Scott Foresman Reading Street

Social Studies in Reading

Examine features of a textbook.
Practice a test-taking strategy.
Compare and contrast across texts.

PREVIEW

As students preview "A Nation of Immigrants," have them examine the photos, captions, and chart. After they preview, ask:

How can the photos and captions help you understand the text? (They make the information clearer.)
What is the purpose of the chart? (It gives more information about immigrants.)

Link to Social Studies

Help students use reference materials such as encyclopedias to find why immigrants came during certain time periods.

Whole Group Discuss the Question of the Day.

Group Time
Differentiated Instruction

"A Nation of Immigrants."
See pp. 284f–284g for the small group lesson plan.

Reading

Language Arts
Use pp. 303e–303h and
303k–303m.

Whole Group Use pp. 303a and 303j.

Grouping Options

TEXTBOOK

Use the sidebar on p. 302 to guide discussion.

Remind students to carefully examine photos, captions, charts, and graphs as they read textbooks.
Discuss with students the information they think the textbook will give.

AudioText

CONNECT TEXT TO TEXT

Reading Across Texts

Guide students in a discussion about how to answer the question. Review the appropriate information from both selections before answering the question.

Writing Across Texts Encourage students to use details from the selections and sensory words in their journal entry.

Immigrants from other countries have come to the United States for freedom and better opportunities.

Strategies for Nonfiction

Explain that textbooks often have charts with information in an easy-to-read format. Suggest the following test-taking strategy:

Read the title and headings in a chart or graph as you preview the selection.
When you read a question, check to see whether the text or a chart provides the answer.

Ellis Island

Use the library or the
Internet to find out more
about why immigrants
came to the United States.
Copy the chart on page
303, and add a column
that tells Why They Came.

Link to Social
Studies

Charts often
are included to
give additional
information.

Photos and
captions make
information
clearer.

Text Features

A textbook can be
about any subject
taught in school.

A textbook is a source
of information.

Genre

Textbook

immigrants came to the United States?

What were some reasons

Many ships that came from
Europe arrived first at Ellis Island in
New York Harbor. Many immigrants
from Asia arrived at Angel Island in
San Francisco Bay. Immigrants also
entered through other cities, such as
Boston, Massachusetts; Galveston,
Texas; and New Orleans, Louisiana.

little food in their
home country. Some
came to find jobs or
to work on farms.
Others came because
they had no choice.

For decades, immigrants have
come to the United States from
almost every other country in the
world. Some people wanted
freedom or better opportunities.
Some came because there was very