Tell It Again! Read-Aloud Anthology - EngageNY

to spy on Columbus. Later, the king and queen had Columbus
arrested and thrown in jail for not bringing enough gold and
for the mistreatment of the natives.)
5. Inferential Did they ever free Columbus? (yes) Why? (They felt
ashamed of how they treated him when he had helped them
grow their empire. Spain now ruled over all the lands that
Columbus and his men took over.)
6. Literal What did Columbus think he’d found? (the Indies)
7. Evaluative What reasons does the author of the read-aloud
give to support the statement that the king and queen were
upset with Columbus? (He did not find gold and spices or he
was keeping the gold for himself; he was treating the natives
badly.)
8. Inferential Today, we know a lot about Columbus because
of historians—people who study the past. Our country
remembers Columbus on Columbus Day on October 12.
What happened on that particular day, October 12, in 1492?
(Columbus sighted land on his first voyage and came upon
the Americas, even though he didn’t know that’s what it was.)
[Please continue to model the Think Pair Share process for
students, as necessary, and scaffold students in their use of the
process.]
I am going to ask you a question. I will give you a minute to think
about the question, and then I will ask you to turn to your neighbor
and discuss the question. Finally, I will call on several of you to
share what you discussed with your partner.
9. Evaluative Think Pair Share: Native Americans had been living
in the Americas for thousands of years. The New World wasn’t
really new, except to the people from Europe. Once people in
Europe heard about the new land between Europe and Asia,
what do you think they did? (Answers may vary.)
10. After hearing today’s read-aloud and questions and answers,
do you have any remaining questions? [If time permits, you
may wish to allow for individual, group, or class research of
the text and/or other resources to answer these questions.]
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