Grade 2 Read-Aloud

166 Westward Expansion: Supplemental Guide 8 | Working on the Transcontinental Railroad

Note: Introducing the Read-Aloud and Extensions may have

activity options that exceed the time allocated for that part of

the lesson. To remain within the time periods allocated for each

portion of the lesson, you will need to make conscious choices

about which activities to include based on the needs of your

students.

Exercise Materials Details

Introducing the Read-Aloud (10 minutes)

What Have We Already

Learned?

Transpor tation Brainstorm

Essential Background

Information or Terms

Image Cards 16 (John Henry) and

17 (Ca s ey Jone s)

U.S. map Point out Baltimore, the Ohio River, and

the West on the map.

Ask students if they know what a

locomotive is before explaining what it is.

Vocabular y Preview: Ancestor,

Ties/Spikes

Image 8A-2

Image 8A-4

Purpose for Listening Instructional Master 8A-1

(Response Card 5)

Have students refer to this Response

Card about the Transcontinental Railroad

as you introduce and discuss the lesson.

Presenting the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Working on the

Transcontinental Railroad

U.S. map Point out the span of the U.S. and

(Promontory Point,) Utah.

Discussing the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Comprehension Questions

Word Work: Convenient

 Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day

Extensions (20 minutes)

Multiple Meaning Word

Activity: Drive

Poster 4M (Drive)

Syntactic Awareness Activity:

Prefix Te l e –

Vocabulary Instructional

Activity: Miserable