1. What does it mean to be a pioneer?
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What does it mean to be a pioneer?
Why did pioneers want to move west?
What kind of challenges or obstacles did the pioneers face?
Turn to pages
What kind of people do you think the pioneers were?
What do you think life was like for those who moved to the frontier?
What effects did the frontier families have on the country?
What kind of house do the pioneers have?

2. Listen for the following amazing words as I read Coonskin Cap:
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Listen for the following amazing words as I read Coonskin Cap:
Frontiersman
Colonel
Liberate

3. What do you think life was like for a frontiersman?
Get Ready to Read
Amazing Words
Frontiersman: Davy Crockett was a frontiersman. Does the author provide any context clues that help me determine the meaning of this word?
What do you think life was like for a frontiersman?
What sort of person might be considered a frontiersman today?
Colonel – military rank just below brigadier general in the U.S. Army, Air Force or Marine Corps.
My brother was promoted to colonel when he served in the army.
What military ranks do you know?
Liberate – to set free
The U.S. military liberated many cities and concentration camps at the end of World War II.
What other situations might involve being liberated?

4. Can a single effect have many causes?
Read and Comprehend
Cause and Effect
What clue words and phrases may indicate a cause and effect relationship?
Can a single effect have many causes?
Read the first two paragraphs of Good-bye, Jim Crow.
Starting 1865, a group of laws called black codes stopped blacks from having basic rights.
What is the effect in this sentence?
What is the cause of it?
Finish reading Good-bye, Jim Crow.
Find two more examples of cause and effect in the selection.

5. 1. precious 2. commercial 3. especially 4. ancient 5. gracious
Language Arts
Spelling Pre-test
1. precious
2. commercial
3. especially
4. ancient
5. gracious
6. position
7. question
8. suggestion
9. friction
10. lotion
11. potion
12. digestion
13. artificial
14. glacier
15. cautious
16. efficient
17. sensational
18. vicious
19. official
20. ration

6. Key features of a description:
Language Arts
Writing – Description
The photographs in Black Frontiers show the settings of the selection in pictures. Think about a setting. Now write a detailed description of that setting.
Read A Home with a Heart.
Key features of a description:
May tell more about a person, place, object or event
Uses specific language to help readers visualize a scene
May be written in first or third person