Module 4: The Wild West

LESSON SLIDES

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Into Reading Lesson Slides.

Reading and Vocabulary.

Grade 5• Module 4 • Week 1 • Lesson 1.

In this lesson:
•Build Knowledge and Language: Wild West

•Shared Reading: Text Structure with Why Go West?

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Build Knowledge and Language.

Let’s build our knowledge

about the pioneers and

the settlement of the West!

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Build Knowledge and Language.

Wild West.

You will learn about settling the West.

A covered wagon led by horses sits in the desert.

What do you know about expanding west?
What time period did it cover?

Life in the Wild West

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Build Knowledge and Language.

ESSENTIAL
QUESTION.

What character
traits were
needed in people
who settled the
West?

WATCH
ON Ed.

Get Curious Video: Life in the Wild West.

• What would you have liked or disliked about being

a pioneer?

• What are some of the dangers people faced as

they traveled west?

• How does the video connect to the Essential

Question?

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Build Knowledge and Language.

Let’s Learn!

native

epic

midland

victory

1.

Look at Vocabulary Cards 4.1–4.4.

2.

Discuss each word.

3.

How do these words relate to the topic
“Wild West”?

Match

Match the following vocabulary words to the definitions

• native

• epic

• midland

• victory

belonging to a particular place by birth

something extraordinary or impressive

central region of a country

mastery or success against difficulties

• belonging to a particular place by birth

• something extraordinary or impressive

• central region of a country

• mastery or success against difficulties

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Build Knowledge and Language.

Knowledge Map

These are the
character traits of
the pioneers that
we will read about.

Western
Pioneers:
Character

Traits.

Not Easily
Discouraged

Hard-Working

Looking for
a Better Life

Courageous

DISPLAY AND ENGAGE
Knowledge Map 4.1

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Shared Reading.

Let’s read and discuss

Why Go West?

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Shared Reading.

Anchor Chart. This graphic organizer shows
four types of text structure and the
transition words that signal them.
Comparison/Contrast texts show how
things are alike and different. Cause/Effect
texts show what happened and why it
happened. Sequential/Logical Order texts
show the order of or importance of events.
Problem/Solution texts show how a
problem is solved.

ANCHOR
THE SKILL.

What is text structure?

• Why might an author use the

cause/effect text structure?

• What words can give you a clue that

the structure of a text is cause/effect?

Anchor Chart 18

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Shared Reading.

Cover of Why Go West?

Go to pages 240–241 in your myBook.

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Shared Reading.

Let’s Read!

pages 240–241

TEXT STRUCTURE

When and why did many people
begin to migrate west?

How did this westward migration
affect Native Americans?

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Shared Reading.

Let’s Read!

pages 240–241

TEXT STRUCTURE

How does the author use cause and
effect and chronological text
structures to organize this section?

ANNOTATE IT!

Underline the causes and effects of westward expansion.
Highlight examples of chronology or sequence.

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Shared Reading.

Let’s Read!

pages 240–241

Why did many people risk the
dangerous trip west?

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Shared Reading.

Let’s Read!

pages 240–241

When and why did westward
migration increase?

What text structures does the
author use to organize
“The Chance to Strike It Rich”?

ANNOTATE IT!

Highlight the dates in the section
“The Chance to Strike it Rich.”

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Shared Reading.

Text Structure: Chronological Order.

Graphic Organizer 18

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Shared Reading.

Text Structure: Cause and Effect.

Cause.

Effect.

Graphic Organizer 19

Match

Match the following vocabulary words to the definitions

• native

• epic

• midland

• victory

belonging to a particular place by birth

something extraordinary or impressive

central region of a country

mastery or success against difficulties

• belonging to a particular place by birth

• something extraordinary or impressive

• central region of a country

• mastery or success against difficulties

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Shared Reading.

ENGAGE AND
RESPOND.

What character
traits were needed
in people who
settled the West?

Now that you’ve read Why Go West?, think
about the Essential Question.

Share your ideas in the class discussion.