23 TEACHER’S GUIDE Route 66 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · PDF fileNumber of Words: 696 LESSON 23 TEACHER’S GUIDE Route 66 by Dan Greenberg Fountas-Pinnell Level O Nonfiction...

Number of Words: 696

L E S S O N 2 3 T E A C H E R ’ S G U I D E

Route 66by Dan Greenberg

Fountas-Pinnell Level ONonfictionSelection SummaryMany people wanted to move to California in the 1930s. Route 66 made the trip easier. Soon the route was popular enough to have songs written about it. Businesses and eye-catching roadside attractions were built along it. Later, four-lane highways were built and, in 1985, Route 66 was put out of service. It is now a historic route.

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Characteristics of the Text Genre • Nonfi ction

Text Structure • Chronological sequence, description, some cause and effect, some comparison• Organized in three sections with headings

Content • Route 66: its history and attractions• Traveling by car

Themes and Ideas • Improved roads, with roadside businesses, can make travel easier.• Some people drive to get places fast, but others drive for fun.

Language and Literary Features

• Conversational language; written with humor: Well, long ago, one highway was as famous as a music or sports star!

• Writer talks to reader (second person: Who is your favorite singer?)Sentence Complexity • A mix of short and complex sentences

• Many questions, some brief: Ice cream? Cowboy hats? • Many sentences include dates.

Vocabulary • Many words relating to roads and driving: route, diners, two-lane, highway, Historic Route, café, freeways, gas stations

Words • Some multisyllable words: conversations, California, Amarillo, San Bernadino• Words with complex spelling patterns: highway, pleasure, buildings, stations

Illustrations • Color photographs with long captions that support and extend the textBook and Print Features • Nine pages of text, photographs on every page

• Captions, section headings, and maps© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

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Target Vocabulary

advice– opinion or suggestion to help you make a choice, p. 7

conversations – discussions, p. 2

currently – as of now, p. 6inspired – fi lled someone with

emotion or moved that person to action, p. 4

loaded – put into a vehicle or container to be carried, p. 5

loveliest – most beautiful or delightful, p. 6

managed – succeeded in doing something, p. 5

pleasure – enjoyment, p. 4

reunion – a gathering of people who have been separated, p. 8

terror – great fear, p. 3

Route 66 by Dan Greenberg

Build BackgroundHelp students use their knowledge of cars and driving to visualize the text. Build interest by asking a question such as the following: Have you ever taken a long road trip? Read the title and author and talk about the cover. Tell students that this book is about a very famous road.

Introduce the TextGuide students through the text, noting important ideas and nonfi ction features. Help with unfamiliar language so they can read the text successfully. Give special attention to target vocabulary. Here are some suggestions:

Page 3: Explain that this book gives the history of Route 66, a famous road that goes from Chicago to California. Suggested language: Turn to page 3. Look at the map showing Route 66. You can watch the car “move” along the route on each page of the book. At what city is the car beginning its trip?

Page 4: Have students fi nd the words pleasure and inspired. Route 66 was such a smooth road, it was a pleasure to drive on. It even inspired people to drive. How do you think a road could make people want to ride on it?

Page 5: Explain that the events in this book are organized by dates. In the 1930s, more than 200,000 people loaded their cars and drove to California on Route 66. What other date can you fi nd on this page?

Pages 6 and 7: Point out that the photos show businesses that grew up along the route. You could buy gas and food and even get advice all along the route. What kind of advice might you need on a road trip?

Page 9: Have students read the heading: The Beginning of the End. A section heading tells you what information you will fi nd in that section. What do you think this section will be about? How does the photo give you a clue?

Now turn back to the beginning of the story and read to fi nd out about Route 66.

2 Lesson 23: Route 66Grade 3© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

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ReadHave students read Route 66 silently while you listen to individual students read. Support their problem solving and fl uency as needed.

Remind students to use the Analyze/Evaluate Strategy to think about what they read and then form an opinion about it.

Discuss and Revisit the TextPersonal ResponseInvite students to share their personal responses to the book.Suggested language: Would you like to go for a drive on Route 66? Why or why not?

Ways of ThinkingAs you discuss the text, help students understand these points:

Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text

• Route 66 made it easier to drive west to California in the 1930s.

• Many businesses and roadside attractions grew up along Route 66.

• Although four-lane highways put Route 66 out of service by 1985, it is now back on maps as a historic route.

• Improved roads, with roadside businesses, can make travel easier.

• Some people drive to get places fast, but others drive for fun.

• The journey – and not just the destination – can be an integral part of the adventure.

• The photos contain visual information and back up the content of the text.

• Captions help explain the photos and add to information in the text.

• Section headings tell what each section is about.

• The author’s attitude is that roads like Route 66 are national treasures because they offer travelers a step back in time.

© 2006. Fountas, I.C. & Pinnell, G.S. Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency, Heinemann, Portsmouth, N.H.

Choices for Further Support• Fluency Invite students to choose a passage from the text to read aloud. Remind

them to pay attention to punctuation, especially exclamation marks and question marks, to refl ect the author’s meaning and humor.

• Comprehension Based on your observations of the students’ reading and discussion, revisit parts of the text to clarify or extend comprehension. Remind students to go back to the text to support their ideas.

