Happy Birthday Mr. Kang
written and illustrated by Susan L. Roth
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Question of the Week:
What does it mean to grant freedom?
Target Skills
Comprehension Skill is Cause and Effect. A cause tells why something happened. An effect is what happened. Your child should be able to use words like because and so to establish a cause and effect relationship.
Comprehension Strategy is Infer. Inferring is when you combine your background knowledge with evidence in the text to come up with your own ideas about what the author is saying. Your child should be able to use what they know and what the text says to formulate ideas about what the author is saying.
Vocabulary is Antonyms
Phonics is Schwa
Writing Conventions/Grammar is
Writing Conventions - Abbreviatioins
Vocabulary:
bows - bends the head or body forward
chilly - uncomfortably cold
foolish - unwise; not making sense
foreign - a place that is not your own country or homeland
narrow - not wide
perches - sits or rests on a bar, branch, or similar object
recipe - ingredients and steps for making something to eat or drink
written and illustrated by Susan L. Roth
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Question of the Week:
What does it mean to grant freedom?
Target Skills
Comprehension Skill is Cause and Effect. A cause tells why something happened. An effect is what happened. Your child should be able to use words like because and so to establish a cause and effect relationship.
Comprehension Strategy is Infer. Inferring is when you combine your background knowledge with evidence in the text to come up with your own ideas about what the author is saying. Your child should be able to use what they know and what the text says to formulate ideas about what the author is saying.
Vocabulary is Antonyms
Phonics is Schwa
Writing Conventions/Grammar is
Writing Conventions - Abbreviatioins
Vocabulary:
bows - bends the head or body forward
chilly - uncomfortably cold
foolish - unwise; not making sense
foreign - a place that is not your own country or homeland
narrow - not wide
perches - sits or rests on a bar, branch, or similar object
recipe - ingredients and steps for making something to eat or drink