Grade 2 Read-Aloud

62 Westward Expansion: Supplemental Guide 3 | The Journal of a Twelve-Year-Old on the Erie Canal

Vocabulary Chart for The Journal of a Twelve-Year-Old on the Erie Canal

Core Vocabulary words are in bold.

Multiple Meaning Word Activity word is underlined.

Vocabulary Instructional Activity words have an asterisk (*).

Suggested words to pre-teach are in italics.

Type of Words Tier 3

Domain-Specifi c Words

Tier 2

General Academic Words

Tier 1

Everyday-Speech Words

Understanding

flatboat

Buffalo (N.Y.)

freight

mules

Albany

oxen

towpath

canal

westward

goods

products

transport*

travel/traveling

easier

east/west

faster

money

sell

town

horses

coal

wood

Multiple Meaning

tow*

pace

trail

floats

cost

flat

trip

weigh

time

work

hard

land

water

way

board

front/back

Phrases Erie Canal on board

Cognates muloscanal productostransportar este