Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Written by Blanca Lopez de Mariscal Illustrated by Linda Crane Genre: Folktale  Target Skill: Conclusions – use details to figure out ideas that the author doesn’t state  Target Strategy: Infer/Predict Essential Question: How can readers figure out the message in a story? Big Idea: We communicate in many ways. Grammar Commas in a Series -Use a comma in…

Written and Illustrated by Eileen Christelow  Genre: Informational Text Target Skill: Text and Graphic Features – tell how words and art work together Target Strategy:  Analyze/Evaulate – think about what you read and form an opinion about it Essential Question: How do pictures tell you a story? Big Idea: We communicate in many ways. Guided Reading Making…

    Unit 1 Lesson 1 A Fine, Fine School Written by Sharon Creech Illustrated by Harry Bliss Genre: Humorous Fiction Target Skill: Story Structure – name the setting, characters, and plot in a story Target Strategy: Summarze – tell the important parts of the story in your own words Comprehension  Target Skill: Story Structure Characters: the people…

Written by: Joan Plummer Russell Photos by: Kris Turner Sinnenberg Genre: Informational text Target Skill: Author’s Purpose – use text details to tell why an author writes a book Target Strategy: Summarize – tell the important parts of the text in your own words Essential Question: Why do authors write different kinds of texts? Big Idea: Facing a challenge…

    Written by: Megan McDonald Illustrated by: Peter H. Reynolds Genre: Humorous fiction Target Skill: Author’s Purpose – use text details to tell why an author writes a book Target Strategy: Monitor/Clarify – as you read, find a way to clear up what doesn’t make sense Essential Question: Why do some authors write funny stories? Big Idea: Our world is…

The Power of Magnets Essential Question: How can an invention cause peoples’ lives to change? Big Idea: To reach a goal takes hard work  Target Skill: Cause and Effect Target Strategy: Summarize Retelling vs Summarizing

Reading:             The Journey: Stories of Migration  INFORMATIONAL TEXT   by Cynthia Rylant Written Language:   Using Proper Nouns   Names for Days, Months, and Holidays: There are many kinds of proper nouns. Always begin a proper noun with a capital letter. Begin names of days, months, and holidays with a…

The Albertosaurus Mystery Informational Text Summary:  Philip Currie was tired and thirsty. It was one of the hottest days of the summer. He and his team were looking for the bones of a large meat eating dinosaur called Albertosaurus. Almost 90 years earlier, a famous fossil hunter named Barnum Brown had found the remains of…

  Written by Jonah Winter Illustrated by Raul Colon Genre: Biography Target Skill: Cause and Effect – tell how one event makes another happen and why Target Strategy: Visualize – as you read, use selection details to picture what is happening Grammar Plural Nouns with -s and -es: -A noun that names only one person, place, or thing is…

Written and illustrated by: James Rumsford Genre: realistic fiction Target Skill: Author’s Purpose Target Strategy: Question Essential Question: Why might a writer tell a story about a faraway place? Big Idea: There are many reasons to take a journey.     Root Words, Prefixes and Suffixes – Safari Guided Reading Books The Great Bay  Friends with Wings