Jalapeno Bagels
by Natasha Wing
illustrated by Antonio L. Castro
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Question of the Week:
How can different cultures contribute to the foods we eat?
Target Skills
Comprehension Skill is Drawing Conclusions. You draw conclusions when you use facts an details tl make decisions about characters or events. Your child should be able to gather evidence from the story and combine it with what they already know about the subject to draw a conclusion.
Comprehension Strategy is Summarizing. When you summarize you tell the most important ideas or events in logical order, maintaining the meaning of what you read. Your child should be able to tell you the important events from the story in the correct order.
Vocabulary is Context Clues
Phonics is Long a, e i spelled ei or eigh
Writing Conventions/Grammar is Adverbs that compare
Writing is Personal Narrative
Vocabulary:
bakery - a place where bread and cake are made and sold
batch - something made one at a time
boils - to heat a liquid until it starts to bubble and give off steam
braided - three or four strands woven together
dough - flour and liquid mixed together to make bread, biscuits and pastry
ingredients - items that something is made from
mixture - the combination of things mixed or blended together
by Natasha Wing
illustrated by Antonio L. Castro
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Question of the Week:
How can different cultures contribute to the foods we eat?
Target Skills
Comprehension Skill is Drawing Conclusions. You draw conclusions when you use facts an details tl make decisions about characters or events. Your child should be able to gather evidence from the story and combine it with what they already know about the subject to draw a conclusion.
Comprehension Strategy is Summarizing. When you summarize you tell the most important ideas or events in logical order, maintaining the meaning of what you read. Your child should be able to tell you the important events from the story in the correct order.
Vocabulary is Context Clues
Phonics is Long a, e i spelled ei or eigh
Writing Conventions/Grammar is Adverbs that compare
Writing is Personal Narrative
Vocabulary:
bakery - a place where bread and cake are made and sold
batch - something made one at a time
boils - to heat a liquid until it starts to bubble and give off steam
braided - three or four strands woven together
dough - flour and liquid mixed together to make bread, biscuits and pastry
ingredients - items that something is made from
mixture - the combination of things mixed or blended together