Classroom Resource

Reading "Feivel's Flying Horse"

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Social Studies

Grade(s)

Overview

This is a reading guide/lesson plan with step-by-step instructions to accompany the book Feivel's Flying Horses by Heidi Smith Hyde and illustrated by Johanna Van Der Sterre. Feivel's Flying Horses tells the story of a Jewish woodcarver who moved from the Old Country and carved carousel horses to earn money to bring his family from Europe to America. The story is a historical fiction story of immigrants coming to America. The reading guide is recommended for kindergarten through 4th grade.

Content Standards

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 2

SS10.2.9
Describe how and why people from various cultures immigrate to the United States.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

describe how
describe why
various cultures
immigrate
describe the importance
cultural unity
diversity

Knowledge

Students know:

Definition of immigration.
Reasons for immigration into the United States modes of transportation used by immigrants from a variety of locations.
Reasons for and importance of cultural unity within immigrant communities.
Methods of cultural integration and its importance to the American culture.
Vocabulary: immigration, cultures, cultural unity, diversity

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify examples of immigration and the reasons people immigrate to the United States.
Describe methods of transportation that people use to immigrate to the United States.
Describe the ways immigrants integrate into the culture of the United States and the importance of creating cultural unity while celebrating diversity.

Understanding

Students understand that:

People immigrate to the United States in a variety of ways for a variety of reasons and may develop a sense of cultural unity while also maintaining their cultural diversity.

Interdisciplinary Connection(s)

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.R3
Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Background knowledge
Vocabulary
Discussion

Knowledge

Students know:

Relating experiences through discussions, writing, and reading will help build background knowledge and improve vocabulary.

Skills

Students are able to:

Connect new concepts to prior experiences to increase background knowledge through discussions, reading, and writing.
Construct the meaning of words through discussions, reading, and writing.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Background knowledge can increase by relating experiences to new ideas, topics, and words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing.
Vocabulary will increase by constructing the meaning of words while participating in discussions, reading, and writing.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.4
Orally answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about a text or conversation, using complete sentences to provide key ideas and details.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Orally
Who, what, when where, why, and how questions
Complete sentences
Key ideas
Key details

Knowledge

Students know:

Key ideas and details should be included when answering questions.
Complete sentences, which contain a subject and a predicate, should be used when answering questions.
Who, when, and where questions will have a concrete, objective answer.
What, why, and how questions may have a more abstract, subjective answer.

Skills

Students are able to:

Orally answer questions about a text or conversation using complete sentences that provide information about key ideas and details.
Orally answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about a text or conversation with appropriate key ideas and details.

Understanding

Students understand that:

When answering who, what, when, where, why, and how questions they should provide key ideas and details from a text or conversation to demonstrate their comprehension.
Speaking in complete sentences helps them clearly communicate their message and their understanding.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.18
Use dictionary definitions and information found within the text to help determine meaning of unfamiliar or multi-meaning words.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Dictionary definitions
Unfamiliar
Multi-meaning words

Knowledge

Students know:

Words can have more than one meaning.
Dictionaries are reference books that can be used to find the meaning of unknown or multi-meaning words.
Context clues can help determine the meaning of unknown or multi-meaning words.

Skills

Students are able to:

Use dictionaries (or glossaries in the back of their books) to locate the meanings of unfamiliar or multi-meaning words.
Use words within a text to help them determine the meaning of an unfamiliar or multi-meaning words.

Understanding

Students understand that:

The text around a word can provide clues about the meaning of an unfamiliar or multi-meaning word.
They can use reference books, such as a dictionary, to help them determine the meaning of an unknown or multi-meaning word.
To comprehend a text, they must use strategies to understand the meaning of vocabulary words.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.19
Identify new vocabulary and the use of word meanings in text to establish real-life connections.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Vocabulary
Establish
Real-life connections

Knowledge

Students know:

New vocabulary they encounter in text can be used in their real life.
Real life means situations that they have experienced or will experience.

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify vocabulary words learned through reading text and connect them to something they have personally experienced.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Making real-life connections to new vocabulary words, helps them move the new words to their long-term memory, becoming part of their "ready to use" vocabulary.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.22
Use content knowledge built during read-alouds and independent reading of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through writing.

Unpacked Content

Vocabulary

Content knowledge
Read-alouds
Independent reading
Informational text
Literary Text
Content-specific discussions
Writing

Knowledge

Students know:

Content knowledge is information learned about a specific subject.
Content knowledge can be learned by listening to read-alouds or independently reading.
Informational text is nonfiction text, and literary text is fictional.

Skills

Students are able to:

Build content knowledge from listening to text read aloud and from independently reading.
Use content knowledge learned from read-alouds and independent reading in content-specific discussions with peers.
Use content knowledge learned from read-alouds and independent reading in writing.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Content-specific discussions with peers can demonstrate the content knowledge they learned through read-alouds or independent reading.
They can produce writings that demonstrate knowledge of content-specific information.

Link to Resource

https://amhistory.si.edu/ourstory/pdf/immigration/immigration_reading.pdf

Content Type / Source

CR Resource Type

Lesson/Unit Plan

Resource Provider

Smithsonian

Accessibility

License

License Type

Custom

Custom License Type (URL)

https://www.si.edu/Termsofuse

Approved Date

2019-02-13

Curated by

mgsaboyd

Learning Resource Type

Reading "Feivel's Flying Horse"

Subject Area

Grade(s)

Overview

SS10.2.9 Describe how and why people from various cultures immigrate to the United States.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.2.R3 Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.2.4 Orally answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about a text or conversation, using complete sentences to provide key ideas and details.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.2.18 Use dictionary definitions and information found within the text to help determine meaning of unfamiliar or multi-meaning words.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.2.19 Identify new vocabulary and the use of word meanings in text to establish real-life connections.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

ELA21.2.22 Use content knowledge built during read-alouds and independent reading of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through writing.

Vocabulary

Knowledge

Skills

Understanding

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CR Resource Type

Resource Provider

License Type

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Approved Date

SS10.2.9
Describe how and why people from various cultures immigrate to the United States.

ELA21.2.R3
Expand background knowledge and build vocabulary through discussion, reading, and writing.

ELA21.2.4
Orally answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about a text or conversation, using complete sentences to provide key ideas and details.

ELA21.2.18
Use dictionary definitions and information found within the text to help determine meaning of unfamiliar or multi-meaning words.

ELA21.2.19
Identify new vocabulary and the use of word meanings in text to establish real-life connections.

ELA21.2.22
Use content knowledge built during read-alouds and independent reading of informational and literary texts by participating in content-specific discussions with peers and/or through writing.