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Tell It Again! Read-Aloud Anthology - EngageNY

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into the sandy shore and said, “On behalf of their majesties, I,<br />

Christopher Columbus, claim this land and all that is in it for<br />

Spain.”<br />

Discussing the <strong>Read</strong>-<strong>Aloud</strong><br />

Comprehension Questions<br />

15 minutes<br />

10 minutes<br />

If students have difficulty responding to questions, reread pertinent<br />

lines of the read-aloud and/or refer to specific images. If students<br />

give one-word answers and/or fail to use read-aloud or domain<br />

vocabulary in their responses, acknowledge correct responses by<br />

expanding the students’ responses using richer and more complex<br />

language. Ask students to answer in complete sentences by<br />

having them restate the question in their responses.<br />

1. Literal In what year did Christopher Columbus sail on his first<br />

voyage? (1492)<br />

2. Literal The rulers of Spain—King Ferdinand and Queen<br />

Isabella—provided Columbus with three ships. What were<br />

their names? (Niña, Pinta, Santa María)<br />

3. Literal On which ship did Columbus travel? (Santa María)<br />

4. Inferential [Show Image Card 4 (Seaweed).] After the men had<br />

been sailing for weeks, Columbus’s ships slowed down. Why?<br />

(wind died down, there was no motor, stuck in seaweed)<br />

5. Literal What five signs did they see that made them think they<br />

were getting close to land? (seaweed, carved stick, branches<br />

with leaves, land birds, light in distance)<br />

6. Inferential [Show Image Card 5 (Anchor).] When Columbus<br />

knew they were approaching land, why did he command the<br />

ships to drop anchor? (Columbus didn’t want the ships to<br />

move toward land and get stuck there.)<br />

7. Literal [Point out the Indies on the globe used in the earlier<br />

demonstration.] On which continent and in which place did<br />

Columbus think he had landed? (continent of Asia, the Indies)<br />

Columbus and the Pilgrims 3A | 1492 41<br />

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