Give your fourth graders the ability to explore regions they may have never seen or heard of before with Road Trip West. Road Trip West is a compilation of exciting stories, informative selections, and enjoyable poems. Your students will explore four unique regions, visit historic landmarks, and meet famous people west of the Mississippi with the Daniels family on their road trip. This reader highlights literary concepts of dialect and cause and effect text structure. In addition to reading intriguing selections, this student resource will reinforce knowledge of literary concepts and encourage critical thinking with included write-in activities and comprehension questions.