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Unit 5-Week 1 Day 1. Theme Question: What makes the Central Region special? How are geography and economy connected in the Midwest? ( Wk 1) How are geography and economy connected in the South Central States? ( Wk 2) What is life like in in the Midwest? ( Wk 3)
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Unit 5-Week 1 Day 1 Theme Question: What makes the Central Region special? How are geography and economy connected in the Midwest? (Wk 1) How are geography and economy connected in the South Central States? (Wk 2) What is life like in in the Midwest? (Wk 3) What is life like in the South Central States? (Wk 4)
Theme Vocabulary Theme vocabulary • basin • landform • transport • flourish
Reading Preview and Predict • pp. 256-264 Purpose • Find answers to the Theme Question. • Set your own purpose.
Unit 5-Week 1 Day 2 Theme Question: What makes the Central Region special? How are geography and economy connected in the Midwest? (Wk 1) How are geography and economy connected in the South Central States? (Wk 2) What is life like in in the Midwest? (Wk 3) What is life like in the South Central States? (Wk 4)
Theme Vocabulary Theme vocabulary • basin • landform • transport • flourish
Visualize Midwest waving grasses
Reading Preview and Predict • Chapter 2 (pp. 265-271): A Tour of the Central States Purpose • Find answers to the Theme Question. • Set your own purpose.
Unit 5-Week 1, Day 3 What is the Theme Question? Name the four theme vocabulary words and their meanings?
Reading Reread • Pp. 258-271 Purpose • Focus on how text features provide important information about the text and help them answer the Theme Question.
Word StudyPrefixes that tell When after-(later) pre-(before) post-(later) pro-(earlier) • If pre- means before, what does pretest mean? • If post- means later, what does postwar mean? • If pro- means earlier, what does proactive mean?
Week 1, Day 4 What is the Theme Question? • Name the four theme vocabulary words and their meanings. • What’s the first word that comes to mind when you hear each word?
What makes the central region special? p. 260 p. 266 p. 270
Reading Reread • pp. 258-271 Purpose • Find text evidence to answer the Theme Question.