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American Symbol
SUMMARY This article discusses why and how
conservationists help control the population
of buffalo It also talks about the history of
buffalo hunting and its effects and explains
why buffalo were hunted
LESSON VOCABULARY
bleached carcasses
scrawny starvation
suspicions tundra
INTRODUCE THE BOOK
INTRODUCE THE TITLE AND AUTHOR Discuss with
students the title and the author of Saving An
American Symbol Based on the title and cover
photograph, ask students what they think
this book will tell them about the American
buffalo Ask how the title is a clue to the
book’s contents
BUILD BACKGROUND Discuss what students
know about animal extinction Ask them to
name animals that are extinct or are in danger
of extinction Prompt them to talk about ways
that people can save animals from extinction
PREVIEW/USE TEXT FEATURES As students
preview the book, draw their attention to
the photographs and sidebars Direct their
attention to the chart on page 18 and ask
students what this chart says about the
buffalo population Based on these text
features, ask students what they think this
book will be about
READ THE BOOK
SET PURPOSE Have students set a purpose for
reading Saving An American Symbol Students’
own interest in animals or a related topic should guide this purpose Suggest that students think about how people can affect the wildlife populations
STRATEGY SUPPORT: TEXT STRUCTURE As students read, recognizing a text’s structure
or organization of ideas will help them with comprehension A graphic organizer can help students keep track of the important ideas
in a text Using a cause-and-effect graphic organizer, ask students to list the causes of the decrease in buffalo
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
PAGE 5 What is the main idea on this page?
(Buffalo were important to Native Americans’
survival.)
PAGE 5 What details support the main idea
from above? (They used buffalo meat for food,
made clothing and shelter from buffalo hides, and made tools from the bones.)
PAGES 12–13 What does this chart show about the progress of conservation? (that
conservation efforts have increased over time)
PAGES 13–14 What effects has the conservation movement had on buffalo?
(It has increased awareness and helped save the buffalo population from extinction.)
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MAIN IDEA AND DETAILS
TEXT STRUCTURE
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REVISIT THE BOOK
READER RESPONSE
1 Possible response: Topic: Killing off buffalo;
Main Idea: Things got worse for the buffalo
after the transcontinental railroad was
finished; Detail: Train passengers killed
buffalo for sport; Detail: Buffalo carcasses
dotted the plains; Detail: Dead buffalo
rotted in the sun
2 Sequence or chronological order; The
history of buffalo is told starting from
pre-European days, through their near
extinction, and to more recent efforts to
save them
3 Wild and conserve are the base words
Wilderness is an area that is wild or
uninhabited by humans Conservation is
the act of conserving or saving something
4 Responses will vary.
EXTEND UNDERSTANDING As students look
at the photographs, ask them why certain
ones help them understand what the author
is saying Ask them to point to specific
photographs to help them explain their ideas
Draw their attention to the photograph on
page 9 Ask students to discuss how this
photograph helps illustrate hunters’ negative
effects on wildlife
RESPONSE OPTIONS
WRITING Ask students to imagine they are in
charge of saving an endangered animal, like
the Giant Panda Ask them to write a plan
with steps that explain how they will go about
saving the animal
SCIENCE CONNECTION
Students can learn more about
the buffalo or an endangered
species by researching it on the
Internet or in the library Suggest that they
find one endangered species that interests
them and find out ways to help save it
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TEACH/REVIEW VOCABULARY
Have students look up the meaning of each vocabulary word Then have them write a sentence using each word Challenge them
to come up with sentences using a different form of each vocabulary word
Have students look up the meaning
of each vocabulary word Then have them write a translation for each word in their home language Ask them to use each word
in a sentence of their own
TARGET SKILL AND STRATEGY
MAIN IDEA AND DETAILS Remind students
that the main idea is the most important idea about a topic Supporting details are
small pieces of information that tell more about the main idea As students read, have them answer the following questions on a sheet of paper: What is the main idea of this book? What is the most important idea about this topic? What are some details that support or tell about the main idea?
TEXT STRUCTURE Reinforce to students
that recognizing text structure is the ability
to recognize the organization of a piece of writing Familiarizing themselves with a text’s structure will aid in their comprehension
of the text As students read, have them answer the following questions in a graphic
organizer with the heading Cause and Effect:
What happens to the buffalo? What causes this to happen? What have conservationists done to help the buffalo? What effects did this have?
ADDITIONAL SKILL INSTRUCTION
CAUSE AND EFFECT Remind students that
cause is why something happened and effect
is what happened As students read through this book, have them list reasons why Native Americans hunted buffalo Suggest they use a graphic organizer to list the causes and effects of buffalo hunting
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Main Idea and Details
• The main idea is the most important idea about a topic
• Supporting details are small pieces of information that tell more about the main idea
Directions Use the diagram below to write the main idea and supporting details of
Saving An American Symbol.
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Main Idea
Supporting Details
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Vocabulary
Directions Write the vocabulary word that matches each definition.
Check the Words You Know
bleached decay scrawny suspicions
carcasses parasite starvation tundra
1 rot
2 doubts
3 arctic plain
4 skinny
5 dead animal bodies
6 made lighter in color
7 hunger
8 small organism
Directions Write the vocabulary word that is the opposite of each word or phrase.
9 large
10 a full stomach
Saving An American Symbol