After reading "Going Places," use the following questions to assess listening comprehension.

Start a web to build concepts and vocabulary related to this week's lesson and the unit theme.

MODEL TEMPO AND RATE As you read "Going Places," model how to use an

passing over the Atlantic Ocean. Or think of it this way: If you traveled by
car at a steady speed of sixty miles an hour, never once stopping for a
break, it would take nearly forty-seven hours to cross the country. If you
were to choose jet travel instead, the nonstop trip would take about five
hours. From the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, you'd head inland and soar
above the gentle rises of the Appalachian Mountains and the fertile
farmlands of the Midwest. Depending upon your route, you might catch
a glimpse of the Great Lakes to the north. Farther west, you'd look down
on the endless prairies and cattle-grazing land. On the southern route,
you might see desert below. Then you'd climb above the snow-capped
Rockies before passing over the lush green valleys of California and
the shores of the great Pacific Ocean.

   That's a lot of territory! Think how challenging a cross-country
expedition must have been for our forebears, who made their treks
without the benefit of modern transportation. Parts of the Great Plains
were so featureless and so flat that settlers drove stakes into the
ground to show others where to go. Even today, that area is called
Staked Plains. Another way they left directions for those who would
follow was to sprinkle mustard seeds through the western valleys in
the hope that a trail of bright yellow plants would signal the way.

   There is so much to explore in the U.S.A. that you need never run
out of discoveries to make or places to explore. A good way to keep
track of what you have seen and to build on your knowledge is to
keep a naturalist's scrapbook.