• Phonics/Word Work Provide practice as needed with words and word parts, using examples from the text. Remind students how to take apart and add a variety of endings to words, such as –ing, -s, -ed, -er, as in traveling, travels, traveled, traveler or inspiring, inspired, inspires.



Writing about ReadingVocabulary PracticeHave students complete the Vocabulary questions on BLM 23.1.

RespondingHave students complete the vocabulary activities on page 11. Remind them to answer the Word Teaser on p. 12. (Answer: inspired)

Reading Nonfi ctionNonfiction Features: Maps and Photo Captions Remind students that nonfi ction has many features to help readers fi nd and understand important information. Maps and photo captions are two of these features. Explain that the maps in this book help readers see how Route 66 runs from Chicago to California. Famous sites are marked on the maps and most are illustrated with photos. A car “moves” along the route on the map. These maps offer readers the chance to follow the same route as travelers did.

Photo captions are another important source of information. They tell what the photo is about and can add information that is not in the text. Have students read the caption on page 6. Ask what information they can get from the caption. (Big eaters ordered 4 1/2 -pound steaks). Then have students choose another caption in the book and tell what they learn from that caption.

Writing Prompt: Thinking Beyond the TextHave students write a response to the prompt on page 6.

Assessment Prompts• Find the word on page 6 that means almost the same as now.

• What does the word reunions mean in this sentence on page 8? Or maybe a mysterious hideout for bandits to hold their reunions?

• Which words from page 4 help the reader know the meaning of pleasure?



Read directions to students.

Target VocabularyCircle the best answer to each riddle.

1. This is a good feeling. pleasure terror managed

2. This is saying something that is true.

loveliest currently sincere

3. This is being able to do something.

reunion currently managed

4. These are held using a telephone.

conversations loaded loveliest

5. This is when something has been put on a truck.

sincere loaded terror

6. This is when family members get together.

reunion inspired loaded

7. This is the best looking one. sincere managed loveliest

8. This is a strong fear. conversations terror pleasure

9. This is taking place right now.

currently inspired reunion

10. This feeling can make a person want to get to work.

terror loaded inspired

sincere

managed

loaded

loveliest

conversations

inspired

reunion

currently

pleasure

terror

Vocabulary

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Grade 3, Unit 5: Going Places3

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Target Vocabulary© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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English Language DevelopmentReading Support In Introduce the Text (p.2) include as much practice as needed to help students become familiar with the language structures of the book.

Vocabulary Help students understand the underlying tone and humor in the sentence: Perhaps you’ve heard of it. (second paragraph on page 7) You can also point out the similarity between the English and Spanish words conversations/conversaciones and inspired/inspirado.

Oral Language DevelopmentCheck student comprehension, using a dialogue that best matches your students’ English profi ciency level. Speaker 1 is the teacher, Speaker 2 is the student.

Beginning/Early Intermediate Intermediate Early Advanced/ Advanced

Speaker 1: What road made the trip from Chicago to California easier?

Speaker 2: Route 66

Speaker 1: Who opened a hamburger shop in San Bernadino in 1948?

Speaker 2: two brothers

Speaker 1: What kind of roads did people start building in 1956?

Speaker 2: four-lane highways

Speaker 1: What did people do if they got tired on Route 66?

Speaker 2: There were places they could sleep.

Speaker 1: Compared to a super-highway, what was Route 66 like?

Speaker 2: It was small and scruffy, like a two-lane road.

Speaker 1: Why was Route 66 put out of service?

Speaker 2: A new highway law was passed that made all highways four lanes, which made travel faster.



Name Date

Route 66Thinking Beyond the Text

Read the paragraph. Then write your postcard below.

Imagine it is 1959. You and your family are taking a road trip from Chicago to California on Route 66. Write a postcard to a friend back home. Describe your trip and the things you have seen and done along the way. Use details from the book in your postcard.



Target VocabularyCircle the best answer to each riddle.

1. This is a good feeling. pleasure terror managed

2. This is saying something that is true.

loveliest currently sincere

3. This is being able to do something.

reunion currently managed

4. These are held using a telephone.

conversations loaded loveliest

5. This is when something has been put on a truck.

sincere loaded terror

6. This is when family members get together.

reunion inspired loaded

7. This is the best looking one. sincere managed loveliest

8. This is a strong fear. conversations terror pleasure

9. This is taking place right now.

currently inspired reunion

10. This feeling can make a person want to get to work.

terror loaded inspired

sincere

managed

loaded

loveliest

conversations

inspired

reunion

currently

pleasure

terror

Vocabulary

Name Date

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Route 66 • LEVEL O

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Who is your favorite singer? Can you name your favorite

football player? Well, long ago, one highway was as famous as

a music or sports star! The highway was Route 66. Everyone

knew that road. Thousands drove on it. Singers sang about it.

It seemed like everyone was having conversations about Route

66. But what made this highway so cool?

Life was hard in the 1930s. Many people lost their jobs.

Some lost their homes and farms.

Many wanted to move to California. Life seemed better

there. But how would they get there? California was far away.

Comments: Accuracy Rate (# words read

correctly/97 × 100)

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