Me and Uncle Romie
by Claire Hartfield
illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue
Genre: Historical Fiction
Question of the Week:
How does city life compare to life in the country?
Target Skills
Comprehension Skill is Author's Purpose. Author's write with a purpose in mind it is to persuade, inform, entertain or express an opinion. Your child should be able to differentiate the reasons that an author writes a text.
Comprehension Strategy is Background Knowledge. Good readers use what they already know to understand their reading. Your child should be able to make between their own life and what they are reading.
Vocabulary is Context Clues
Phonics is Suffixes
Writing Conventions/Grammar is Conjunctions
Writing is Conventions
Vocabulary:
cardboard - thick, stiff paper
feast - a meal with a lot of food
fierce - frightening, scary
flights - a set of stairs
pitcher - a person who throws a baseball to a batter
ruined - destroyed or damaged
stoops - small porches with steps, usually at the front of a house
treasure - valuables; prizes
by Claire Hartfield
illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue
Genre: Historical Fiction
Question of the Week:
How does city life compare to life in the country?
Target Skills
Comprehension Skill is Author's Purpose. Author's write with a purpose in mind it is to persuade, inform, entertain or express an opinion. Your child should be able to differentiate the reasons that an author writes a text.
Comprehension Strategy is Background Knowledge. Good readers use what they already know to understand their reading. Your child should be able to make between their own life and what they are reading.
Vocabulary is Context Clues
Phonics is Suffixes
Writing Conventions/Grammar is Conjunctions
Writing is Conventions
Vocabulary:
cardboard - thick, stiff paper
feast - a meal with a lot of food
fierce - frightening, scary
flights - a set of stairs
pitcher - a person who throws a baseball to a batter
ruined - destroyed or damaged
stoops - small porches with steps, usually at the front of a house
treasure - valuables; prizes