Atlantis: The Legend of a Lost City
adapted and retold by Christina Balit
Genre: Legend
Question of the Week:
What is the best way to keep your freedom?
Target Skills
Comprehension Skill is Generalize. Generalize is when you read about how several things are alike in some way, you can make a general statement about them. Your child should be able to use words like most, many, all of or few to make generalizations.
Comprehension Strategy Inferring- Good readers use what they know and the ideas and clues in the story to come up with their own ideas about what the author presents.
Your child should be able to use what they know to make inferences about the story.
Vocabulary Strategy is Homographs
Phonics is Related Words
Writing Convention is Quotations and Parentheses
Writing is Historical Fiction
Vocabulary:
aqueducts - channels for carrying water long distances
content - satisfied
crouched - stooped or bent down
guidance - the act or process of guiding, or leading
honor - treat with great respect; an expression or respect or affection
pillar - an upright support for a building
thermal - causing heat or warmth
adapted and retold by Christina Balit
Genre: Legend
Question of the Week:
What is the best way to keep your freedom?
Target Skills
Comprehension Skill is Generalize. Generalize is when you read about how several things are alike in some way, you can make a general statement about them. Your child should be able to use words like most, many, all of or few to make generalizations.
Comprehension Strategy Inferring- Good readers use what they know and the ideas and clues in the story to come up with their own ideas about what the author presents.
Your child should be able to use what they know to make inferences about the story.
Vocabulary Strategy is Homographs
Phonics is Related Words
Writing Convention is Quotations and Parentheses
Writing is Historical Fiction
Vocabulary:
aqueducts - channels for carrying water long distances
content - satisfied
crouched - stooped or bent down
guidance - the act or process of guiding, or leading
honor - treat with great respect; an expression or respect or affection
pillar - an upright support for a building
thermal - causing heat or warmth