The dog that saved a town

What is the genre of The dog who saved the town?

• fiction

• fantasy

• biography

• non-fiction

Why did the author include this picture of the map?

• To show where the U.S. is.

• To show where Atlantic Ocean is.

• To show how far Alaska is from U.S.

• To show where the story took place. Alaska

When does the story take place?

• summer of 1925

• February

• Winter of 1925

• Alaska

Why did multiple dog teams help travel to Nome?

• The dogs were sleepy.

• They wanted to race each other.

• It was too far for one team to do alone.

• They wanted to be number 1.

Who was the person in charge of the last team? Who picked Balto to run in front?

• Balto

• Jacques Cousteau

• Celia Cruz

• Gunner Kaasen

What word describes Balto? characterter trait

• fearful

• trustworthy

• dog

• sleepy

Why did the other include the captions?

• to explain what is in the photograph and describe the jobs

• to show the parts of the sled

• to show what a dog looks like

• to explain that there are many dogs

What is in yellow?

• Label

• heading

• title

• caption

What do the headings help us understand?

• understand the parts of a sled

• to helps us find information in the story

• to know key ideas

• to know the main details

The author most likely wrote the text to...

• to tell people to go to Alaska

• describe how dogs travel

• to tell us a made up story of a dog

• to inform readers about how a dog saved the town by getting medicine to kids