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Locomotive Resource Set
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- Grade Level: 3
- Guided Reading Level: O
- Genre: Informational, Nonfiction
Summary
Locomotive by Brian Floca
Invite students to learn all about the first trains to cross America. Brian Floca’s award-winning picture book puts readers front and center on America’s Transcontinental Railroad. Students will make predictions about the journey, use details to visualize powerful locomotives, and learn to ask questions while reading. Each picture in this book tells the story of one family’s journey from Omaha to Sacramento, and if you look closely, you’ll discover hundreds of hidden details about life on the first locomotives. All aboard!
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Locomotive Resource Set
Asking Questions with Locomotive
Common Core Alignment:
L.3.6 RF.3.3 RF.3.4 RI.3.1 RI.3.10 RI.3.4 RI.3.5 SL.3.1c SL.3.1d SL.3.2 SL.3.3 W.3.8
TEKS Alignment:
3.13A 3.13C 3.13E 3.13H 3.1A 3.1C 3.1D 3.1E 3.6A 3.6B 3.6I 3.7B 3.7C 3.7D 3.7E 3.7F 3.7G 3.9D(i) 3.9D(ii) 3.9D(iii)
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Identifying the Author's Purpose with Locomotive
Common Core Alignment:
L.3.6 RF.3.3 RF.3.4 RI.3.10 RI.3.2 RI.3.4 RI.3.7 SL.3.1d SL.3.2 SL.3.3 W.3.8
TEKS Alignment:
3.10A 3.10B 3.10C 3.10D 3.10F 3.13C 3.13E 3.13H 3.1A 3.1C 3.1D 3.1E 3.6A 3.6B 3.6I 3.7A 3.7B 3.7C 3.7D 3.7E 3.7F 3.7G 3.8C 3.9D(i) 3.9D(ii) 3.9D(iii)
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Making Predictions with Locomotive
Common Core Alignment:
L.3.6 RF.3.3 RF.3.4 RI.3.1 RI.3.10 RI.3.2 RI.3.3 RI.3.5 SL.3.1d SL.3.2 SL.3.3 W.3.8
TEKS Alignment:
3.13C 3.13E 3.13H 3.1A 3.1C 3.1D 3.1E 3.6A 3.6B 3.6C 3.6I 3.7A 3.7B 3.7C 3.7D 3.7E 3.7F 3.7G 3.9D(i) 3.9D(ii) 3.9D(iii)
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Retelling and Summarizing with Locomotive
Common Core Alignment:
L.3.6 RF.3.3 RF.3.4 RI.3.10 RI.3.2 RI.3.4 RI.3.7 SL.3.1d SL.3.2 SL.3.3 W.3.8
TEKS Alignment:
3.13C 3.13E 3.13H 3.1A 3.1C 3.1D 3.1E 3.6A 3.6G 3.6I 3.7B 3.7C 3.7D 3.7E 3.7F 3.7G 3.8D 3.9D(i) 3.9D(ii) 3.9D(iii)
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Visualizing with Locomotive
Common Core Alignment:
L.3.6 RF.3.3 RF.3.4 RI.3.1 RI.3.10 RI.3.5 RI.3.7 SL.3.1d SL.3.2 SL.3.3 W.3.8
TEKS Alignment:
3.10C 3.13C 3.13E 3.13H 3.1A 3.1C 3.1D 3.1E 3.6A 3.6D 3.6E 3.6I 3.7A 3.7B 3.7C 3.7E 3.7F 3.9D(i) 3.9D(ii) 3.9D(iii)
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Locomotive Extension Activity
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Locomotive Running Record
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Locomotive Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
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Locomotive Word Work - Onomatopoeia
Common Core Alignment:
RF.3.3 RF.3.4
TEKS Alignment:
3.2A(ii) 3.2B(i)
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Locomotive Vocabulary Connections
Common Core Alignment:
L.3.4a L.3.5b L.3.6
TEKS Alignment:
3.3A 3.3B 3.7E 3.7F
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