Penguin Chick
by Betty Tatham
ilustrated by Helen K. Davie
Genre: Expository Text
Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Details
Comprehension Strategy: Monitor and Clarify
Question of the Week:
How do the structures of plants and animals help them solve problems?
Target Skills
Comprehension Skill is Main Idea and Details The main idea is the most important idea expressed about the topic. Details are the sentences used to give more information about the main idea. Your child should be able to identify the main idea and 2-3 details in a passage.
Comprehension Strategy is Monitor and Clarify. Good readers stop as they are reading to make sure they understand what the author is writing about. Your child should stop every few paragraphs to check for understanding and reread a passage as necessary.
Vocabulary Strategy - Synonyms
Phonics - Syllable patterns V/CV, VC/V
Writing conventions- Proper and Common Nouns
Vocabulary:
cuddles - lies close and comfortably
flippers - broad, flat body parts used for swimming by animals such as seals and penguins
frozen - hardened with cold; turned to ice
hatch - to come out of an egg
pecks - strikes with a beak
preen - to smooth and arrange feathers with a beak
snuggles - lies closely and comfortably; cuddles
Spelling/Phonics - Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V
1. fin/ish
by Betty Tatham
ilustrated by Helen K. Davie
Genre: Expository Text
Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Details
Comprehension Strategy: Monitor and Clarify
Question of the Week:
How do the structures of plants and animals help them solve problems?
Target Skills
Comprehension Skill is Main Idea and Details The main idea is the most important idea expressed about the topic. Details are the sentences used to give more information about the main idea. Your child should be able to identify the main idea and 2-3 details in a passage.
Comprehension Strategy is Monitor and Clarify. Good readers stop as they are reading to make sure they understand what the author is writing about. Your child should stop every few paragraphs to check for understanding and reread a passage as necessary.
Vocabulary Strategy - Synonyms
Phonics - Syllable patterns V/CV, VC/V
Writing conventions- Proper and Common Nouns
Vocabulary:
cuddles - lies close and comfortably
flippers - broad, flat body parts used for swimming by animals such as seals and penguins
frozen - hardened with cold; turned to ice
hatch - to come out of an egg
pecks - strikes with a beak
preen - to smooth and arrange feathers with a beak
snuggles - lies closely and comfortably; cuddles
Spelling/Phonics - Syllable Patterns V/CV and VC/V
1. fin/ish