Month: February 2016

Life on the Ice INFORMATIONAL TEXT by Susan E. Goodman — photographs by Michael J. Doolittle    Target Vocabulary: shelter, layer, constant, climate, wilderness, region, unexpected, gliding, overheated, colony  Vocabulary Strategy: Using a dictionary/glossary  Phonics Skills: Compound words  Comprehnsion Skills: Main ideas and details — tell important ideas and details about a topic  Comprehension Strategy:…

Written by: Arthur Dorros Illustrated by: S.D. Schindler Genre: Informational Text Target Skill: Text and Graphic Features – tell how words and photos work together  Target Strategy: Question – ask questions before you read, while you read, and after you read Essential Question: How can pictures and labels give you more information? Big Idea: Our world is an…