Rocks in His Head
by Carol Otis Hurst
illustrated by James Stevenson
Genre: Biography
Question of the Week:
Why is it valuable to have unique interests?
Target Skills
Comprehension Skill is Fact and Opinion. Fact and Opinion is a fact can be proved true or false. An opinion gives someones thoughts or feelings about something. Your child should be able to state a fact and an opinion about different topics.
Comprehension Strategy is Inferring. Inferring is when you infer, you combine your background knowledge with ideas in the text to come up with your own idea about what the author is saying.
Your child should be able gain understanding about themes in the story that are not explicityly stated.
Vocabulary Strategy is Multiple Meaning Words
Phonics is Prefixes ( pre-, mid-, over-, out-, bi-, de-)
Writing Conventions is Possessive Pronouns
Writing is Biographies
Vocabulary:
attic- the space in a house just below the roof and ave the other rooms
board- a group of people who manage something
chores- small tsks or easy jobs that you have to do regularly
customer- someone who buys goods or services
labeled- put or wrote a label on something
spare- extra
stamps- small pieces of paper with glue on the back for mailing letters and packages
by Carol Otis Hurst
illustrated by James Stevenson
Genre: Biography
Question of the Week:
Why is it valuable to have unique interests?
Target Skills
Comprehension Skill is Fact and Opinion. Fact and Opinion is a fact can be proved true or false. An opinion gives someones thoughts or feelings about something. Your child should be able to state a fact and an opinion about different topics.
Comprehension Strategy is Inferring. Inferring is when you infer, you combine your background knowledge with ideas in the text to come up with your own idea about what the author is saying.
Your child should be able gain understanding about themes in the story that are not explicityly stated.
Vocabulary Strategy is Multiple Meaning Words
Phonics is Prefixes ( pre-, mid-, over-, out-, bi-, de-)
Writing Conventions is Possessive Pronouns
Writing is Biographies
Vocabulary:
attic- the space in a house just below the roof and ave the other rooms
board- a group of people who manage something
chores- small tsks or easy jobs that you have to do regularly
customer- someone who buys goods or services
labeled- put or wrote a label on something
spare- extra
stamps- small pieces of paper with glue on the back for mailing letters and packages