Balto, The Dog Who Saved Nome


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Balto The Dog Who Saved Nome

• By Margaret Davidson
• Illustrations by Doug Rugh

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Read AloudListening Comprehension

• In which poem are rhyming words a more important
  element
  Authors Craft
• Who do you think is the speaker in the first
  poem How do you know
  Point of View
• Who do you think is the speaker in the second
  poem How do you know Point of View
• How do you think these two poets feel about dogs
  Explain your answer. Authors
  Viewpoint

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Poetry The 3 RsRhyme Rhythm Repetition

• Rhyme Same end sound bang and rang
• Rhythm Jack and Jill went up a hill
• to fetch a pail of water.
• Jack fell down
• and broke his crown
• and Jill came tumbling after.
• Repetition Twinkle twinkle little star.
• Twinkle twinkle little star

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Build Background
How Dogs Work to Help People

• Why is it important that dogs do these jobs
• What are some of the skills dogs need to do these
  jobs well
• Why do you think people train dogs to pull sleds
  in snowy places

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IditarodThe Alaskan Sled RaceLink
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Iditarod Scavenger Hunt1. Get a worksheet2.
Go to picture link.3. Look up the answers and
write them down.4. Turn in completed work.
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Vocabulary

• telegraph Having to do with messages sent and
  received through a machine by using electrical
  codes.
• drifts A large pile of something such as snow
  that is formed by the wind.
• trail A rough path through land where travel is
  difficult.
• temperature A measurement that tells in degrees
  how warm or cold something such as the air is.
• guided To show someone the way to go.
• splinters A very thin sharp bit that breaks
  off a larger piece of wood ice metal glass or
  other material.

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Interactive Vocabulary- Click on the Picture -
Choose an Activity
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Spelling

• shot chance match
• watch showed shock
• pushed such crash
• chew batch hitched
• sharp mush speech
• could community confusion
• countries didnt

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Grammar - Common and Proper Nouns

• A common noun names any person animal place or
  thing.
• A proper noun names a particular person animal
  place or thing. Each important word of a proper
  noun begins with a capital letter.
• 1. The big dog is the leader.
• 2. Gunner holds the medicine.
• 3. A cold wind blows across alaska.
• 4. The man calls the dogs home to nome.
• 5. The dogs pull the _________ along the
  _________ to Nome.

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Genre

• Narrative Nonfiction
• is a story that tells
• about real people or
• real events.
• It DID happen

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Set Purpose

• To inform about an interesting historical event.
• To inform about events that are in time order.

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Think and Respond

• How did Gunnar Kasson and Balto save the city of
  Nome
• How do the map and illustrations help you
  understand what it was like on the trail from
  Bluff to Nome
• How did Balto show that he was a good leader
  (Character Trait Prove It)
• Who do you think was more of a hero Gunnar
  Kasson or Balto
• Which reading strategies did you use with this
  story

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Sending a Message

• Look at the timeline on page 200-201.
• What kind of information can you find on a
  timeline
• In 1866 how did people send a message
• In 1925 what happened in Nome Alaska
• How did the people of Nome send messages
• In 1927 how did people send a message

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Making Connections

• Could Balto have saved Nome all by himself
• Look at the map on page 187. Why is the route
  from Anchorage to Nenana marked differently from
  the rest
• Write down three things you would like to find
  out about dogsledding.

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Interactive Sites- Click on Picture
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Balto Author Quiz

• When you feel brave enough click on the picture .
  . . . . . .

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Word Relationships

• Synonyms Words that mean the same.
• The first team pushed north to a little town.
• The second team went on to another small town.
• Antonyms Words that mean the opposite.
• In some places the ice was smooth.
• In some places the ice was bumpy.
• Homophones Words that sound the same but look
  different and have different meanings.
• Nome was near the sea.
• Blowing snow made the trail hard to see.