Tell It Again! Read-Aloud Anthology - EngageNY

[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 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: Would you like to have worked on a
flatboat on the Erie Canal? Why or why not? (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.]
Word Work: Transport
5 minutes
1. In the read-aloud you heard, “Because a flatboat floats on
water, it’s much easier to transport heavy goods like coal and
wood.”
2. Say the word transport with me.
3. Transport means to carry or move from one place to another.
4. The farmer will use his truck to transport his produce to the
farmers’ market.
5. What have you or your family used to transport things? What
have you seen other people use to transport things? Try to
use the word transport when you tell about it. [Ask two or
three students. If necessary, guide and/or rephrase students’
responses: “My family uses a car to transport . . . ”]
6. What’s the word we’ve been talking about? What part of
speech is the word transport?
48 Westward Expansion 3A | The Journal of a Twelve-Year-Old on the Erie Canal
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