Grade 2 Read-Aloud

44 Westward Expansion: Supplemental Guide 2 | Mr. Fulton’s Journey

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?

Instructional Master 2A-1

(Response Card 1)

Have students refer to Response Card 1

as you review Lesson 1.

Instructional Master 2A-2

(Westward Expansion Map), red

marker or crayon; large U.S. map;

red sticker dots

Mark the Oregon Trail using red sticker

dots (or a red marker) on a large U.S.

map. Have students locate and color the

Oregon Trail red on their individual maps.

Vocabular y Preview: steam/

steamboat, invented/inventor

Image Card 6 ( Fulton’s Steamboat)

Purpose for Listening

Presenting the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Mr. Fulton’s Journey Image Card 6 You may wish to explain the different

meanings of the word paddles (as a noun

and as a verb).

Discussing the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Comprehension Questions

Word Work: Voyage world map Use the map to point out Columbus’s

voyage to America.

 Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day

Extensions (20 minutes)

Multiple Meaning Word

Activity: Back

Poster 1M (Back)

Syntactic Awareness Activity:

Prefix Dis–

battery-operated flashlight demonstrate disable by removing the

batteries from a flashlight

Vocabulary Instructional

Activity: Sympathy

(This is a word from Lesson 1.)