Ended

How were Amish communities started in North America?

Let’s Talk About the Book!

1. Why did the Amish come to America?

2. Read the text and analyze the photograph

on page 2. Compare what you read and see to
how you and your family dress and travel.

3. How is the Amish community different from yours?

Fill in the Blanks

The Amish came to North America to practice their

.

Open Ended

Compare this photo from page 2 with how you and your family dress and travel.

Multiple Choice

Why do the Amish live apart from other communities?

• they don't like other communities

• they want to stay away from all electricity

• they want to keep their community from changing

• their very poor and can't live like modern communities

Anchor Chart

Amish LIfe

Meet the
Amish

A Simple Life

How Amish

Life Got
Started

Open Ended

What are some reasons why Dennis likes living his simple, Amish life?

Review Super Sentences

Model Super Sentences: simple & community

On Your Own

1. Use community and simple in super

sentences that summarize this section of the
text.

2. Explain why Amish life is simple.

3. Handwriting practice with new spelling

words.

4. Reread the text.