Suggested levels for Guided Reading, DRA,™ Lexile,® and Reading Recovery™ are provided in the Pearson Scott Foresman Leveling Guide. California Gold Rush: A Letter Home by Catherine Quirin Genre Historical fiction Comprehension Skills and Strategy Realism and Fantasy Draw Conclusions Prior Knowledge Scott Foresman Reading Street 3.1.1 ISBN 0-328-13322-1 ì<(sk$m)=bd c c< +^-Ä-U-Ä-U Reader Response California 1. Is this a realistic story or a fantasy? 2. What did you know about the gold rush before you read this book? What did you want to know? What did you learn? Gold Rush: K A LetterWHome What We Know What We Want to Know L What We Learned by Catherine Quirin 3. Look up the word boom in a dictionary. Write a sentence using a different meaning from the one used on page 5. 4. Do you think Zach was glad that he went to California to hunt for gold? Tell why or why not. Editorial Offices: Glenview, Illinois • Parsippany, New Jersey • New York, New York Sales Offices: Needham, Massachusetts • Duluth, Georgia • Glenview, Illinois Coppell, Texas • Ontario, California • Mesa, Arizona Josh rushed through the doorway. “Ma! Pa!” he yelled. “I’ve fetched a letter from Uncle Zach. He’s looking for gold in California!” “Read the letter, Pa,” said Ma. Pa started to read. Josh wanted to hear all about life in the California gold fields. Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions. Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman, a division of Pearson Education. Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R), Background (Bkgd) Opener: Getty Royalty Free, Denver Public Library; 3 Richard Stergulz; 4 Library of Congress; 5 Library of Congress; 6 Library of Congress; 7 ©Comstock; 8 Library of Congress; 9 ©C