The Long Road to Oregon

What was the first thing pioneer families did?

• Hooked a team of oxen to their wagons
• Joined other families
• Walked to the trail
• Rode their oxen

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CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

What did the pioneers find in Oregon?

• Nothing- they went back to Missouri
• A better life
• A bad life
• A boring life

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Where did people travel from to reach Oregon?

• California
• Missouri
• Alabama
• Mitchell K6

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which of these is NOT a hardship the book claims the pioneers endured?

• fire
• dirty water
• sickness
• dust storms

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

What is a pioneer?

• a person who built homes in the Gold Rush
• a war hero of a significant war
• a farmer of many crops and animals
• a person who first discovered a new land

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

According to this text, what does the vocabulary word transportation mean?

• horse and buggy

• oxen

• cars

• a way to move from one place to another

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CCSS.RI.2.4

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which event in the story came LAST?

• The government gave away free land

• They opened restaurants in Oregon

• They packed for two whole weeks to prepare for the trip

• The journey was long and challenging

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Choose two elements we could find in an expository text.

• headings

• title

• primary source photos

• "once upon a time" beginning

What does it mean to sequence events in a story?

• Put them in order by when they occurred

• Put them in order according to importance

• Organize them based on true events in history

• Put them in order backwards.

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

Which of these events happened AFTER the pioneers reached Oregon.?

• Children left books, toys, animist of their clothes behind.

• Bad weather made the trail impassable

• Pioneers cleared land and built houses

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5