I Love Saturdays y domingos
by Alma Flor Ada
illustrated by Claudia Degliuomini
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Comprehension Skill - Main Idea and Details
Comprehension Strategy - Inferring
Question of the Week:
How are cultures alike and different
Target Skills
Comprehension Skill is Main Ideas and Details. Main Idea is the most important idea about the topic, the details are pieces of information that tell more about the main idea. Your child should be able to identify the topic of a text and list the details that give more information about the topic.
Comprehension Strategy is Inferring. Inferring is when you infer 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 Strategy is Homophones
Phonics is Homophones
Writing Convention is Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Writing is Personal Narrative
Vocabulary:
bouquet (n) a bunch of picked or cut flowers
circus (n) a traveling show in which clowns, acrobats, and trained animals perform
pier (n) a platform that extends over water, used as a landing place for ships and boats
difficult (adj) hard to make, do, or understand
nibbling (v) to bite something gently or to eat with small, quick bites
soars (v) to rise, fly, or glide high in the air
swallow (v) to make food or drink travel from your mouth down your throat
by Alma Flor Ada
illustrated by Claudia Degliuomini
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Comprehension Skill - Main Idea and Details
Comprehension Strategy - Inferring
Question of the Week:
How are cultures alike and different
Target Skills
Comprehension Skill is Main Ideas and Details. Main Idea is the most important idea about the topic, the details are pieces of information that tell more about the main idea. Your child should be able to identify the topic of a text and list the details that give more information about the topic.
Comprehension Strategy is Inferring. Inferring is when you infer 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 Strategy is Homophones
Phonics is Homophones
Writing Convention is Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Writing is Personal Narrative
Vocabulary:
bouquet (n) a bunch of picked or cut flowers
circus (n) a traveling show in which clowns, acrobats, and trained animals perform
pier (n) a platform that extends over water, used as a landing place for ships and boats
difficult (adj) hard to make, do, or understand
nibbling (v) to bite something gently or to eat with small, quick bites
soars (v) to rise, fly, or glide high in the air
swallow (v) to make food or drink travel from your mouth down your throat