Two Bad Ants
by Chris Van Allsburg
Genre: Animal Fantasy
Question of the Week:
Why are rules and laws important to freedom?
Target Skills
Comprehension Skill is Literary Elements. Literary Elements:
Comprehension Strategy is Story Structure. Story Structure is the arrangement of the story from beginning to end. Your child should use the events from the beginning, middle and end to help them retell or summarize the story.
Vocabulary Strategy - Prefixes and Suffixes
Phonics - Prefixes im-, in-
Writing Conventions- Commas
Writing is
Vocabulary:
discovery - the action of finding something
scoop - a spoon-shaped tool; the amount taken up by a such a tool
crystal - a solid, glass-like item
journey - a long trip
joyful - a feeling of great happiness
disappeared - vanished from sight
unaware - having no knowledge of something
goal - an aim or desired result
by Chris Van Allsburg
Genre: Animal Fantasy
Question of the Week:
Why are rules and laws important to freedom?
Target Skills
Comprehension Skill is Literary Elements. Literary Elements:
- Plot- The important events in the beginning, middle and end make up the plot.
- Theme- The theme is the big idea or lesson in the story.
Comprehension Strategy is Story Structure. Story Structure is the arrangement of the story from beginning to end. Your child should use the events from the beginning, middle and end to help them retell or summarize the story.
Vocabulary Strategy - Prefixes and Suffixes
Phonics - Prefixes im-, in-
Writing Conventions- Commas
Writing is
Vocabulary:
discovery - the action of finding something
scoop - a spoon-shaped tool; the amount taken up by a such a tool
crystal - a solid, glass-like item
journey - a long trip
joyful - a feeling of great happiness
disappeared - vanished from sight
unaware - having no knowledge of something
goal - an aim or desired result