The Man Who Invented Basketball: James Naismith and His Amazing Game
by Edwin Brit Wyckoff
Genre: Biography
Question of the Week:
How do talents make someone unique?
Target Skills:
Comprehension Skill is Generalize. Generalize is when you read about how several things are alike in some way, you can make a general statement about them. Your child should be able to use words like most, many, all of or few to make generalizations.
Comprehension Strategy is Summarize. Summarize is as you read, sum up what happens in the story. When you sum it up remember to include only important events. Your child should be able to retell story using important events.
Vocabulary is Context Clues
Phonics is Irregular Plurals
Writing Conventions: is Singular and Plural Pronouns
Writing -is Persuasive Text
Vocabulary:
basketball- tall, or high of the grounda game played on a court where two teams try to throw a ball through a raised hoop
disease- a problem in the body; sickness
freeze- turn into ice
guard- a person who watches over or protects something
popular- liked by many people
sports- games in which people use their bodies
study- to spend time learning, usually by reading
terrible- really bad
by Edwin Brit Wyckoff
Genre: Biography
Question of the Week:
How do talents make someone unique?
Target Skills:
Comprehension Skill is Generalize. Generalize is when you read about how several things are alike in some way, you can make a general statement about them. Your child should be able to use words like most, many, all of or few to make generalizations.
Comprehension Strategy is Summarize. Summarize is as you read, sum up what happens in the story. When you sum it up remember to include only important events. Your child should be able to retell story using important events.
Vocabulary is Context Clues
Phonics is Irregular Plurals
Writing Conventions: is Singular and Plural Pronouns
Writing -is Persuasive Text
Vocabulary:
basketball- tall, or high of the grounda game played on a court where two teams try to throw a ball through a raised hoop
disease- a problem in the body; sickness
freeze- turn into ice
guard- a person who watches over or protects something
popular- liked by many people
sports- games in which people use their bodies
study- to spend time learning, usually by reading
terrible- really bad