LESSON VOCABULARY advice advised circumstances elbow peddler INTRODUCE THE BOOK INTRODUCE THE TITLE AND AUTHOR Discuss with students the title and the author of Immigrant Children in
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in New York City
SUMMARY In the early 1900s, many families
traveled to the United States looking for a
better life These families faced difficult times
Immigrant children had a hard time learning or
having fun Their parents worked hard to give
them safe places to play and learn
LESSON VOCABULARY
advice advised
circumstances elbow
peddler
INTRODUCE THE BOOK
INTRODUCE THE TITLE AND AUTHOR Discuss with
students the title and the author of Immigrant
Children in New York City Based on the title, ask
students what kind of information they think
this book will provide Tell students that this
is a nonfiction book Ask them to name other
nonfiction books they have read
BUILD BACKGROUND Discuss with students
what challenges they think immigrant children
might have had Ask them to think about how
they may have felt in a new situation, like the
first day of school or moving to a new house
Remind them that these children had little
money and education They may not even
have been able to speak English, read, or
write
PREVIEW/USE TEXT FEATURES Ask students to
review the photos and captions in the book
As a class, discuss what students think they
will learn from the book Record some of their
ideas to confirm predictions after reading
READ THE BOOK SET PURPOSE Have students set a purpose for
reading Immigrant Children in New York City
As they read, encourage them to think about the causes and effects of immigration on the children
STRATEGY SUPPORT: SUMMARIZE Remind
students that to summarize means to briefly
tell what happened in a story Have students review the main ideas in the story that they wrote down Ask them to write a short summary of the entire book, based on their notes of the most important parts
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
PAGE 6 What caused immigrants to move to
America? (desire for more money and a better
life)
PAGE 7 Look at the photo and read the caption What does this tell you about
immigrants’ living conditions? (conditions were
poor)
PAGE 10 How did immigrant parents teach
their children about their heritage? (They
taught them songs, told stories, and celebrated holidays by cooking traditional dishes.)
PAGE 18 What did Alice and Irene Lewisohn do
to improve the Lower East Side? (They opened
a playhouse.)
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CAUSE AND EFFECT
SUMMARIZE
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TEACH/REVIEW VOCABULARY
Review vocabulary words and their defini-tions with students Have volunteers write a silly sentence on the board correctly using one vocabulary word Repeat this with all the vocabulary words
TARGET SKILL AND STRATEGY
CAUSE AND EFFECT Remind students that
cause tells why something happened and effect tells what happened As students
read the book, have them list reasons why immigrants came to the United States
Suggest that they use a graphic organizer to list the causes of immigration
Have students fill in a graphic orga-nizer showing the causes and effects of immigration
SUMMARIZE Remind students that to
summarize means to briefly tell what
hap-pened in a story Have students list the main ideas in the story as they read
ADDITIONAL SKILL INSTRUCTION
GRAPHIC SOURCES Review examples of
graphic sources with students, including
charts, graphs, diagrams, etc Remind students that graphic sources help a reader better understand text Graphic sources are also a valuable part of previewing a text because they give clues about the text’s topic Have students go though the book and find the graphic sources Ask them what these sources tell them about the book’s topic
REVISIT THE BOOK
READER RESPONSE
1 Possible response: What They Did: gave
advice to people from Lower East Side,
opened a theater, built a playground What
Happened: those people were able to
per-suade their landlords to improve their
build-ings, gave them a chance to see famous
plays Children had a safe place to play
2 Possible response: improved apartment
living by making fire safety, ventilation, and
plumbing better; it helped stop spread of
diseases
3 immigrants and newcomers; sentences will
vary
4 Answers will vary Students should mention
specific objects that they see in the
photos, such as apartment features
EXTEND UNDERSTANDING Ask students to look
at the photographs in the book Have them
point to specific photos and explain how they
help them better understand the story
RESPONSE OPTIONS
WRITING Have students write a short journal
entry as if they were immigrant children
arriving in America Ask them to write about
the sights and sounds around them and how
they feel being in this new place
SOCIAL STUDIES
CONNECTION
Encourage students
to learn more about
immigrant children arriving
at Ellis Island in New York or Angel
Island in California Suggest they find a book
or Internet article on immigration in the late
nineteenth century and early twentieth century
Invite students to present their research to
the class and discuss how immigration might
be similar and different today
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Skill Work
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Name
Cause and Effect
• A cause tells why something happened
• An effect tells what happened
Directions Use the information in the chart to answer the questions below.
Causes of Immigration
better life
more money
better education
Effects of Immigration
little money little education had to work hard nowhere to safely play
1 What caused many immigrant children to work so hard?
2 What effect did education have on immigrant children?
3 What effects did new playgrounds have on immigrant children?
4 What caused parents to take their children from their homes and move them to America?
5 What caused overcrowded schools?
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Directions Complete each sentence with a word from the word box.
Check the Words You Know
advice elbow luxury
advised hustled newcomer
circumstances immigrants peddler
1 The sold us wood
2 We were by the bad salesman
3 Her good helped him get a job
4 The of his arrival were mysterious
5 The of a house was a dream of ours
6 The asked us directions
7 We the boy not to talk to strangers
8 A basketball player should never another player
9 The were anxious to get to the new country
Directions Write the vocabulary word that is a synonym for each pair of words.
10 shove, nudge
11 tricked, cheated
12 opinions, guidance
13 happenings, situations
14 wealth, comfort
15 beginner, novice
16 colonists, settlers
17 dealer, merchant
18 directed, counseled
Directions Select two vocabulary words and use each in a sentence below.
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20
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Immigrant Children
Name
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